Supreme Court, on Equally Divided Vote, Affirms Pennsylvania Order Extending Vote by Mail Deadline
Analysis coming soon at Slate.
Monthly Archives: October 2020
“How Fox News may be continuing to undermine Trump’s reelection hopes”
Greg Sargent:
If President Trump does end up losing reelection, one big area that will be ripe for an autopsy is the role that Fox News played in making that happen.A mammoth new poll from the Public Religion Research … Continue reading
“We’re Living in the Shadows of a Bush v. Gore 2.0; The same people spending money to put Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court are also trying to suppress the vote.”
Dahlia Lithwick and I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Nobody, aside perhaps from Judge Amy Coney Barrett, could have missed the implication of Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s line of questions Wednesday about Barrett’s service in the army of… Continue reading
North Carolina: “Voters will get chance to fix or redo their absentee ballots”
News & Observer:
Voters whose absentee ballots have problems with their envelopes can now expect contact from board of elections offices in order to fix their ballots by Election Day. And less than 24 hours after North Carolina added… Continue reading
Pennsylvania Republicans Refuse to Give State Election Officials Authority to Process Absentee Ballots Before Election Day, Running Risk of Count Taking a Few Weeks and The Election Hanging in the Balance
Unconscionable:
https://twitter.com/Elaijuh/status/1318250705753432064
California Ballot Drop Box Targeted in Possible Arson
This is terrible and these boxes are designed to make this difficult to do.
People interfering with ballots like this can face felony charges.
“Think the Constitution protects your right to vote? That’s not really true — but it should.”
New Ned Foley at WaPo.
I reached similar conclusions on the need for a constitutional amendment in my Three Pathologies piece.
5th Circuit Reverses District Court Order Which Would Have Made It Easier for Texas Voters to “Cure” Signature Mismatch; Case Shows Danger of Pursing These Cases with Increasingly Conservative Judiciary
You can find the opinion by Judge Smith (along with a concurrence by Judge Higgenbotham at this link.
This case is a nice illustration of the dangers of bringing these suits seeking federal court orders easing voting during a pandemic.… Continue reading
“What if there’s no winner on November 4?”
I have written this piece for CNN. It begins:
What will the United States and the world wake up to on November 4, 2020, the day after Election Day? And could the US endure a close election in which Joe… Continue reading
“Early Voting Analysis: Huge Turnout By Democrats”
NPR:
Early voting turnout continues to shatter records, as sky-high voter enthusiasm meets the realities of the United States’ creaky machinery of democracy amid a pandemic. That means long lines in some places and administrative errors with some mail ballots,… Continue reading
“Democrats hatch plans to counter Trump’s attempts to cast doubt on election results”
CNN:
Democratic sources say that they are taking the President at his word. The Biden campaign is preparing for any number of legal contingencies that could arise if the vote is close, while lawmakers are preparing for plausible —… Continue reading
“Voter confusion rattles election officials in Pennsylvania near Monday’s deadline to register”
WaPo:
Elections officials in Pennsylvania are being inundated with complaints from first-time and absentee voters having difficulty registering to vote or requesting a mail ballot, fueling anxiety in the critical swing state just as the 5 p.m. Monday deadline approaches… Continue reading
“How Prepared Are These 7 Battlegrounds for the Election? A Readiness Report”
NYT:
In Georgia, the state’s voting machines have malfunctioned in three consecutive elections this year alone.In Pennsylvania, election officials are staring down possibly the biggest ballot processing backlog in the country, with no means of even touching the ballots until… Continue reading
“Justice Kavanaugh Unlocked Ways to Fight Foreign Interference”
Ellen Weintraub NYT oped:
Among many other recent developments not likely on anyone’s 2020 bingo card, a Supreme Court decision about foreign aid and legalized prostitution has shattered perceived constraints on the authority of the United States to robustly… Continue reading