Monthly Archives: October 2020
“The Two Americas Financing the Trump and Biden Campaigns”
Deep dive into the data by zip code, courtesy of the NYT.
“ACLU, Detroit City Clerk agreement to ease backlog of absentee ballot applications”
“Kavanaugh’s Bush v. Gore citation draws scrutiny ahead of another divisive election”
Bob Barnes for WaPo.
“Michigan judge halts Benson’s ban on open carry of guns at polling places”
Detroit News:
Michigan Court of Claims Judge Christopher Murray issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday that effectively halts Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s directive banning the open carry of guns near polling locations on Election DayAttorney General Dana Nessel announced… Continue reading
“Texas Supreme Court sides with governor on rule requiring one ballot drop box per county”
“Supreme Court rejects delay of Minnesota congressional vote”
AP:
A Minnesota Republican candidate’s bid to delay voting in his congressional race to February after the death of a third-party candidate was rejected Tuesday at the Supreme Court.Justice Neil Gorsuch, who handles emergency requests from the federal appeals… Continue reading
“When Voting by Mail Switches to Voting in Person”
Brennan Center resource about what happens when a voter requests a mail ballot and then decides to vote in person, maybe because the mail ballot never arrived, maybe for other reasons. The piece covers the precautions election officials should take… Continue reading
Federal Court Issues Injunction over Signature Mismatches in South Carolina
Release:
South Carolina election officials must count absentee ballots that election officials had been planning on rejecting due to an alleged mismatched signature, ensuring voters will not be disenfranchised for this reason in the upcoming November election, a South… Continue reading
“Mail Voting Litigation During the Coronavirus Pandemic”
Helpful new report from the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections project.
My New one in the Washington Post: “Kavanaugh has wild ideas about voting. They likely won’t matter on Election Day.”
I have written this new piece for WaPo’s PostEverything. It begins:
Should we panic about Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh’s concurring opinion in the Wisconsin voting case that the Supreme Court decided Monday night? Does it mean that the Supreme Court… Continue reading
In a Reply Brief Not Even Addressing Whether It Has Standing, PA GOP Asks Supreme Court to Immediately Hear Case on Absentee Ballot Receipt Deadline and Says It Will File ANOTHER Motion Asking for Late Arriving Ballots to Be Segregated
“With All Eyes on Wisconsin, Partisan Gridlock at State Elections Commission Frustrates Voters and Local Officials”
ProPublica:
As ballots began pouring in by mail after Wisconsin’s April 7 primary, local election officials became increasingly perplexed over which ones to count.A federal judge had ordered that ballots arriving as many as six days after the election should… Continue reading