Election experts say President Trump’s messaging, the pandemic and other factors are creating a tension around casting ballots not seen since the Jim Crow era.Source: Election Officials Are Preparing for Potential Unrest at the Polls...
In a blog post Wednesday, Facebook said it will no longer allow content that encourages poll watching that uses “militarized” language or intends to “intimidate, exert control, or display power over election officials or voters.Source: Facebook: Trump can’t recruit ‘army’ of poll watchers under new voter intimidation rules...
The ad halt is likely to rattle candidates, campaigns, advocacy groups and political advertisers who have come to rely on Facebook ads as a powerful political tool.Source: Facebook to ban political ads from election night until further notice...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida extended the deadline for voter registration after the state’s online portal crashed under the weight of heavy traffic hours before the Oct. 5 deadline. Registration will be open for an additional seven hours, from noon to 7 p.m.Source: Florida extends voter registration deadline after website failure...
The outcome of key swing-state disputes could come down to how a 4-4 Supreme Court views the lessons of an obscure 2006 case in Arizona.Source: The murky legal concept that could swing the election...
WASHINGTON — Battleground states that could decide the presidential election face a shrinking window to take action to allow the processing of absentee ballots before Election Day to cut down on the days or even weeks it could take to have final results.Source: 'Running out of time': Efforts to speed up counting mail ballots stall in battleground states...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to move quickly to consider an appeal from the Trump administration that seeks to revive its efforts to exclude undocumented immigrants from the calculations used to apportion congressional seats.Source: Supreme Court Speeds Case on Excluding Undocumented Immigrants in Redistricting...
Oh, League of Women Voters, please accept this nation’s most humble apology for ever doubting you and take the presidential debates back.Source: Column: Presidential debates worked a lot better when women called the shots...
Release: With just a month to go before the November 3rd election, a group of 40 experts on elections and democracy are imploring Congress to support a bill that would give states more time to tally election results.Source: “Elections experts, law professors, former President of National Association of Secretaries of State urge Congress to pass state vote counting deadline extension...
On September 30, the Fifth Circuit stayed the opinion of the U.S. District Court in Texas Alliance for Retired Americans v Hughs, 20-40643. The U.S. District Court had ordered Texas to use the straight-ticket device for the 2020 election, but the Fifth Circuit stayed that order.Source: Fifth Circuit Eliminates Straight-Ticket Device for Texas for 2020...
