“The Most Important 2020 States Already Have Vote by Mail But the battle over expanding access is only getting started.”
Ron Brownstein in The Atlantic.
John Lott Argues Against Extended Mail-in Voting By Citing Old Jimmy Carter Report and Some Anecdotes, Without Weighing Costs of Holding Only In-Person Voting During a Pandemic
John Lott’s WSJ piece is exactly what you’d expect from him: long on fear mongering and failure to grapple seriously with evidence.
I wrote about the complexity of the question, the rarity of absentee ballot fraud, and the compelling need… Continue reading
“Trump Reveals the Truth About Voter Suppression”
David Blight NYT oped:
America has a long history of attempts to restrict the right to vote to people with property, with sufficient formal education and, too often, those privileged by gender or race. Political minorities — today’s Republican… Continue reading
North Carolina Senate Democrats: “Republicans Send Wrong Message on Protecting Elections”
At Medium:
As we approach the 2020 Elections, we must also focus on protecting the underpinnings of our democracy by keeping our polling places open and safe and expanding mail-in voting options for all who request it. That should… Continue reading
David Lat and George Conway’s Oped on Wisconsin Election Court Decision Minimizes Disenfranchisement of At Least 12,000 Wisconsin Voters
From this WaPo opinion piece:
Here, there was nothing “severe” about imposing an Election Day deadline for receiving absentee ballots. That’s what states ordinarily do, and there’s nothing unreasonable or discriminatory about it — the deadline applies to… Continue reading
“Trump’s Latest Voter Fraud Misinformation”
FactCheck.Org:
President Donald Trump continues to add false and exaggerated statements to his already lengthy list of bogus voter fraud claims.There is no evidence to back up Trump’s blanket claim that “mailed ballots are corrupt.” Voting experts say the president… Continue reading
Congratulations to Nate Persily and Rick Valleley
I’m very pleased to recognize here that Nate Persily and Rick Valleley have won Guggenheim Fellowships — Nate for his project called Securing a Democratic Digital Future and Rick for Uncle Sam’s Closet: Lesbian and Gay Enfranchisement and the American… Continue reading
Supreme Court Wrongly Predicted Leaked Vote Totals in Wisconsin Voting Case
A sharp reader emails:
Note the following passage from the Supreme Court’s per curiam opinion in RNC v. DNC:
The unusual nature of the District Court’s order allowing ballots to be mailed and postmarked after election day is perhaps best… Continue reading
Cyber Security Voting Expert Says Remote Voting by Legislatures Can Be Done Securely (But Not Online Voting by Voters)
The Biggest Problem with the Supreme Court’s Opinion in the Wisconsin Voting Case Was Not the Result (Which Was Still Wrong), But the Court’s Sloppiness and Nonchalance About Voting Rights and What That Means for November
There has been a ton of commentary on the Supreme Court’s split decision in the Wisconsin voting case, which reversed a district court order allowing absentee ballots received by April 13 whether or not they were postmarked by the April… Continue reading
Paul Gronke: Agreeing On Election Terminology Can Help Focus Debates Over How To Respond To COVID-19
The following is a guest post from Paul Gronke, Director of the Early Voting Information Center at Reed College”
There’s
been a lot of discussion of how to conduct a safe and secure election in 2020.
It seems long… Continue reading
“Trump pushes false claims about mail-in vote fraud. Here are the facts.”
Wisconsin: “Many absentee ballots were not postmarked, putting votes at risk of not being counted”–This Means That Thanks to SCOTUS, Ballots Arriving Wed. and Certainly Mailed on Time Won’t Count and Voters Will Be Disenfranchised
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Hundreds of absentee ballots mailed back to the City of Madison for Tuesday’s election may not be counted, thanks to a missing postmark. The problem is one that is emerging in communities across Wisconsin as election officials… Continue reading