[EL] ELB News and Commentary 3/16/20

Mon Mar 16 09:11:18 PDT 2020

“Ohio offering curbside voting, loosening absentee voting rules for quarantined and hospitalized due to coronavirus”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110022>
Posted on March 16, 2020 9:03 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110022> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Cleveland.com reports<https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/03/ohio-offering-curbside-voting-loosening-absentee-voting-rules-for-quarantined-and-hospitalized-due-to-coronavirus.html>.
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Posted in election administration<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

“New York Officials Weigh Delaying April Primary Election”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110020>
Posted on March 16, 2020 9:01 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110020> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports.<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/us/politics/ny-voting-coronavirus.html>
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Posted in election administration<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

“Does Florida Really Want Ex-Felons to Vote? In the first election since the state restored their voting rights, no one knows how many might actually vote. Fees are one problem. Believing anything will make a difference is another.”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110018>
Posted on March 16, 2020 8:58 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110018> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Interesting NYT report.<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/us/politics/florida-felons-voting-rights.html>
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Posted in election administration<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

“Intensifying coronavirus fears rattle voters and elections officials in advance of Tuesday primaries”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110016>
Posted on March 16, 2020 8:55 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110016> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/intensifying-coronavirus-fears-rattle-voters-and-elections-officials-in-advance-of-tuesday-primaries/2020/03/15/426c8762-66d3-11ea-abef-020f086a3fab_story.html>:

Voters, campaigns and election officials in four states holding contests Tuesday are braced for a presidential primary day unlike any in memory, as the surging threat of the novel coronavirus<https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/02/28/what-you-need-know-about-coronavirus/?tid=lk_inline_manual_1&itid=lk_inline_manual_1> has forced major changes at voting locations, rattled poll workers and left voters worried about how to cast their ballots.

In Arizona, Florida, Illinois and Ohio, election officials have raced to replace poll workers who have said they will not show Tuesday, supply thousands of precincts with sanitizing supplies, and notify voters whose polling locations, many in senior facilities, have been moved as a result of the pandemic.

Voters, meanwhile, have flooded information hotlines. Among their urgent questions: where to vote, how to deliver a ballot if they are under quarantine and how to vote if they registered while attending a college that is now closed.
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Posted in election administration<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

Watch Me on The PBS News Hour Talking About Election Security, Coronavirus, and Election Meltdown Issues<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110014>
Posted on March 15, 2020 4:21 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110014> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

You can watch or read the transcript here<https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/whats-being-done-to-stop-russias-election-interference>.
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Posted in election administration<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, Election Meltdown<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=127>

“Georgia delays presidential primary due to coronavirus pandemic”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110012>
Posted on March 14, 2020 5:43 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110012> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AJC<https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/georgia-delay-presidential-primary-due-coronavirus-pandemic/0vJZpHlHdPQdPEda6GtvCP/>:

Georgia elections officials postponed the presidential primary scheduled for next week because of the coronavirus pandemic, becoming the second state forced to push back a vote in the race for the White House due to the outbreak.

The state rescheduled the presidential vote previously scheduled for March 24 until May 19, the same date as the regular primary for a U.S. Senate seat and many other offices, elections officials told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Saturday.

“Events are moving rapidly and my highest priority is protecting the health of our poll workers, their families, and the community at large,” said Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger…

Still, voting rights activists applauded the move as a tough but necessary decision. The head of Fair Fight, the group Stacey Abrams launched to promote ballot access, said the delay will help stoke turnout and prove Georgia is a “pivotal battleground state.”

“Moving the presidential primary to May 19 will allow even more Georgians to participate,” said Lauren Groh-Wargo, the organization’s director, “and Fair Fight will be watching to ensure every vote is properly counted.”
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Posted in election administration<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

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