VOTING RIGHTS
NEWS & ANALYSIS
Tuesday
July 09, 2019

Iowa, Nevada to Launch Caucus Voting by Phone for 2020 (AP). Party-driven move for accessibility: “The tele-caucus systems, the result of a mandate from the Democratic National Committee, are aimed at opening the local-level political gatherings to more people, especially evening shift-workers and people with disabilities, whom critics of the caucuses have long said are blocked from the process.” More: In Nevada, Phone-In Voting Aims to Expand Access to Caucuses (U.S. News & World Report).
 
Senate Democrats asking Republicans to help pass new election safeguards (KGO). Congressional Democrats are continuing to push the SAFE Act, which already passed on the House side.
 
Despite impasse over state funding, Pennsylvania counties are plunging forward on voting machine upgrades (Penn Live). There’s an ongoing fight in Pennsylvania about upgrading election infrastructure. Some counties are taking matters into their own hands.
 
The Census citizenship question fight isn’t over yet:

• Barr Says Legal Path to Census Citizenship Question Exists, but He Gives No Details (The New York Times)
• Why Trump will likely lose the census citizenship fight (Politico)

Story to watch: Kris Kobach, who favors anti-immigrant and anti-voter policies, wants a seat in the US Senate (Think Progress).