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[Pamela S Karlan]

It’s unclear to me whether the distinction that informed people draw between the two is the one President Trump draws.  I think it’s entirely possible that he limits what he thinks of as “good” “absentee” voting to people who vote by mail because they are physically absent from the jurisdiction on Election Day (as he has been from Palm Beach) — or perhaps people who are physically unable to go to the polls — and that what he condemns about “universal” mail-in voting would extend to any form of “universal” ability to cast a mail-in ballot, whether the ballot comes automatically to the voter, as in Oregon, or requires the voter first to request the ballot.  In other words, I do not necessarily read President Trump as approving the idea of what’s often called “no excuse” absentee voting.

Pamela S. Karlan
Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law
Co-Director, Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
Stanford Law School
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On Jul 30, 2020, at 4:48 PM, Paul Gronke <paul.gronke at gmail.com> wrote:

He’s done that now. Someone whispered this distinction in his ear.

A few weeks ago, he was eliding the distinction. (Check: obscure term usage of the week.)

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Paul Gronke
Professor, Reed College
Director, Early Voting Information Center
http://earlyvoting.net

General Inquiries: Laura Swann swannla at reed.edu

Media Inquiries: Kevin Myers myersk at reed.edu

On Jul 30, 2020, at 1:57 PM, Pildes, Rick <rick.pildes at nyu.edu<mailto:rick.pildes at nyu.edu>> wrote:

Pres. Trump does continue to distinguish between absentee voting (good) and “universal mail-in voting” (bad).  A tweet from about ½ hour ago:
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Glad I was able to get the very dishonest LameStream Media to finally start talking about the RISKS to our Democracy from dangerous Universal Mail-In-Voting (not Absentee Voting, which I totally support!).


Best,
Rick

Richard H. Pildes
Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law
NYU School of Law
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NYC, NY 10014
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