I Was on Slate’s Amicus Podcast with Prof. Carol Anderson Talking to Dahlia Lithwick About Trump’s Covid Diagnosis, and Trump’s Disturbing Debate Comments About Election Integrity
You can listen here.
Monthly Archives: October 2020
“Appeals court says it’s up to Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose whether counties can have multiple ballot drop boxes”
Cleveland.com:
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose can legally require counties to offer multiple drop boxes per county for completed absentee ballots, a panel of state appeals judges ruled on Friday.The trio of judges on the Ohio 10th District Court… Continue reading
Sen. Murphy Alleges Trump Administration Cover-up of Pro-Trump Russian Interference in 2020 Election
https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1311772832234385409
“In a new ruling, judge says census count must continue through October”
WaPo:
A federal judge has ordered that the 2020 Census count continue until Oct. 31, blocking for now the government’s efforts to complete the survey in time to deliver apportionment data to the president by the end of the year.The… Continue reading
7th Circuit, Which Had Rejected Wisconsin Legislators’ Challenge to Extension of Absentee Postmark Deadline, Now Asks State Supreme Court to Weigh in On the Question
ORDER: Having received a petition for reconsideration filed by the State Legislature, the court has decided that it would be appropriate to certify a question of state law to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin under Wis. Stat. §821.01 and Seventh… Continue reading
Eleventh Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Reverses District Court Order That Would Have Extended Time for Receipt of Absentee Ballots
You can find a majority, concurring, and dissenting opinion here. The judges broke along the party lines of the president that appointed them.
“Justice Dept., FBI planning for the possibility of Election Day violence, voting disruptions”
WaPo:
Bracing for possible civil unrest on Election Day, the Justice Department is planning to station officials in a command center at FBI headquarters to coordinate the federal response to any disturbances or other problems with voting that may… Continue reading
David Gans on the Purcell Principle in Slate
David:
In a string of unsigned, unexplained orders this summer, the Supreme Court has repeatedly shown that it will not protect the right to vote during an election year. The court has considered emergency motions in cases challenging voting or… Continue reading
“Ahead of U.S. election, malicious email campaign mimics Democratic pitches for volunteers”
Reuters:
Tens of thousands of emails sent on Thursday that asked recipients to volunteer for the Democratic Party ahead of the November U.S. election actually came from email scammers and carry malicious software, according to researchers at cybersecurity firm Proofpoint.The… Continue reading
“Campaign Finance and American Democracy: What The Public Really Thinks and Why It Matters”
Looking forward to reading this new book from David Primo and Jeff Milyo.
“West Virginia mail carrier guilty of election fraud after altering ballot requests to Republican”
“Andrew Yang, Bill Weld: Why ranked choice voting will improve America’s elections”
USA Today oped.
“Electoral Chaos Might Ensue if Biden or Trump Were Forced Out of the Race”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have the coronavirus and the White House reported on Friday that the president is suffering from mild symptoms. With the president having just… Continue reading
LULAC and League of Women Voters File Lawsuit Against Texas Governor Abbott’s Last-Minute Elimination of Most Drop Boxes for Absentee Ballots
Complaint:
On June 29, 2020, Defendant Governor Greg Abbott argued in federal court that“precipitous changes to the [election] rules can cause ‘confusion’ and even undermine public confidence in the outcome of the election itself.” Three months later, with voting underway… Continue reading