Trump Opposes More Funding Proposed by Democrats for USPS, Saying It Will Facilitate Universal Mail-in Voting and Allow the “Greatest Fraud in History”

August 12, 2020, 8:54 pmabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

More unsubstantiated rhetoric from the President (starting at the 10 minute mark). Christina Wilkie: Trump on the Post Office: "They don't have the money to do the mail in voting. Are they gonna do it even if they don't… Continue reading

“Funding For Postal Service, Mail-In Voting Stall Coronavirus Relief Talks”

August 12, 2020, 8:48 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NPR reports.

“Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose: no extra ballot drop boxes for November election”

August 12, 2020, 8:16 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Cleveland.com: Secretary of State Frank LaRose said Wednesday he is banning county boards of elections from offering more than one drop box for completed absentee ballots this November, saying it’s grown too late to make changes to how Ohio will… Continue reading

“Twitter plans clampdown on mail-in voting misinformation amid friction with Trump”

August 12, 2020, 8:13 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico reports.

Utah: “Gov. Herbert defends Utah’s vote-by-mail system, endorses ranked choice voting”

August 12, 2020, 8:01 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

FOX13 reports.

President Trump Triples Down in His Support for Absentee Voting

August 12, 2020, 3:11 pmUncategorizedRichard Pildes

Once again, as this CNN story recounts, President Trump strongly endorsed absentee voting even as he criticized “universal mail-in voting.” And once again, journalists completely fail to recognize the significance of his endorsement of absentee voting. I am going to… Continue reading

“Chinese network of fake accounts targets Trump with English-language videos”

August 12, 2020, 1:35 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: A network of fake Chinese accounts has been posting videos bashing President Trump, criticizing his recent closure of China’s consulate in Houston, his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and his threats to ban the popular social media app TikTok,… Continue reading

“Silicon Valley game plans for election night”

August 12, 2020, 1:16 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: Google, Facebook, Twitter and other major social media companies are working together to scenario-plan for the last three months before Election Day in the United States — including gaming out what to do it there’s no quickly declared winner… Continue reading

“Trump encourages North Carolina supporters to vote by mail, as he attacks voting by mail”

August 12, 2020, 1:13 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

CNN reports.

“Guidelines for Healthy In-Person Voting: The Brennan Center and the Infectious Diseases Society of America have issued joint guidelines to minimize the risk of transmitting Covid-19 at the polls this November.”

August 12, 2020, 7:20 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Check it out.

“Did the George Floyd Protests Boost Democratic Voter Registration? New research shows that sign-ups may have surged in early June, boosting hopes that activists can turn energy in the streets into voter turnout this fall.”

August 12, 2020, 7:15 amvoter registrationRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“The Politics We Don’t See Matter as Much as Those We Do; Party strategists pay a lot of attention to redrawing district maps — and hope you won’t bother to think about it.”

August 12, 2020, 7:09 amredistricting, UncategorizedRick Hasen

Tom Edsall NYT column.

“Democratizing the Supreme Court”

August 12, 2020, 4:13 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

Original perspective here on this issue, from a new academic article by Ryan Doefler and Sam Moyn. In the same spirit as Mark Tushnet’s book from several years back, Taking the Constitution Away from the Courts. Here is the abstract:… Continue reading

“A New Clash Over Mail Voting: The Cost of the Postage”

August 11, 2020, 8:12 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

NYT: The Senate’s highest-ranking Democrat assailed the Postal Service on Tuesday for what he said was an effort to jack up the cost to states of mail-in voting, a new line of criticism in the escalating dispute over ensuring Americans… Continue reading

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