I Talked to the NAACP LDF’s Podcast, Justice Above All, About Voting Rights in November
You can listen here:
https://twitter.com/TMI_LDF/status/1306249150879727616?s=20
Monthly Archives: September 2020
October 7: Georgetown Law at 150: Alumni and Faculty in Conversation: Voting Rights Panel (Virtual Event)
Very much looking forward in participating in this event, one of many marking Georgetown Law’s 150th anniversary (registration required):
Wednesday, October 7: Georgetown Law at 150: Alumni and Faculty in ConversationVoting Rights Panel featuring:Sylvia Albert (L’06), Director of… Continue reading
“Sheldon Adelson is plotting a spending spree to help Trump with under 50 days left until the election”
CNBC:
Casino magnate and Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson is plotting a spending blitz to support President Donald Trump with just under 50 days to go until Election Day, CNBC has learned. Adelson, CEO of Las Vegas Sands, is looking… Continue reading
FEC Chair Trey Trainor Calls U.S. Catholic Bishops Corrupt for Directives Limiting Church Political Activity (Trainor Also Attacks Mail Balloting)
Church Militant interviews Trey Trainor on video:
The Marxist Left is going to have a complete and total meltdown over this. Church Militant sat down recently in our studios with the chairman of the Federal Election Commission, Trey Trainor… Continue reading
“Biden assembles army of attorneys for post-election legal fight”
From the Guardian:
Election experts are deeply worried about the chaos from a scenario in which Trump leads in-person voting on election night, claims victory, only to see his lead evaporate as more mail-in votes are counted. Election law… Continue reading
Ohio SOS LaRose to Appeal Drop Box Decision
AP:
A directive that restricted Ohio counties to one ballot drop box in November was arbitrary and unreasonable, a county judge ruled Tuesday, delivering the Republican secretary of state in the presidential battleground another in a series of blows… Continue reading
“Mailed Ballots Can’t Be Discarded Over Signature, Pennsylvania Says”
AP:
With concerns rising in Pennsylvania that tens of thousands of mail-in ballots will be discarded in the presidential election over technicalities, officials in the battleground state told counties that they cannot reject a ballot solely because an election official… Continue reading
“Pro-Trump youth group enlists teens in secretive campaign likened to a ‘troll farm,’ prompting rebuke by Facebook and Twitter”
Washington Post:
One tweet claimed coronavirus numbers were intentionally inflated, adding, “It’s hard to know what to believe.” Another warned, “Don’t trust Dr. Fauci.”A Facebook comment argued that mail-in ballots “will lead to fraud for this election,” while an Instagram… Continue reading
“In ‘Election Meltdown,’ A Legal Scholar Details The Threat To Our Voting System”
I spoke to Cincinnati Public Radio.
There He Goes Again Dep’t: AG Barr Raising Wild and Unsubstantiated Claims of Voter Fraud
Dangerous:
It is with a heavy heart that I must announce Bill Barr is at it again. https://t.co/A9Nefcwuq8 pic.twitter.com/U0JsHVipvX— Matt Ford (@fordm) September 15, 2020
After Ohio Court Declares Ohio Counties Can Have Multiple Drop Boxes Per County, Ohio SOS LaRose Troublingly Directs Counties Not to Set Up Drop Boxes
This is quite odd. The court decision was a declaratory judgment that the one drop box per county rule was arbitrary and contrary to law. The court did not back up the declaration with an injunction because SOS LaRose has… Continue reading
Breaking: Texas Supreme Court Orders Green Party Candidates on the Ballot, Necessitating Some Delay in Printing and Mailing Ballots (Court Also Barred Harris County from Sending Absentee Ballot Applications Pending Further Order)
“Abridging the Right to Vote in the Fifth Circuit”
Travis Crum:
A divided panel of the Fifth Circuit recently held that Texas’s provision of no-excuse absentee ballots to senior citizens does not violate the Twenty-Sixth Amendment. Ratified in 1971, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment provides that the “right of… Continue reading
South Dakota Conference on Voting and Election Law
One of the silver linings of Zoom is being able to talk with law students at places that would be logistically difficult if conferences had to be in person. Nick Stephanopolous and I will be speaking tomorrow at this conference… Continue reading