Mail-in voting is viewed as the way to go in 2020 elections due to the coronavirus. State and local election administrators are pushing voters to use it.
WATCH: Pelosi speaks on coronavirus funding for mail-in voting, election security
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a news conference May 21 on the 100th anniversary of the House of Representatives’ passage of the 19th Amendment.
‘A game-changer’: Pandemic forces shift in black voter outreach
The coronavirus has forced a shift in black voter outreach. “Historic voter suppression helps drive preference to vote in person”.
Judge grants sanctions against DOJ over citizenship question
A federal judge imposed financial sanctions against the Trump administration for failing to produce documents in census citizenship question litigation.
Illiberal Hungary ‘mounting an ambitious ideological campaign’?
Budapest’s response to coronavirus… has been to suspend parliament and give [Premier] Viktor Orbán open-ended powers to rule by decree, Democracy Digest.
Azerbaijan Should Release Jailed Opposition Leader
Friday marks two months since Tofiq Yagublu, one of Azerbaijan’s top political opposition figures, was thrown behind bars for his activism, HRW.
Coronavirus has made the 2020 election a perfect storm for voting rights lawsuits
The coronavirus pandemic imposed a modification of election methods. This has, in turn, provoked legal battles of potentially historical proportions.
America Is Woefully Unprepared for a COVID-19 Election
It is becoming increasingly evident that America is unprepared for a COVID-19 election. This is worrying as 1 million votes are at stake.
Voting registration activists are shifting their message to health care during the coronavirus pandemic
Voter registration activities play a crucial role in US democracy which includes sanitary measures for voters. This comes in handy during coronavirus.
Why democracies are better at managing crises
Is there a link between political systems and the effectiveness of crisis response? A new perspective shows why democracies are better at managing crises.