[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/4/20

Sat Apr 4 12:09:50 PDT 2020

From Wisconsin to Georgia to North Carolina to President Trump, some Republicans seem happy with depressed voter turnout due to the pandemic. It makes me worry a lot about November.<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110409>
Posted on April 4, 2020 11:42 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110409> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I have written this piece<https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-04-04/coronavirus-voting-republicans-safety-polls> for the LAT. It begins:

Even in a pandemic, some Republicans are looking to suppress the vote for partisan political advantage. But the biggest power plays may come in November, and they could threaten our democracy.

With most of the country under a stay-at-home order, in-person voting right now is perilous. We don’t know what the situation will be like in November, but vote-by-mail is one way<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fslate.com%2Fnews-and-politics%2F2020%2F03%2F2020-election-coronavirus-bill-vote-by-mail.html&data=02%7C01%7Cterry.tang%40latimes.com%7Cb257abb9fe364fade57a08d7d753d174%7Ca42080b34dd948b4bf44d70d3bbaf5d2%7C0%7C0%7C637214627299708709&sdata=wpZh3ykeH7vxVZ0pLgZFwGFr%2BafprMGlx34lp%2FtiV9s%3D&reserved=0> to help ensure that millions of Americans will be able to vote safely. Yet, across the country, some Republican legislators and leaders are opposing efforts to make voting safe and widespread.
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“Federal judge won’t change Ohio’s primary election plan implemented in face of coronavirus”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110407>
Posted on April 4, 2020 11:40 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110407> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Cleveland.com:<https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2020/04/federal-judge-wont-change-ohios-primary-election-implemented-in-face-of-coronavirus.html>

A federal judge on Friday declined to step in and change a plan Ohio lawmakers unanimously approved to alter the state’s primary election, which will now be held almost solely by mail through April 28 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. District Judge Michael Watson ruled that a coalition of voting-rights groups that filed suit Monday over the Ohio legislature’s plan did not show that the rights of residents would be disenfranchised enough to override the law.

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Federal court order, rejecting challenge to Ohio's modification of 3/17 primary because of COVID-19, is well-reasoned model of constitutional analysis under Anderson-Burdick-Crawford precedents for voting cases. Kudos to court given emergency & speed. https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/LWVO_v_Larose_57.pdf …<https://t.co/2FDHkEelJP>
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