“Fact-check: Trump White House promotes misleading expectations for election night results”

September 12, 2020, 1:17 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Marshall Cohen for CNN: While election officials across the country try to prepare Americans for the chance of a prolonged vote-counting process this year, President Donald Trump and his allies have drawn a line in the sand and say they… Continue reading

Are Republicans Financing the Effort to Get the Green Party Restored to the Ballot in Wisconsin?

September 12, 2020, 1:06 pmballot accessRick Hasen

WaPo: Hawkins suggested in an interview that Trump supporters had helped the Green Party ticket with its legal claim before the state Supreme Court. The party’s petition was filed by attorneys from the Milwaukee-based von Briesen & Roper law firm,… Continue reading

“Roger Stone calls for Trump to seize total power if he loses the election”

September 12, 2020, 12:59 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Media Matters reports, with the subhed: “Stone also said federal authorities should seize all Nevada ballots, federal agents and GOP state officials should ‘physically’ block voting, that Trump should nationalize police forces, and that Trump should order widespread arrests.”… Continue reading

“‘A huge risk’: Trump’s allies can’t sway him on mail-in voting”

September 12, 2020, 12:53 pmabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: For a few weeks, Donald Trump’s advisers had seemingly gotten through to him — the president was finally encouraging his supporters to vote by mail, at least some of the time.On-message Trump didn’t last long. He recently appeared… Continue reading

“Colorado sues USPS over pre-election mailers that contain incorrect voting information”

September 12, 2020, 12:51 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Denver Post: Colorado’s top election official Saturday filed a federal lawsuit against the United States Postal Service over mailers that contain incorrect election information for state voters.Jena Griswold, Colorado’s secretary of state, said that her office learned Thursday that the… Continue reading

“Voting by mail in NJ 2020”

September 12, 2020, 12:45 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Andrew Appel is guardedly optimistic.

“A Texas federal court decision is the latest hit to voting rights in America”

September 12, 2020, 12:43 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Josh Douglas for CNN Opinion.

“The Electoral Count Act & The Process of Electing a President”

September 12, 2020, 12:36 pmElection Meltdown, electoral collegeRick Hasen

The National Task Force on Election Crises has issued this analysis.

WSJ Supports Permitting Election Officials To Start Processing Absentees Before Election Day

September 12, 2020, 7:44 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

The WSJ editorial page offers another strong endorsement of changing laws in states like PA, MI, and WI to permit election officials to begin processing absentees earlier than Election Day. I strongly agree on that point, without necessarily agreeing with… Continue reading

“The Winter of Our Discontent: Projecting the 78 harrowing days after the election”

September 11, 2020, 3:38 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

David Dayen for TAP.

“Fact-checking William Barr: Is your vote no longer secret with mail-in ballots?”

September 11, 2020, 3:33 pmabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: Attorney General William Barr has become one of the staunchest supporters of the President’s campaign against mail-in voting. Speaking in Phoenix on Thursday, Barr continued to push false and negative narratives about mail-in voting.“There’s no more secret vote,… Continue reading

“Texas Court Denies State’s Attempt to Stop Harris County from Sending Mail Ballot Applications to All Voters”

September 11, 2020, 2:24 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Brennan Center release.

Breaking: Ohio State Court Orders Election Officials to Accept Faxed or Emailed Applications to Vote Absentee

September 11, 2020, 2:20 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

You can find the decision here.

Breaking: Divided 11th Circuit, Sitting En Banc, Upholds Florida Law Making It Harder for Ex Felons To Vote without Acknowledging That Some Ex-Felons Do Not Know How Much They Owe in Fees and Fines

September 11, 2020, 11:15 amfelon votingRick Hasen

You can find the 200 pages of opinions and rulings at this link. From one of the dissents (Judge Martin): Second, even if a returning citizen is able to determine his original LFO obligation, then “[d]etermining the amount that has… Continue reading

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