[EL] ELB News and Commentary 3/23/20

Sun Mar 22 19:53:34 PDT 2020

“Rand Paul Tests Positive for Covid-19, Fueling Anxiety in the Capitol”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110173>
Posted on March 22, 2020 7:52 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110173> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT:<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/us/politics/coronavirus-rand-paul.html>

Senate Republicans were struggling to salvage a more than $1 trillion economic rescue package to respond to the coronavirus crisis<https://www.nytimes.com/news-event/coronavirus> when they got the message on Sunday afternoon: One of their own had been walking around the Capitol with Covid-19 for days as they debated how best to confront the rapidly spreading pandemic.

Senator Rand Paul had tested positive for the coronavirus, Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, told fellow Republicans over lunch. It was the news that lawmakers had been dreading for weeks as they went about their travel- and handshake-heavy routines while the disease circulated around the country<https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html#us>.

The news set off a frantic race to retrace the steps of Mr. Paul, who had continued to show up in the Senate — even using the private senators’ gym, where he swam laps in the pool on Sunday morning — until he received the results of his coronavirus test sometime after his workout.

It injected a potentially dangerous new element into the intense negotiation over a stabilization package to bolster the country’s health system and social safety net and to prop up an economy teetering on the brink of collapse.
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Posted in legislation and legislatures<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>

NASS Issue Brief: Election Emergencies & COVID-19<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110171>
Posted on March 22, 2020 7:36 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110171> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

You can find it here<https://www.nass.org/resources/issue-briefing-election-emergencies-covid-19>.
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Posted in election administration<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

“Election Officials Call for Increased Election Funding; Local election officials call for an increase to funding being considered in the current stimulus package to ensure the security and resiliency of our nation’s election system.”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110169>
Posted on March 22, 2020 3:28 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110169> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Brennan Center coordinating this letter<https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/election-officials-call-increased-election-funding>.
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Posted in Uncategorized<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

150+ Groups Sign Letter Urging Congress to Add $2 Billion in Election Funding for Virus-Related Expenses<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110167>
Posted on March 22, 2020 3:25 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110167> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

You can read the letter here<http://civilrightsdocs.info/pdf/policy/letters/2020/COVID-19-TF-Co-Chair-Funding-Letter-FINAL3.22.20.pdf>.
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Posted in Uncategorized<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

“The 2020 Election Won’t Look Like Any We’ve Seen Before; Voting by mail is key to ensuring the integrity and accessibility of November’s vote.”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110165>
Posted on March 22, 2020 3:22 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110165> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Extensive NYT editoral.<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-vote-mail.html>
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Posted in Uncategorized<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

“Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose proposes pre-paid, statewide mail vote for delayed primary”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110163>
Posted on March 22, 2020 11:43 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=110163> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Cleveland.com:<https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/03/ohio-secretary-of-state-frank-larose-proposes-pre-paid-statewide-mail-vote-for-delayed-primary.html>

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose wants to send postage-paid absentee ballots to millions of Ohioans as part of his plan to complete the state’s presidential primary election, delayed over coronavirus concerns.

LaRose on Saturday announced his plan, which would send postage-paid absentee ballot applications to every registered voter who hadn’t yet cast an early vote for the primary, which was postponed from March 17.

Voters who complete the application would get the postage-paid ballots, which they could submit until June 2, when LaRose wants to hold in-person voting.

But the plan would allow LaRose to call off in-person voting by April 24, if Ohio health officials haven’t rescinded the public-health order that closed the polls in the first place by then.

LaRose’s plan, which he said is backed by Gov. Mike DeWine, would require approval and funding from state lawmakers.

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