Princeton Gerrymandering Project Is Hiring
Links to the Legal & Policy Analyst posting and the Senior Legal Strategist posting.
“Donald Trump’s Encouragement to Vote Twice Could Cause Election Day Chaos”
I have written this piece for Slate. A snippet:
Another possible defense is that Trump was “joking” or not being serious about his comments and this was typical Trumpian hyperbole. Perhaps so, and I do not expect Trump to be… Continue reading
“This can’t go on’: Detroit primary ballots went unchecked, GOP poll challengers say”
Troubling reports in the Detroit News:
Election workers in Detroit’s primary improperly altered some votes and counted thousands of absentee ballots without checks against voter lists, say GOP poll challengers who contend Michigan’s largest city isn’t ready for November’s election.Detroit,… Continue reading
“Facebook will limit some advertising in the week before the US election — but it will let politicians run ads with lies”
CNN:
In an attempt to combat efforts to undermine the US presidential election in November, Facebook on Thursday took several steps it says will address concerns about election interference on its platform.But Facebook will continue to allow politicians to … Continue reading
The Most Important Election Story You’ll Read Today: “‘Can you imagine if we’re waiting on Pennsylvania?’: State Dems scramble to avoid voting fiasco”
Politico:
With concerns about an Election Day debacle rising in this critical swing state, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf privately convened a group of Philadelphia Democrats recently to underscore the consequences of another vote-counting fiasco like the one that took… Continue reading
Ned Foley: The President—and the Poll Worker
New guest post from Ned Foley:
The news that President Trump suggested that North Carolina voters cast both an absentee and in-person ballot, to test whether the “system” would catch it, reminded me of the case a few years ago… Continue reading
“Chaos scenarios drive gatekeepers’ election prep”
Axios:
Big Tech is holding dry runs to game out Election Day chaos scenarios, key participants tell Axios.Axios has learned that Facebook, Google, Twitter and Reddit are holding regular meetings with one another, with federal law enforcement — and with… Continue reading
“What’s the worst that could happen? The election will likely spark violence — and a constitutional crisis”
Rosa Brooks WaPo opinion piece:
We wanted to know: What’s the worst thing that could happen to our country during the presidential election? President Trump has broken countless norms and ignored countless laws during his time in office, and while… Continue reading
“OpenSecrets unveils new online ads database”
Release:
With the digital-dominated 2020 election shifting into high gear, OpenSecrets is releasing a new searchable, sortable online ads database that provides comprehensive details about political ad spending on Google and Facebook. OpenSecrets is tracking over 80,000 online political advertisers, more… Continue reading
“You Don’t Have to Yell: How Television Corrupted Campaign Finance”
Podcast:
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy discusses her new book “Political Brands”, which examines the use of commercial branding in politics, and how its high costs paved the way for the runaway costs of elections, and the corrupted campaign finance system that… Continue reading
“Has Citizens United Increased Corruption? An Examination of Public Corruption Prosecutions”
New study for the Institute for Free Speech:
Ten years after the decision, this report asks if such claims about Citizens United were correct. Did the Supreme Court’s ruling that corporations and unions can speak without limit and contribute unlimited… Continue reading
AG Barr Tells Wolf Blitzer That Expanded Mail In Voting is “Reckless and Dangerous” (It’s Not) and Says Federal Law Enforcement Could Be Sent to Polling Places to Combat Criminal Threats (They Cannot)
Here’s the WaPo writeup of the CNN appearance:
Attorney General William P. Barr asserted Wednesday that mass mail-in voting was ripe for potential fraud and that it would be “reckless and dangerous” to convert to such a system in such… Continue reading
President Trump Arguably Broke North Carolina Law in Suggesting That Voters Try to Vote by Mail *and* In Person
President Trump made some worrisome comments today that seemed to encourage double voting in the state of North Carolina.
You can watch the short interview here. Here’s the transcript (my emphasis):
(Q) 600,000 people could vote by absentee in… Continue reading