Opinion piece: While we come from different parts of the United States and represent different political parties, we share a common concern about the numerous and growing threats to our republic.We remain united around a common commitment to the American… Continue reading

From the Washington Post: It’s not Election Day that worries most county officials. It’s the next stage — the count. This spring, in the primary, it took 10 days for the county elections office to count about 30,000 mail-in… Continue reading

For details on each of these measures, which also reports that $630 million has been spent so far on them, see this story.

The first part of this story suggests the conflicts over GOP drop boxes in CA have now been resolved: California officials lowered the temperature Friday in their legal standoff with the California Republican Party over its unauthorized ballot boxes, saying… Continue reading

Politico story on local-government ballot measures this fall to change policing systems: Nevertheless, in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Philadelphia, Akron and Seattle, voters will get to decide on some pioneering changes to the way their policing systems work. These… Continue reading

Some interesting data on several election-policy issues from a recent Ipsos poll for Axios: What we’re watching: Most Black respondents (82%), Hispanic Americans (77%), Asian Americans (63%) and white respondents (59%) say the president should be elected nationally by… Continue reading

“New Jersey Election Officials Scramble on First Mostly Mail-In Vote” From the WSJ: New Jersey’s election system will be tested in the coming weeks as most voters will be casting their ballots for the presidential election by mail or… Continue reading

From the WSJ: THIRD-PARTY SENATE CANDIDATES could play key roles in some of the fall’s closest contests—in some cases with the help of a major party candidate. In South Carolina, where Democrat Jaime Harrison has run close to Sen.… Continue reading

ProPublica and Georgia Public Broadcasting: The clogged polling locations in metro Atlanta reflect an underlying pattern: the number of places to vote has shrunk statewide, with little recourse. Although the reduction in polling places has taken place across racial… Continue reading