[EL] State-level continuity of governance-

[David Segal]

Two NY lawmakers just tested positive. This is all about to spiral.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/nyregion/coronavirus-ny.html

On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 8:39 PM David Segal <david at demandprogress.org>
wrote:

> Hi, everybody-
>
> One thing I'm trying to sound the alarm about:
>
> Many, or perhaps most, state legislatures have no contingencies in place
> to allow for things like remote voting by lawmakers.
>
> This could be disastrous, as it will be harder and harder to get quorums
> to meet in person. And such meetings will be necessary to pass things like
> budgets -- *and changes to voting laws to help make sure that elections
> take place at scale and with integrity. *
>
> I'd urge anybody who has contacts with state officials to raise this issue
> with them ASAP so they can seek to make changes to their own procedures to
> allow for continuity of governance. It's disconcerting, but not shocking,
> that there's been almost no thought put into this here in RI.
>
> (This is also a concern for Congress, but I know they are at least
> thinking about it now.)
>
> -David
>
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