03 Nov

Much has been made recently about the good deed being offered by two of America’s most popular ridesharing services. Uber and Lyft have both announced that they are going to give voters in the midterm elections rides to the polls on Tuesday, November 6.Source: Uber & Lyft are offering free rides to the polls — but here’s what they don’t tell...

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03 Nov

The Supreme Court refused Friday to delay an upcoming trial in which a number of states and civil rights organizations allege there was an improper political motive in Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.Source: Supreme Court allows trial on census citizenship question to go forward...

01:43 / Citizenship / Redistricting / supreme court / vblog / y class
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03 Nov

Much has been made recently about the good deed being offered by two of America’s most popular ridesharing services. Uber and Lyft have both announced that they are going to give voters in the midterm elections rides to the polls on Tuesday, November 6.Source: Ostensibly To Avoid Laws Against Vote Buying, Lyft and Uber Offer Only One-Way Free Transportation to the Polls...

01:43 / 2018 / Election Law / vblog / y class
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02 Nov

The 2018 cycle is "going to be the most secure election we've ever had," DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said today, just days before the midterms, but she is worried about a "dynamic threat" that could include foreign attempts to portray the results as invalid afterward.Source: DHS secretary on midterms: 'Most secure election we’ve ever had'...

15:48 / 2018 / election integrity / vblog
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01 Nov

There are two competing theories about how American elections fail to accurately capture the sentiment of the electorate. One theory, propagated by President Trump, holds that rampant voter fraud is committed by people unable to vote, swaying elections unfairly.Source: Americans see voter suppression as a bigger problem than voter fraud...

17:03 / election administration / Election Law / vblog / voter fraud / Voter ID / Voter Registration / voting right / voting rights / y class
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