16 Jun

LOS ANGELES – June 15, 2020. Redistricting advocates urged the California Supreme Court to step in and preserve the state’s independent redistricting process which creates new voting districts for the next decade.Source: As COVID-19 Delays Census, Fmr Gov Schwarzenegger, Common Cause and League of Women Voters CA Urge Extending Redistricting Deadlines...

23:27 / Redistricting / vblog
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15 Jun

New claims that Georgia’s election technology may have failed to count thousands of legitimate votes sent in by mail is adding fuel to Democrats’ outrage over a disastrous primary they say disenfranchised many African American voters.Source: The Cybersecurity 202: Reports of mail-in ballot problems, partisan rancor in Georgia primary spell trouble for November...

17:27 / vblog / vbm
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15 Jun

Lansing — Some households have received unexpected mailings for deceased voters or since-moved occupants as part of a mass mailing of absentee ballot applications across Michigan — a development that experts and Democrats are defending against Republican criticism.Source: Michigan ballot application mailings to dead people raise Republican hackles...

17:27 / election integrity / vblog
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10 Jun

SALT LAKE CITY — Even before COVID-19 complicated voting this year, Richard Hasen worried about the American public losing confidence in the elections. Mostly, he feared a “doomsday” scenario of public protest against a government voters don’t accept.Source: How a group of scholars hope to avert an election ‘doomsday’ in November...

18:27 / 2020 / Election Law / vblog
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10 Jun

Election security experts at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law have released Preparing for Cyberattacks and Technical Problems During the Pandemic for election officials as they hold primaries and other elections and prepare for the November election.Source: New Report Advises Election Officials on Protecting Voters and the Vote Despite Covid-19 and Cyberattacks...

00:27 / coronavirus / election administration / vblog
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