“The Cybersecurity 202: Coronavirus response is officially a new front in the election security fight”
“Voting rights groups sue state over extended Ohio primary”
Columbus Dispatch:
Voting rights advocates sued the state Monday over a new primary election plan state lawmakers adopted last week after polls were closed because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The League of Women Voters, A. Philip Randolph Institute and… Continue reading
“Coronavirus cripples voter registration efforts. Millions could be denied.”
“State elections and DMV officials offer free online voter registration in North Carolina”
More of this please.
“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the country must move toward vote by mail, setting up a fight with Trump”
“How Russia’s Troll Farm Is Changing Tactics Before the Fall Election”
“Wisconsin polling places are closing because there’s not enough people to work the April 7 election”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Some election clerks are so short of workers because of the coronavirus pandemic that they are planning to shutter polling places around Wisconsin — including many of them in Milwaukee.And at least one clerk is warning that some… Continue reading
“Wisconsin’s voter purge lawsuit is a major issue in Supreme Court race between Daniel Kelly, Jill Karofsky”
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports.
“Virtual Conventions: Health Crisis Forces Both Parties, Particularly The Democrats, to Envision the Possibility”
Lou Jacobson for Crystal Ball.
“What Happens in November if One Side Doesn’t Accept the Election Results? How coronavirus could contribute to a 2020 election meltdown.”
I have written this new big piece for Slate. Some snippets:
The November 2020 presidential election won’t be run perfectly—we have never had a perfect election conducted in this country or elsewhere—but the unique challenges posed by the coronavirus… Continue reading
Trump Says If Rates of Voting Increased as Dems Proposed in Coronavirus Bill “You’d Never Have A Republican Elected in This Country Again”
Saying the quiet part out loud:
Trump openly admitting if we made voting easier in America, Republicans wouldn't win electionsTrump: "The things they had in there were crazy. They had levels of voting, that if you ever agreed to it… Continue reading
Supreme Court, Without Noted Dissent, Refuses to Hear Case Challenging Constitutionality of Seattle’s Campaign Finance Vouchers Program
No surprise here. I’ve always found the constitutional arguments against it incredibly weak.
“Some Remain Skeptical About Voting By Mail — Even During A Pandemic”
Miles Parks for NPR.