This document benefited from the input of multiple election officials and voting rights experts and may be updated to account for new developments and comments. The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) presents a difficult and novel challenge to the administration of the 2020 general election.Source: How to Protect the 2020 Vote from the Coronavirus...
The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates betrayals of public trust. Sign up to receive our stories. Pop quiz: Name the last major-party presidential nominee who tapped into the publicly financed Presidential Election Campaign Fund.Source: A massive government fund sits idle and bloated. Could lawmakers tap it for coronavirus relief?...
Columbus, Ohio – Politicians of all stripes expressed frustration Tuesday after Ohio’s primary was postponed until June by the state’s elected officials amid concerns attendance at polling places would contribute to coronavirus pandemic.Source: Ohio Democratic Party sues over delay of primary election...
Voters are unnerved. Confusion is growing throughout the country as the coronavirus outbreak moves states to postpone primaries and change voting procedures in the midst of a presidential election year.Source: Could Trump delay the November election? Not without risking forfeit to a Democrat...
As states likely expand the use of mail ballots in response to the COVID-19 breakout, they need to also protect the integrity of mail ballots to prevent both the appearance of impropriety and actual fraud this November.Source: States Must Protect Integrity of Mail Ballots in Response to Coronavirus...
Former Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter was sentenced Tuesday to 11 months in prison and three years of parole for corruption charges stemming from his misuse of more than $200,000 in campaign funds for a slew of personal expenses.Source: Former Rep. Duncan Hunter sentenced to 11 months in prison for misusing campaign funds...
We can take some simple steps now to reduce the risks posed by the coronavirus outbreak. Mr. Ho is the director of the Voting Rights Project at the A.C.L.U.Source: Voting by Mail Will Save the 2020 Election...
The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that Justice Sonia Sotomayor will no longer participate in one of two hot-button cases this term concerning so-called faithless presidential electors, or those who vote for someone other than the state's popular vote winner.Source: Justice Sonia Sotomayor won't participate in Colorado faithless elector case...
This article originally appeared at FAIR.org. Used by permission. When the newly formed Persist PAC recently launched a $12 million ad buy in support of Elizabeth Warren, newspaper headlines were pointed.Source: Money in politics: Is there any evidence the media actually cares?...
After a disastrous Election Day that saw hourslong waits at voting centers across Los Angeles County and results trickling out over the course of days, a small group of protesters gathered Monday afternoon, March 9 in front of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office in NorwSource: Protesters call for head of LA County elections to resign...
