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The scale and scope of voter suppression this year is unlike anything I've seen before.
It's hard to even keep track of it all. So send me what you've seen so far and let's start a thread ...
It's hard to even keep track of it all. So send me what you've seen so far and let's start a thread ...
TEXAS: Gov. Greg Abbott is trying to limit each county to only one-drop off site per county for mail-in ballots.
Some counties in Texas are as big as some states. https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/23/texas-mail-in-ballot-drop-off/
Some counties in Texas are as big as some states. https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/23/texas-mail-in-ballot-drop-off/
GEORGIA: The state has cut polling places by 10 percent at the same time that non-white voter registration has surged. https://www.propublica.org/article/why-do-nonwhite-georgia-voters-have-to-wait-in-line-for-hours-their-numbers-have-soared-and-their-polling-places-have-dwindled
ALABAMA: State officials (and the U.S. Supreme Court, w/o explanation) successfully stopped plans to let voters with disabilities and those vulnerable to COVID-19 to do curbside drop-off of their ballots.
h/t @LoisParshley https://www.npr.org/2020/10/21/926472968/supreme-court-blocks-curbside-voting-in-alabama-an-option-during-pandemic
h/t @LoisParshley https://www.npr.org/2020/10/21/926472968/supreme-court-blocks-curbside-voting-in-alabama-an-option-during-pandemic
MICHIGAN: Judge says it's OK to openly carry firearms in front of polling places. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/27/politics/michigan-guns-polling-places/index.html?utm_content=2020-10-27T21%3A46%3A47&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twcnnbrk
WISCONSIN: US Supreme Court says the state doesn’t have to count mail-in votes that are post-marked on Election Day.
Complete with glaring factual inaccuracies from Justice Kavanaugh. https://www.google.com/amp/s/slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/brett-kavanaugh-voter-suppression-wisconsin-mistakes.amp
Complete with glaring factual inaccuracies from Justice Kavanaugh. https://www.google.com/amp/s/slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/brett-kavanaugh-voter-suppression-wisconsin-mistakes.amp
TEXAS UPDATE: The state Supreme Court has allowed Gov. Greg Abbott to limit each county to just one drop-off place for absentee ballots.
Just a reminder: Texas counties are MASSIVE. https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/27/texas-voting-elections-mail-in-drop-off/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1603840956&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Just a reminder: Texas counties are MASSIVE. https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/27/texas-voting-elections-mail-in-drop-off/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1603840956&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
MINNESOTA: Minneapolis police union prez Bob Kroll and the Trump campaign are asking retired cops to patrol voting places in “rough neighborhoods.” https://www.startribune.com/at-behest-of-trump-campaign-official-minneapolis-police-union-puts-out-call-for-retired-officers-to-act-as-eyes-and-ears-at-polling-stations/572904421/
PENNSYLVANIA: “President Trump’s campaign in the crucial battleground of Pennsylvania is pursuing a three-pronged strategy that would effectively suppress mail-in votes in the state” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/us/elections/trump-pennsylvania-voter-suppression.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
MINNESOTA: Late-arriving mail-in ballots might not be counted.
An appeals court ruled that a consent decree (entered into by Secretary of State and plaintiffs, ratified by the state court and not objected to by the Legislature) usurps Leg's power.
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=117784
An appeals court ruled that a consent decree (entered into by Secretary of State and plaintiffs, ratified by the state court and not objected to by the Legislature) usurps Leg's power.
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=117784
TEXAS (AGAIN!): https://twitter.com/mollyhc/status/1322626944991637518
