[EL] Kleinfelds’ proposal

[Sean Parnell]

It’s probably worth noting that states generally fund and run their own elections, so there’s no real need to go through McConnell and Trump to expand absentee voting and other options. Federal funding would no doubt help make the decision to expand absentee voting easier, but lack of funding is not an absolute barrier.

 

Sean Parnell

 

From: Law-election <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> On Behalf Of David Segal
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It's good that they are pushing and I think a patchwork of purple, and even some red, states might implement procedures along these lines. (Hard to imagine that all would, which might implicate the POTUS race and would certainly have impacts on Congress and state and local races.)

 

But it's very hard for me to see a path under any circumstances through McConnell and Trump, even if Congressional Ds prioritize this more in negotiations. 

 

Do other folks here think otherwise, re: the politics of the bulk of R-controlled states and Congress, and if so would you be able to speak to what it looks like in more detail?

 

 

On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:59 PM Eric J Segall <esegall at gsu.edu <mailto:esegall at gsu.edu> > wrote:

Yes. excellent piece, great ideas, and thanks Ilya for supporting it. 

 

Best,

 

Eric

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 I thought this was solid and would get bipartisan support: 

 

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