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Monthly Archives: September 2020
von Spakovsky Mischief: “No Democrats Allowed: A Conservative Lawyer Holds Secret Voter Fraud Meetings With State Election Officials”
ProPublica:
Starting in early spring, as the coronavirus took hold, a conservative lawyer at the forefront of raising alarms about voting by mail held multiple private briefings exclusively for Republican state election officials, according to previously unreported public records.The… Continue reading
“Bring the Masks and Sanitizer: The Surprising Bipartisan Consensus About Safety Measures for In-Person Voting During the Coronavirus Pandemic”
Josh Douglas and Michael Zilis have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Americans overwhelmingly support various safety measures at polling places for the November 2020 election. Issues like face mask requirements, social distancing, and sanitizing polling equipment… Continue reading
“What Federal Money Can Still Achieve This Election Season”
New Brennan Center analysis.
“Ohio judge lifts ‘arbitrary’ restrictions on ballot drop boxes”
Reuters:
Ohio Judge Richard Frye ruled that local authorities can set up more drop boxes if they wish, saying LaRose’s restrictions were not reasonable. “Wholly arbitrary rules are entitled to no deference,” he wrote.LaRose’s office did not immediately respond to… Continue reading
“Pennsylvania’s legislature should protect its presidential vote | Opinion”
Ned Foley oped:
Without wading into the details of Pennsylvania’s procedures for permitting challenges to mailed ballots, and appeals from denials of those challenges, there is a risk that those challenges and appeals could bog the process down to… Continue reading
“Trump and Biden’s Florida polls highlights stakes of 2020 voting rights for ex-felons”
Josh Douglas at NBC Think.
“Trump just repeated his ugliest claim about the election. Why isn’t it bigger news?”
Greg Sargent:
Appearing on “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday morning, President Trump again told his supporters to believe that if the election doesn’t deliver the result they want, the outcome is inherently illegitimate — that there are no democratically legitimate… Continue reading
“What Will Election Night Look Like in a Global Pandemic?”
Happy to talk about this topic on the ACLU’s “At the Polls” podcast. Listen.
“Wisconsin elections commission member advised Green Party”
AP:
A Republican member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission advised a Green Party representative about who to hire as an attorney after its presidential nominee was denied ballot access in the key battleground state, records obtained by The Associated… Continue reading
“Trump is trying to sabotage the election. Here’s why it won’t work.”
Dana Milbank WaPo column:
Trump has succeeded in sowing confusion about the ability of the United States to hold a free and fair election. His allies in Congress have abetted the sabotage by refusing to give states the funds they… Continue reading
“Trump’s Perverse Campaign Strategy”
Jamelle Bouie in NYT Opinion:
Instead of making a conventional appeal to voters to give him another term in office, Trump is issuing a threat, of sorts: I cannot lose. If I do lose, the election was stolen. Anyone protesting… Continue reading
“Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin decided the 2016 election. We’ll have to wait on them in 2020.”
Zach Montellaro for Politico:
Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are expecting huge surges in ballots cast by mail in 2020, like most states preparing to vote during the coronavirus pandemic. But all three Midwestern battlegrounds, which President Donald Trump flipped… Continue reading
“State Election Chiefs Should Be Umpires, Not Players”
This is a good piece on an under-discussed election reform issue. One reason it’s good is that it’s not all doom and gloom, and recognizes positive developments in this area. The piece also offers a new institutional reform for this… Continue reading