“GOP support for mail voting is growing, but hard to hear over Trump”
Eliza Newlin Carney for The Fulcrum.
“Allowing Only Older Americans to Vote by Mail Leads to Severe Racial Disparities”
The following is a guest post from Chris Warshaw, a political scientist at George Washington University:
On November 3, 2020, voters across the country will go to the polls to cast their ballots for President, among other local, state,… Continue reading
“In Texas, Voting Reflects Partisan Split Over How to Deal With Virus”
NYT:
For months, Republican leaders in Texas resisted calls by Democrats to allow widespread mail-in voting, more swayed by President Trump’s concerns about mail-ballot “fraud” than by the threat the coronavirus might pose at polling places.The pandemic would have run… Continue reading
Georgia: “‘We don’t have enough money,’ Bibb elections board says of budget reduction”
The Macon Telegraph reports.
“Court: Thwarting congressional ethics office not a crime”
Politico:
A law prohibiting obstruction of Congress does not apply to schemes targeting the House’s Office of Congressional Ethics, a federal appeals court declared Tuesday.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling as it upheld a broader… Continue reading
Now Posted: Final Version of My Georgetown Law Journal Paper with Leah Litman, “Thin and Thick Conceptions of the Nineteenth Amendment Right to Vote and Congress’s Power to Enforce It”
You can download it at this link. When the full symposium issue on the 19th Amendment posts, I’ll provide a link to that as well.
“Groups launch effort to mobilize poll workers amid coronavirus pandemic”
CNN:
A group of civic-minded organizations have joined together to recruit thousands of volunteers to work the polls this November, as states grapple with how the coronavirus pandemic could affect voting in the fall.
The nonprofit organizations and businesses… Continue reading
“Judge Blocks Paterson Councilman-Elect Facing Voter Fraud Charges From Taking Office”
“N.J. Election Fraud Case Draws A Trump Tweet But Suggests Safeguards Are Working”
NPR:
When voters cast a ballot in person in New Jersey, they are required to sign a poll book to match their signature to election records. The same is true of mail-in ballots, and election officials check the ballot to… Continue reading
“Trump Camp, RNC Goes After PA’s Use Of Drop Boxes For Mail-In Ballots”
TPM:
A new lawsuit filed by the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee seeks to block the use of drop boxes for Pennsylvania voters to submit their mail-in ballots.The lawsuit, announced Monday, alleges that by letting voters submit… Continue reading
National Association of Secretaries of State to Fox News: “slower results should not be considered harmful to the democratic process, but instead shows the commitment state and local election officials have to getting the outcome right.”
Good quote in an article entitled “The waiting game: Slow vote-counting in primaries could foreshadow November chaos:”
The National Association of Secretaries of State told Fox News that “the likelihood of delayed election results in November due to increased absentee… Continue reading
“Can’t Request an Absentee Ballot Online? This Group Wants to Help The voting rights group VoteAmerica will do the faxing for you.”
That’s right. Faxing.
“America is woefully unprepared for mail-in voting. The result will be messy and divisive.”
The view from Canada.
“CLC Files Complaint with the FEC Over Delay on Senator Ernst Dark Money Group”
Release:
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) today over its delay in enforcing the Federal Election Campaign Act’s (FECA) requirement that a group whose “major purpose” is supporting the re-election campaign of Senator… Continue reading