“We have to count every vote even if it takes weeks”
Jane Harman and Deborah Pryce CNN oped.
Monthly Archives: October 2020
“Barrett Won’t Pull Away From Trump’s Coattails”
Jost on Justice:
The recusal issue was one of at least five lines of questions from Democrats that gave Barrett easy options to pull herself away from Trump’s coattails. But she begged off on each one, by hiding behind the… Continue reading
Amy Barrett and “The Law of Democracy”
My favorite TikTok video of all time, especially the end, not surprisingly:
https://twitter.com/LissaJoStewart/status/1316496502567641089?s=09
“Democrats Preferred to Vote by Mail. But as Election Day Nears, More Say They’ll Head to the Polls”
This is from the latest Morning Consult Poll:
But as Nov. 3 has inched closer, questions over the U.S. Postal Service’s ability to deliver mailed ballots on time has prompted some Democratic organizers to encourage people to vote in person.… Continue reading
Michigan State Appeals Court Rejects Later Counting of Absentee Ballots, and Third Party Collection of Ballots
Detroit News:
A Michigan Court of Appeals panel has reversed a lower court ruling that would have required election officials to count late absentee ballots and allowed third parties to collect absentee ballots from voters.The Court of Claims “abused… Continue reading
WSJ Profile of Facebook’s Zuckerberg Talks About His Political Education, “Open Line” With President’s Son-in-Law and Others
WSJ:
Mr. Zuckerberg maintains an open line with Mr. Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser. The two sometimes discuss Facebook policies over WhatsApp. The CEO spoke this year with Mr. Kushner and separately with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin about… Continue reading
A Florida purge of supposed felons just before the election….where have I heard this before?
CNN:
Election officials in Florida are taking steps to remove ex-felons from the voter rolls if they still owe court debts, according to an email sent this week to county elections officials obtained by CNN.The state’s elections director, Maria… Continue reading
Kennedy Campaign in Massachusetts Illegally Spent $1.5 Million of General Election Funds in the Primary
“EXCLUSIVE: Ross Commits To Protocols That Make It Harder For Trump To Mess With Census”
Tierney Sneed for TPM:
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement to TPM that when the Census Bureau gives the President the 2020 census data for congressional apportionment, it will make that data public at the same time.The statement… Continue reading
“Independent Spending in 2020 Congressional Elections Has Surpassed the $1 Billion Mark”
Campaign Finance Institute:
Independent spending (IEs) in the general elections of 2020 for the U.S. House and Senate reached $1.035 billion as of October 15. This is nearly one-third of a billion dollars more than congressional IEs as of… Continue reading
“Florida Republicans Launch Last-Minute Effort to Shut Down Ballot Drop Boxes”
Mark Joseph Stern for Slate:
Florida law also allows supervisors to set up discretionarydrop boxes outside locations that qualify as early voting sites but aren’t being used for that purpose. So, for instance, supervisors can place drop boxes outside libraries,… Continue reading
“How Trump’s Tax Records Could Point to Campaign Finance Violations”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy for the Brennan Center.
“Supreme Court Speeds Up Case On Trump’s Push To Alter Census For House Seats”; But Still a Good Chance Trump Loses Case
NPR:
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s request to speed up the appeal of a lower court ruling that is blocking the president’s attempt to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the census numbers used to reallocate seats… Continue reading
“Trump Campaign Lawyers Are Aiding a Leading Proponent of QAnon”
NYT:
Senior lawyers for the Trump campaign set up a small law firm last year that is working for Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican House candidate in Georgia with a history of promoting QAnon, a pro-Trump conspiracy theory.While… Continue reading