Call for Papers for Elon Law Review September Conference: “Access to the Ballot on the Eve of the 2020 Election: What Barriers Still Exist?”
Details on both paper submissions and the symposium at this link.
“This could be Microsoft’s most important product in 2020. If it works; ElectionGuard isn’t designed to make voting machines safe from hackers. It’s meant to make hacking them pointless.”
“Wrong Primary Date Sent to Washington, DC, Voters”
“Election Officials Are Already Raising Flags About Nevada’s Results”
Steven Rosenfeld reports.
Despite Mahler’s enthusiasm, there were signs that delays or problems counting early votes could shadow 2020’s third Democratic presidential nominating contest. These complications would unfold behind closed doors at vote-counting hubs run by the Nevada State Democratic… Continue reading
“Democrats could face a disaster at a brokered convention. Here’s how the DNC can avoid it: They could stop potential chaos in Milwaukee before it starts by having delegates cast ranked choice ballots”
Dave Daley and Rob Richie for Salon.
Second North Carolina Court Blocks State Voter ID Law, Prompts Ethics Complaint from Conservative Group
“Calm down, America. If election results aren’t instant, it doesn’t mean they’re ‘rigged.'”
Josh Douglas for USA Today.
“Trump Ads Will Take Over YouTube’s Homepage on Election Day”
Bloomberg:
In the immediate run up to the U.S. presidential election and on Election Day, the homepage of YouTube is set to advertise just one candidate: Donald Trump.
The president’s re-election campaign purchased the coveted advertising space atop the country’s… Continue reading
“Bloomberg’s manipulated debate video earns Four Pinocchios”
WaPo:
In anticipation of the presidential election season, The Fact Checker last year worked with The Washington Post video department to produce a guide to manipulated video. The goal was to produce a common language to identify and… Continue reading
“Political ads are flooding Hulu, Roku and other streaming services, revealing loopholes in federal election laws”
WaPo:
The ad that interrupted some Hulu subscribers as they watched the NBC comedy “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” this month opened with a clip of President Trump speaking.“The ‘deep state’ is trying to inject our health system with socialist price controls,” a… Continue reading
“Russia Backs Trump’s Re-election, and He Fears Democrats Will Exploit Its Support”
NYT:
Intelligence officials warned House lawmakers last week that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get President Trump re-elected, five people familiar with the matter said, in a disclosure that angered Mr. Trump, who complained that… Continue reading
Is Los Angeles County’s New “Poll Pass” QR Code from the Smartphone for Prepopulating Voting Choices a Problem?
David Holtzman makes the case.
“After a congressional briefing on election threats, Trump soured on acting spy chief”
WaPo:
Maguire had been considered a leading candidate to be nominated for the DNI post, White House aides had said. But Trump’s opinion shifted last week, after he heard from a GOP ally that the intelligence official in charge of… Continue reading
“Reconstructing Racially Polarized Voting”
Travis Crum has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Duke Law Journal). Here is the abstract:
Racially polarized voting makes minorities more vulnerable to discriminatory changes in election laws and therefore implicates nearly every voting rights doctrine. In Thornburg… Continue reading