Covid-19 has reshaped our lives, including how we vote. Since the pandemic first arrived in the U.S., states conducting elections have scrambled to provide voters with full access to the ballot box while maintaining health and safety under unprecedented circumstances.Source: INSIGHT: Voting During a Pandemic—Unprecedented Challenges Lie Ahead...
Jim Irizarry has seen a dramatic increase in the amount of false and misleading information about voting access coursing through social media lately.Source: How California election officials are fighting disinformation...
America is torn between two visions of the biggest problem to its election system: the potential for voter fraud or the potential that eligible voters will not be able to cast their ballot.Source: Are Americans more worried about voter fraud or denying eligible voters their ballot?...
The coronavirus pandemic is set to change the way millions of Americans can vote in November, as states expand access to mail-in voting as a safer alternative to in-person voting.Source: At least 00% of American voters can cast ballots by mail in the fall...
The California legislature will probably pass SB 970, which moves the primary in gubernatorial years from March to June. The bill passed the State Senate unanimously on June 11 and is moving forward in the Assembly.Source: California Likely to Move Primary in Gubernatorial Years from March to June...
President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden with help from allies have amassed an expansive legal war chest and marshaled armies of attorneys for what is on track to be the most litigated election season in U.S. history. Source: Trump, Biden build legal armies for electoral battlefield...
Six jurisdictions used software that Russian spies have targeted in cyberattacksSource: Election Officials Are Vulnerable to Email Attacks, Report Shows...
A “lost vote” occurs when a voter does all that is asked of her, and yet her vote is uncounted in the final tally.Source: Nine Thoughts about Lost Votes by Mail...
You may think you know how bad Nov. 3 will be. But all signs point to something far, far worse. Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) is a journalist, historian, and author, most recently, of the New York Times bestseller THE ONLY PLANE IN THE SKY: An Oral History of 9/11.Source: 8 Big Reasons Election Day 2020 Could Be a Disaster...
Late-game efforts to reform the redistricting process that will get underway next year are suffering coronavirus setbacks, sidelining even basic campaign practices like gathering signatures.Source: Pandemic imperils redistricting reform efforts...
