Lawfare is partnering with the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project to produce a series on election integrity in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.Source: The Rise of Ballot Drop Boxes Due to the Coronavirus...
Rapper turned presidential candidate Kanye West is moving ahead with his long-shot bid for the White House, one that’s becoming even more challenging as he struggles to get his name on the ballot for November.Source: Here are the states where Kanye West is on the ballot...
With New York predictably moving to no-excuse absentee voting for this fall, we are now down to six states that will not permit all voters to vote by mail: IN, MS, SC, TN, TX, WV.Source: Now Down to Six States That Will Require a Specific Justification for Voting Absentee...
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.Source: For Election Administrators, Death Threats Have Become Part of the Job...
It’s time for a new electoral system that doesn’t reward cynical, exploitative tactics. Kanye West has millions of fans around the world. But before this month, no one knew just how beloved he was by Wisconsin Republicans.Source: Why Kanye West Makes the Case for Ranked Choice Voting...
Richard Winger is an American election law expert and analyst who advocates for better ballot laws for minor parties and independents in the US. He is the editor of Ballot Access News, a platform for tracking all the developments across the country regarding ballot access cases.Source: ‘Over 50% voters probably don’t know there’s someone else running for President other than...
Anticipating an avalanche of absentee ballots, the U.S. Postal Service recently sent detailed letters to 46 states and D.C.Source: Postal Service warns 46 states their voters could be disenfranchised by delayed mail-in ballots...
At least three-quarters of all American voters will be eligible to receive a ballot in the mail for the 2020 election — the most in U.S. history, according to a New York Times analysis.Source: A Record 76% of Americans Can Vote by Mail in 2020...
WASHINGTON — A majority of American adults say they are not confident that the November elections will be conducted in a fair and equal way, according to new data from the NBC|SurveyMonkey Weekly Tracking Poll.Source: Poll: Most Americans are not confident the 2020 election will be conducted fairly...
States are bracing for controversy as they work to ensure that Postal Service postmarks and other tracking will back efforts to prove mail-in votes are sent on time.Source: Postmarks become political as November looms...
