William and Mary Election Law Program Seeks Program Manager
Announcement:
The Election Law Program at William & Mary Law School seeks a full-time Program Manager. The Program Manager will be responsible for implementing a grant ELP has received to expand the resources it provides judges on state election codes,… Continue reading
“Twitter Takedown Targets QAnon Accounts”
NYT:
Twitter said Tuesday evening that it had removed thousands of accounts that spread messages about the conspiracy theories known as QAnon, saying their messages could lead to harm and violated Twitter policy.Twitter said it would also block trends… Continue reading
“Trump’s reelection effort has spent more than $983 million, a record sum at this point in the campaign”
WaPo:
President Trump’s campaign, the Republican Party and two affiliated committees have spent more than $983 million since 2017, a record-breaking sum toward a reelection effort at this point in the presidential campaign, new filings show.The Trump campaign alone has… Continue reading
Judge Brasher Recuses from Florida Felon Disenfranchisement Case Being Considered En Banc by the 11th Circuit, But Not on Grounds Sought by Plaintiffs
“With No Final Say, Trump Wants To Change Who Counts For Dividing Up Congress’ Seats”
Hansi Lo Wang for NPR:
President Trump releaseda memorandum Tuesday that calls for an unprecedented change to the constitutionally mandated count of every person living in the country — the exclusion of unauthorized immigrants from the numbers used to… Continue reading
“Facebook begins labeling, but not fact-checking, posts from Trump and Biden”
CNN:
After President Donald Trump posted an unfounded claim to Facebook (FB) on Tuesday that mail-in voting could lead to a “corrupt election,” the social network slapped a label on it. But the label did not attempt… Continue reading
“Sloppy handwriting could get your mail ballot tossed in California”
SF Chronicle:
Californians’ handwriting is getting worse and it’s causing increasing problems for election officials.More than 14,000 mail ballots were rejected in the March 3 primary because the signature on the vote-by-mail envelope didn’t match the one on the… Continue reading
“Want to vote absentee in Alabama? COVID-19 will be reason enough for general, municipal elections”
Good news from Alabama:
Voters concerned about the COVID-19 outbreak will be able to vote absentee in the August 25 municipal elections and the November general election. The move does not affect any other of Alabama’s strict absentee voting requirements,… Continue reading
Facebook Posts Useless, Even Counterproductive, Notice Below Trump’s Latest False Posts About Mail In Voting Fraud
As I explained on Twitter:
This warning seems pretty useless—it might even seem that Facebook is endorsing what Trump is saying and providing a path for more information. https://t.co/yc5KVeq4f0— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) July 21, 2020
“NC just changed election rules to expand early voting. Why GOP leaders say it’s unfair.”
McClatchy:
Early voting sites should be easier to find in this fall’s elections, at least in North Carolina’s biggest cities, because of an order issued by the N.C. State Board of Elections on Friday.North Carolina Republicans say the change… Continue reading
“A Company Backs a Cause. It Funds a Politician Who Doesn’t. What Gives?”
NYT Dealbook:
Walmart calls its employees “heroes” for putting their health at risk to work during the pandemic. AT&T champions L.G.B.T.Q. rights. Microsoft is undertaking one of the country’s most ambitious corporate efforts to eliminate its carbon emissions… Continue reading
“‘Things could get very ugly’: Experts fear post-election crisis as Trump sets the stage to dispute the results in November”
CNN deep dive:
Voting experts and political strategists from across the political spectrum are increasingly alarmed about the potential for a disputed presidential election in November, one in which one candidate openly questions the legitimacy of the results or… Continue reading
“Dem leaders demand FBI briefing on ‘foreign interference campaign’ targeting lawmakers”
Politico:
Democratic leaders are asking the FBI for an urgent briefing arising out of concern that members of Congress are being targeted by a foreign operation intended to influence the 2020 presidential election, according to a letter they released… Continue reading