[EL] COVID and student voting

[Yael Bromberg, Esq.]

Hi Vlad,

You've outlined many of the issues emerging on campuses in the lead-up to
the election.

On behalf of the Andrew Goodman Foundation, I teamed up with the Institute
for Democracy & Higher Education, and Campus Vote Project, to issue the
following Memorandum to Higher Ed Leaders:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/08/25/preventing-decline-student-voting-during-pandemic

Best,
Yael


Yael Bromberg, Esq.
Principal, Bromberg Law LLC
Chief Counsel for Voting Rights, The Andrew Goodman Foundation


On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 3:08 PM Kogan, Vladimir <kogan.18 at osu.edu> wrote:

> The *New York Times* had a nice article
> <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/us/colleges-coronavirus-students.html>
> over the weekend documenting the big rise in COVID cases in college towns.
> Ohio State in many ways exemplifies this trend — just two weeks into the
> semester, we’ve already had 1,500 positive student tests
> <https://safeandhealthy.osu.edu/dashboard>, have more than 300 students
> living on campus in isolation, and found 10% positivity rates in random
> off-campus surveillance testing at the end of last week. (Much of it was
> predictable and avoidable: Our gyms are still open, with masks optional for
> “strenuous” exercise!)
>
>
>
> All of this raises what seems like unique logistical challenges for
> college students when it comes to voting this fall. Here are a few that
> come to mind:
>
>    - Suppose students test positive shortly before the election, are told
>    to go into isolation, and did not request a mail ballot? This is obviously
>    not unique to students — are there are procedures in place for those
>    confirmed to be COVID positive but still want to or have to vote in person?
>    - What if students choose (or, as in our case, are “strongly
>    encouraged” in order to preserve quarantine dorm space) to isolate at their
>    permanent home address, but are registered to vote at their campus address?
>    - What if universities suspend in-person teaching and send students
>    home shortly before the election, but many students are registered to vote
>    at their school address?
>
>
>
> Have any jurisdictions planned for these contingencies and are there any
> best-practices in place?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Vlad Kogan
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