“Four questions before the courts that will shape how we vote”
Amber Phillips for WaPo.
Monthly Archives: September 2020
Federal Court Which Abstained in Pennsylvania Drop Box Voting Case Also Won’t Issue a Preliminary Injunction to Segregate Ballots Dropped in Dropped Boxes
You can find the order here, based on lack of irreparable harm. The same issue should soon be decided by the Pa Supreme Court.
***Absolute Must Read:*** Ben Ginsberg, Noted Conservative Republican Election Lawyer, Calls Out Unsupported Republican Claims of Widespread Voter Fraud
When I linked to news last week that super lawyer Ben Ginsberg was retiring from Jones Day I wrote:
Superstar election lawyer Ben, who served as national counsel for the Romney 2012 campaign, has been an important voice in recent… Continue reading
Ninth Circuit Unanimously Rejects Challenge to California’s “Winner-Take-All” System for Allocating State’s Electoral College Votes
“Texas ordered to immediately fix flaws in method used to reject some mail-in ballots”
Texas Tribune:
As Texas prepares for an expected deluge of mail-in votes in November, a federal judge has found that one facet of the state’s signature verification rules for those ballots is unconstitutional and must be reworked for the upcoming… Continue reading
“Federal judge dismisses lawsuit that sought sweeping changes to Texas’ in-person voting rules”–Another Court Troublingly Finding Issues Nonjusticiable
Texas Tribune:
Continuing to fend off attempts to alter its voting processes, Texas has convinced a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that sought sweeping changes to the state’s rules for in-person voting during the coronavirus pandemic.U.S. District Judge Jason… Continue reading
Without Noted Dissent, Arizona Supreme Court Keeps Kanye West off AZ Ballot for President
September 25 Event for University Students and Faculty: “Voting & Electoral Manipulation”
Looking forward to participating in this:
Voting and Electoral Manipulation
Friday, September 25, 20203 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
This virtual event is a cross-university collaboration and is intended for University students and faculty only. Please use only your University email… Continue reading
Sept. 21 UCI Event: “Are U.S. Elections Rigged, Broken or Dependable? Lessons from Canada and Australia Offer Insights for Improvement”
Very much looking forward to this event (registration link):
Introducing the Covid-Related Election Litigation Tracker
Great news:
A team at the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project has just launched the COVID-Related Election Litigation Tracker, a free, searchable, litigation tracker to help the interested public find, sort and better understand the flood of COVID-related litigation. The… Continue reading
“Thurs., 9/10, at Noon ET: Media Experts on Covering the 2020 Election; Panel with ProPublica, CNN”
What: Getting “Election Night” Right, a panel conversation with journalists about the challenges in covering the 2020 election and ensuring fair, accurate reporting
Hosts: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, ProPublica, and New York University’s John … Continue reading
“Helping Students Vote During a Pandemic; New advice for college administrators on how they can advocate for laws and conditions to encourage student voting during and after the pandemic.”
Important resource from Inside Higher Ed.
“We’re at risk of not getting the message out about how important it is for people to vote in person”
Princeton’s magazine ran that statement from me as the lead to an interview I recently did with them on voting issues for this fall. As I’ve said, I intend to keep hammering away at this issue, which I see as… Continue reading
Double Voting or Data Error in Georgia Allegations of Double Voting in Primary?
Michael McDonald cautions:
Be very careful with these allegations. This could just be election official data errors, as has repeatedly been the case in prior sensational allegations of vote fraud https://t.co/Z0V4gLOleA— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) September 8, 2020
More:… Continue reading