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VOTING RIGHTS
NEWS & ANALYSIS
Tuesday
April 07, 2020
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TOP STORIES
Wisconsin Election Fight Heralds a National Battle Over Virus-Era Voting (NY Times): “Wisconsin voters will face a choice between protecting their health and exercising their civic duty on Tuesday after state Republican leaders, backed up by a conservative majority on the state’s Supreme Court, rebuffed the Democratic governor’s attempt to postpone in-person voting in their presidential primary and local elections.”

Wisconsin is holding the most dangerous election ever. Here’s why. (Politico): “Amid a deadly pandemic that has led more than a dozen states to delay their elections, Wisconsin is asking its citizens to come out and vote Tuesday.” The Supreme Court’s disturbing order to effectively disenfranchise thousands of Wisconsin voters (Vox): The Supreme Court’s Republican majority, in a case that is literally titled Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee, handed down a decision that will effectively disenfranchise tens of thousands of Wisconsin voters. It did so at the urging of the GOP. Revealed: Wisconsin's black and student populations at highest risk of voter purges (The Guardian): A new Guardian analysis has found voters in zip codes that were predominantly black or heavily populated by students were nearly twice as likely to be flagged for removal. These populations are also more likely to vote Democrat.

Audio: The Challenges, And The Politics, Of Suddenly Switching To Voting By Mail (NPR)

Opinion (Satire): Hey, let's make voting as tough as possible, right?
 
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CORONAVIRUS ROUNDUP
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Intensifies the Fight Over Voting Rights (New Yorker): “There is, however, an area in which the novel-coronavirus pandemic dovetails exceptionally well with part of Trump’s agenda and that of the Republican Party in some states: voter suppression.” Opposition messaging: RNC chairwoman: Top Democrats angling to use coronavirus to 'circumvent election integrity' (Washington Examiner): "The overhaul would vastly expand opportunities for fraud and weaken confidence in our elections, but all Washington Democrats see is a potential benefit for their party."

Amy Klobuchar wants to save the election from the coronavirus (MTV): The former presidential candidate is fighting to make sure young people aren’t left out of the general election.

Federal agency expedites sending congressional election funds to states (The Hill): “The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is speeding up the process of sending recently appropriated funds to states to help bolster elections during the coronavirus pandemic.”

‘Kill Chain’ Director Sarah Teale Talks Not If, But When Election Day 2020 Is Hacked & What We Can Do To Combat It (Ad Daily)

The coronavirus crisis threatens 2020 voting rights, abortion, other civil liberties, watchdogs say (Newseek)
 
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