Monthly Archives: September 2020
“In battlegrounds, absentee ballot rejections could triple”
AP:
Thousands of absentee ballots get rejected in every presidential election. This year, that problem could be much worse and potentially pivotal in hotly contested battleground states.With the coronavirus creating a surge in mail-in balloting and postal delays reported across… Continue reading
“How a ‘blue shift’ in U.S. mail ballots might set off Election Week chaos”
“Mail-in Ballot Spike Will Make Vote Counting a Delayed Affair”
Bloomberg Government reports.
“If You Can Grocery Shop in Person, You Can Vote in Person”
And here’s the subtitle from this must-read piece in The Atlantic from Russell Berman: “Experts now say the health risk of casting an in-person ballot is relatively low. Will Democrats tell their voters that?”
I’m thrilled to see this piece.… Continue reading
Sept. 9 NCSL Event: Lessons Learned From the 2020 Primaries
This looks good:
Now, before we’re in the thick of November’s election fever, is an excellent time to pause and reflect on this year’s primary season. What did we learn from the states, starting from Iowa’s caucuses in February all… Continue reading
Must Read from Larry Diamond and Ned Foley: “The Terrifying Inadequacy of American Election Law; The country has narrowly averted catastrophic deadlocks over the presidential-election outcome before. We may not be so fortunate in 2020.”
Atlantic ideas piece:
In that event, who ought to be obeyed as commander in chief starting at noon on January 20: a reelected President Trump, or an Acting President Pelosi?The best time to act to avert this disaster scenario… Continue reading
APSA Campaign Finance Panel
Over the next few days I will blog some of the panels likely to be of interest to ELB readers. Here’s the first:
Author Meets Critics panel
Sponsor: Campaign Finance Research GroupSubject: “A Neo-Madisonian Perspective on Campaign Finance Reform, Institutions, Pluralism,… Continue reading
Wall Street Journal Editorial Calls for States to Allow the Processing of Absentee Ballots Before Election Day
WSJ Editorial:
On election night, the electoral map might suggest a solid lead for Mr. Trump that is eroded as mail ballots are canvassed. What if Mr. Trump reprises his tweet from six days after Florida’s 2018 elections? “An honest… Continue reading
“Trump Weighs Putting Up to $100 Million of His Cash Into Race”
Bloomberg:
President Donald Trump has discussed spending as much as $100 million of his own money on his re-election campaign, if necessary, to beat Democratic nominee Joe Biden, according to people familiar with the matter.The billionaire president has talked… Continue reading
“How next-gen computer generated maps detect partisan gerrymandering”
Science News reports.
Sept. 8 UCI Law Event: “Two Months to Election Day – Are We Prepared?”
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Looking forward to this (free registration required):
This webinar brings together experts in elections and election law to consider whether the United States is prepared to run a fair, safe, and legitimate election process in the… Continue reading
“In Texas, Republicans fight voting by mail expansion while encouraging their voters to use it”
Texas Tribune:
As states across the country scramble to make voting safer in a pandemic, Texas is in the small minority of those requiring voters who want to cast their ballots by mail to present an excuse beyond the risk… Continue reading
“How Trump’s Billion Dollar Campaign Lost Its Cash Advantage”
NYT:
Five months later, Mr. Trump’s financial supremacy has evaporated. Of the $1.1 billon his campaign and the party raised from the beginning of 2019 through July, more than $800 million has already been spent. Now some people inside the… Continue reading