Monthly Archives: September 2020
“The Supply of Disinformation Will Soon Be Infinite; Disinformation campaigns used to require a lot of human effort, but artificial intelligence will take them to a whole new level.”
Renee DiResta for The Atlantic:
In the past, propaganda needed human hands to write it. Eager to create the illusion of popularity, authorities in China began hiring people in 2004 to flood online spaces with pro-government comments. By 2016, members… Continue reading
Ohio: “Voters’ groups say poor face 90-minute travel time to deliver ballots to Cuyahoga County’s lone drop box”
Cleveland Plain Dealer:
Voting-rights advocates say it could take some Cuyahoga County residents as long as 90 minutes in travel time to cast an absentee ballot at the county’s only drop box.Attorneys for the League of Women Voters and… Continue reading
Maine Supreme Court Rejects Voter Referendum to Reverse Use of Ranked Choice Voting for President in Maine; to SCOTUS Next?
The decision is here, and it presents a federal constitutional question about the qualifications of ballot circulators. At least in theory, this could be appealed to the Supreme Court.
The Likely Issue in the Trump Campaign’s Supreme Court Petition out of PA
I expect the main constitutional issue the Trump campaign will raise in this petition to be the argument that the PA Supreme Court unconstitutionally interfered with the state legislature’s power in Art. II, Sec. 1, cl. 2 of the Constitution.… Continue reading
“Has the President Handicapped His Own Party’s Efforts on Absentee Voting?”
NYT:
The North Carolina Republican Party spent $213,000 on glossy mailers sent out in August to voters believed to be supporters of President Trump.“Urgent Notice,” the mailers warned, alongside a photo of the president. On the flip side, voters found… Continue reading
“In secret recording, trainer for Unlock Michigan advises on unlawful tactics”
Detroit Free Press:
The company collecting signatures to strip Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of her emergency powers coached paid petition circulators on giving voters false information, illegally collecting signatures without witnessing them, trespassing on private property, and even lying under oath,… Continue reading
“Even Trump’s Own Census Director Doesn’t Know Who Ordered The Count Rushed”
TPM:
The Trump administration’s decision to truncate the 2020 census “poses a myriad of risks” to the count’s accuracy and completeness, an inspector general report said Monday.Top Census Bureau officials, including its President Trump-appointed director Steve Dillingham, are… Continue reading
“UCI Law Chancellor’s Professor of Law Richard L. Hasen Receives Grant from Craig Newmark Philanthropies for Work on New Book on Cheap Speech and American Elections”
Release:
Richard L. Hasen (Rick Hasen), Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law), has received a grant from Craig Newmark Philanthropies for work on a book project… Continue reading
“Supreme Court expected to forge ahead with eight justices after Ginsburg’s death”
Todd Ruger for Roll Call.
“What Could Go Wrong With The Election? Well, Everything”
Refinery 29:
This is especially true for swing states. “If mail-in balloting is slowing down the process in a few swing states, then we may all be waiting for weeks as those key states count their absentee ballots,” Stetson… Continue reading
“How the Supreme Court Could Affect Voting Rules on Election Day”
NYT:
A Texas lawsuit over the mailing of absentee ballots to everyone over 65 but no one else. A Nevada case on whether to count mail ballots that lack postmarks. A Florida lawsuit over the right of former felons to… Continue reading
Tweet of the Day (Penn Profs That Didn’t Have Their Absentee Ballots Count in PA Because of Voter Error)
Jonathan Lai:
https://twitter.com/Elaijuh/status/1308406061561511940?s=20
“Mike Bloomberg raises $16 million to allow former felons to vote in Florida”
WaPo:
Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg and his team have raised more than $16 million to pay the court fines and fees of nearly 32,000 Black and Hispanic Florida voters with felony convictions, an effort aimed at boosting turnout… Continue reading