Decision Desk HQ, Which Does Election Calling for Vox and Others, Endorses Media Recommendations from Our “Fair Elections During a Crisis” Report
Decision Desk:
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed how we live our daily lives in so many ways over the last two months. As we’ve seen across the country these changes, great and small, have reached the world of politics… Continue reading
Nevada: “Former MedMen marijuana executive alleges manager pressured him into illegal contribution to Sisolak”
The Nevada Independent reports.
“Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has voted by mail 11 times in 10 years; The Tampa native has said it shouldn’t be available to everyone.”
The Tampa Bay Times reports.
“Mich. ballot initiative hampered by pandemic, lockdown seeks day in court”
The Detroit News reports.
Revised Version Available of My Paper on Direct Democracy Rights During a Pandemic, Taking Into Account Awful 6th Circuit Opinion from Tuesday
Draft here (paper is forthcoming in the University of Chicago Law Review Online). Abstract:
Putting aside the Supreme Court’s controversial decision in Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee, the case over extending the date for receipt of absentee ballots… Continue reading
New Lawsuit Challenges Kentucky Voting Rules During Pandemic
“Six Scenarios for Confusion in Counting the 2020 Ballots: Not Just Scary Campfire Stories Any More”
Lou Jacobson for the Cook Political Report:
Every four years, political obsessives like to scare themselves like kids around a campfire, sharing stories about weird presidential election outcomes — such as a divergence between the popular and the electoral vote… Continue reading
“2020 Election Sidebar: No Voters Need Apply?”
Jerry Goldfeder column.
Forces Behind Conservative Judicial Nominations Network, Including the Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo and Judicial Crisis Network’s Carrie Severino, Join the Fraudulent Fraud Squad with the “Honest Elections Project”
So much for principled conservatism. New reporting from The Guardian and Open Secrets:
A powerful new conservative organization fighting to restrict voting in the 2020 presidential election is really just a rebranded group that is part of a dark money… Continue reading
“Column: Trump doesn’t like mail-in voting, but it’s not his call”
Doyle McManus LAT column.
PA Seeing Some Election Administration Problems in Lead-Up to Primary During Pandemic, and Worries About November
Recent Jonathan Lai reporting:
Montgomery County sent 2,000 Pa. voters the wrong ballots for next week’s primary (closed primary, Ds received R ballots, Rs received D ballots)Thousands of Pa. voters might not get their mail ballots in time … Continue reading
“U.S. District Court Grants Relief to Initiative Proponents in Arkansas”
“Facebook Executives Shut Down Efforts to Make the Site Less Divisive; The social-media giant internally studied how it polarizes users, then largely shelved the research”
WSJ:
A Facebook Inc. team had a blunt message for senior executives. The company’s algorithms weren’t bringing people together. They were driving people apart.“Our algorithms exploit the human brain’s attraction to divisiveness,” read a slide from a 2018 presentation.… Continue reading