[EL] Question about mail-in ballots and VRA Section 2 analsyes

Fri May 1 18:00:57 PDT 2020

The solution is not that complicated. It's done by ballot groups, not by
precincts. Multiple precincts and parts of precincts can be formed into
ballot groups based on the overlapping geopolitical jurisdictions.
California has been doing it for decades. I presume other states have also.
The methodology and technology exist. If other states and elections offices
can put aside their provincialism it can be done. But, as we've seen too
often, elections officials can be territorial and those that fund the
administration of elections can be stingy. 

Larry

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If a general election is conducted with mail-in ballots, it would be
necessary to identify each ballot by precinct in order to know who won
legislative and local government contests.  You would need to know the
precinct totals in order to know who won city offices, district offices, and
state legislative offices, none of which are elected "by county."

Dan Meek

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Dr. Lisa Handley recently pointed out to me an issue related to mail-in
ballots and Voting Rights Section 2 compliance. Determining if a
redistricting plan complies with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act requires
a racial bloc voting analysis and this is conducted using election precinct
returns and other election precinct data. 

Several counties do not report (and some states do not require) mail-in
ballots to be allocated back to the election precinct level but instead
simply tabulate and report the votes at the county level. This would  not
permit anyone to conduct a racial bloc voting analysis.

In these situations, is there any way to ensure that mail-in ballots be
reported at the election precinct level as opposed to the county level?

Jeff Wice

Adjunct Professor/Senior Fellow

New York Law School

185 West Broadway

New York, NY 10013

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