I Talked to Slate’s Mike Pesca About Ohio’s Primary Delay Issues
You can listen to The Gist.
“At Party for Donald Trump Jr.’s Girlfriend, Donors Helped Pick Up the Tab”
Foley: Ohio: Deciding How Best to Preserve a Fair Election, with Equal Voting Rights, While Saving Lives—in the Context of a Fast-Changing Emergency, and without Adequate Statutory Provisions
The following is a guest post from Ned Foley:
Thanks, Rick, for giving me opportunity to present some thoughts here on the Ohio situation. Like you, I’m juggling, and so these thoughts are tentative and subject to revision… Continue reading
Morley: Election Emergencies: Coronavirus and the Ohio 2020 Primaries
The following is a guest post from Michael Morley:
Developments
concerning Ohio’s 2020 primary are still unfolding, but the incident already
provides several important lessons that both election officials and the public
must keep in mind as we… Continue reading
Ohio Government Officials Abused Their Power in How They Closed Polling Places Today; It Shows Why It is URGENT for Congress to Guarantee No-Excuse Vote-by-Mail for November. What If Trump Did Something Similar?
I’m juggling a lot of different things, so this post will be brief. (I will soon be posting a more detailed analysis of the legal issues from Michael Morley.)
I have no problem with Ohio government officials deciding that health… Continue reading
March 25, Harvard Ash Center: “VIRTUAL Book talk with Richard Hasen, author of ‘Election Meltdown'”
You can watch my conversation with Tova Wang on Zoom.
“Coronavirus: Ohio Supreme Court allows delay to primary election”
“Coronavirus, 2020 Election and the New ID Laws Are Brewing a Perfect Storm. Are We Prepared?”
Kathleen Unger Newsweek oped.
A Huge Mess in Ohio: Governor Orders Polling Places Closed For Tuesday’s Primary After Court Denies Order to Reschedule Election
Politico:
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said late Monday the state’s health department will order all polling places not to open for Tuesday’s primary elections to protect voters and poll workers from the coronavirus outbreak.“During this time when we face an… Continue reading
Brennan Center: “How to Protect the 2020 Vote from the Coronavirus”
Memo with recommendations:
The key recommendations fall into five categories: (1) polling place modification and preparation; (2) expanded early voting; (3) a universal vote-by-mail option; (4) voter registration modification and preparation, including expanded online registration; and (5) voter… Continue reading
“The virus means we’ll be voting by mail. But that won’t be easy.”
Vote-by-mail and voter-registration
In normal times, I think of absentee voting as an essential option, but I’ve not (yet?) bought into 100% vote-by-mail. The postal service is an astonishingly great institution, but there are some communities it serves less well than others, including… Continue reading
“Coronavirus: Ohio Primary delayed until June 2 if court agrees”
The latest from Ohio.
“Delaying Wisconsin’s April 7 presidential primary amid coronavirus pandemic would be difficult”
Patrick Marley for Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.