“As November Looms, So Does the Most Litigious Election Ever”
Michael Wines for the NYT:
Four months before Election Day, a barrage of court rulings and lawsuits has turned one of the most divisive elections in memory into one that is on track to be the most litigated ever.With voting… Continue reading
“Facebook Fails to Appease Organizers of Ad Boycott”
NYT:
Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s two top executives, met with civil rights groups on Tuesday in an attempt to mollify them over how the social network treats hate speech on its site.But Mr. Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, and… Continue reading
“They Voted Third Party in 2016, but Now They’ve Settled on Biden”
“Can Our Ballots Be Both Secret and Secure?”
Sue Halpern in the New Yorker.
States Must Adapt Their Absentee Ballot Process to Avoid What’s Happening in New York Right Now
We are now two weeks out since New York held its primary elections. As this WSJ story reported, officials this week just began opening nearly 400,000 absentee ballots cast in that election. In one closely contested Congressional primary, for CD… Continue reading
“2020 Election Sidebar: Still No Plan for a Smooth Election”
Jerry Goldfeder in NYLJ.
“What if Trump loses but insists he won?”
Max Boot WaPo column:
In our scenario, there was no congressional commission. Instead, the Republican Party bombarded the airwaves with claims of electoral fraud and insisted that Trump had been cheated of victory. The GOP filed suit to prevent the… Continue reading
“Can We Please Pick the President by Popular Vote Now? The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in the faithless electors’ case is another reminder of how antiquated and undemocratic the Electoral College is.”
Jesse Wegman NYT column.
“Did the Popular Vote Get a Win Today? A Supreme Court ruling on faithless electors could indirectly help those who want to circumvent the Electoral College entirely.”
“New GOP-aligned group in Kansas has Kris Kobach as apparent target”
CNN:
An anonymous group with ties to Republicans has just emerged with the apparent aim of targeting Senate candidate Kris Kobach of Kansas, according to sources familiar with the effort.Kobach is an anti-immigration firebrand and voter-fraud crusader whose primary… Continue reading
How Appealing Rounds Up Stories on Faithless Elector Decision
“Supreme Court Allows States to Punish ‘Faithless’ Electoral College Voters”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs.
“Supreme Court Rules State ‘Faithless Elector’ Laws Constitutional”
Nina Totenberg for NPR:
Even Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig, who represented the rogue electors before the Supreme Court, appeared only mildly disappointed at the loss. “We took this case initially because we just thought this needed to be… Continue reading