Monthly Archives: October 2020
“In high-stakes election, Georgia’s voting system vulnerable to cyberattack”
AJC:
Headed into one of the most consequential elections in the state’s history, Georgia’s new electronic voting system is vulnerable to cyberattacks that could undermine public confidence, create chaos at the polls or even manipulate the results on Election Day.Computer… Continue reading
“‘There is a voter-suppression wing’: An ugly American tradition clouds the 2020 presidential race”
L.A. Times:
A Memphis, Tenn., poll worker turned away people wearing Black Lives Matter T-shirts, saying they couldn’t vote. Robocalls warned thousands of Michigan residents that mail-in voting could put their personal information in the hands of debt collectors and… Continue reading
11th Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Stops District Court Order Which Would Have Required Georgia to Have Paper Backups of Electronic Pollbooks and Other Emergency Procedures in Place
You can find the order (without any stated reasons) at this link.
Here is my October 11 coverage of the district court’s order.
“He Fought For Voting Rights In Georgia, Then He Was Locked Up”
Johnny Kauffman for WABE:
Tariq Baiyina has lobbied politicians, shaken hands with governors, set up a college program, and delivered dozens of sermons. Despite all this, the 42-year-old has never voted. And the reason is simple: since 2002, when he… Continue reading
7th Circuit Reverses District Court Order that Would Have Stopped Indiana Law Limiting Extensions of Polling Place Hours During Emergencies
The appeals court relied in part on Purcell, and in part on Anderson-Burdick.
More of the same.
“Order allowing Texas counties to have multiple mail-in ballot drop off sites is upheld, but appeal will likely halt openings”
“The 2020 Campaign Money Story”
Axios podcast speaks to Ciara Torres-Spelliscy.
Three from Ned Foley
Could Trump contest even a landslide? That depends on his fellow Republicans (WaPo)
The coming Supreme Court showdown that may affect how you vote (on Anderson-Burdick vs. McDonald standard on absentee voting)
Symposium: The particular perils of emergency election cases… Continue reading
Kansas: “Secret recording: O’Donnell, Capps, Clendenin plot how to get away with Whipple smear”
Wichita Eagle:
A secret recording released Friday shows that three Republican officials sought to frame the county’s Republican chairman for a falsified ad they put together smearing then-mayoral candidate Brandon Whipple. One compared their mission to that of the… Continue reading
“Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project Into Political Ad Targeting”
WSJ:
Facebook is demanding that a New York University research project cease collecting data about its political-ad targeting practices, setting up a fight with academics seeking to study the platform without the company’s permission.The dispute involves the NYU Ad… Continue reading
“Court defeat for Trump boosts chances of avoiding election disaster”
Greg Sargent:
We’ve spent so many months worrying about a disastrous election day — due to President Trump’s corrupt designs or other factors such as mail backlogs — that it’s hard to contemplate the possibility that it might come off… Continue reading
“A Nonprofit With Ties to Democrats Is Sending Out Millions of Ballot Applications. Election Officials Wish It Would Stop.”
ProPublica:
Gerry Cohen had already voted, dropping off his state-issued ballot at his local post office, by the time the unsolicited mail ballot applications started showing up at his house in early September. The first one or two didn’t bother… Continue reading
“A Court Fight Is Brewing Over A Ballot Slip-Up Affecting 29K Pittsburgh-Area Voters”
TPM:
Republicans have gone to federal court to make it easier for them to challenge the ballots of nearly 29,000 Pittsburgh-area voters who were caught up in ballot-sending flub in recent weeks.The court fight stems from a mail vendor screw-up… Continue reading