Read @ShaneGoldmacher on Cuomo: “Mr. Cuomo alienated allies and enemies alike on his way up in politics, and now finds himself sliding from hero-level worship to pariah-like status with the kind of astonishing speed that only the friendless suffer.” nytimes.com/2021/03/13/us/…
“The problem with Cuomo is no one has ever liked him,” said Richard Ravitch, a former Democratic [lt. gov] “He’s not a nice person and he doesn’t have any real friends. If you don’t have a base of support and you get into trouble, you’re dead meat.” nytimes.com/2021/03/13/us/…
“As executive director for his father’s transition team, after the 1982 victory in the governor’s race, the younger Mr. Cuomo kicked his feet up on a desk during an interview...lit a cigarette and declared, “I’ve become very popular lately.” nytimes.com/2021/03/13/us/…
Actual LOL: “They’re cut from the same cloth,” Senator James Tedisco, the Republican that Mr. Spitzer cursed at, said of Mr. Spitzer and Mr. Cuomo. “They’ll do just about anything they can to get their way and try to destroy you.” nytimes.com/2021/03/13/us/…
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lots going on here...let’s start with this: a quick google search shows that nearly all states with same-day reg also require one or more forms of identification/proof of residency and those without have to vote provisionally, on top of other verification ncsl.org/research/elect…
Also, pollbooks are a thing — in states with electronic poll-book systems, someone checking into vote in a precinct is logged throughout the whole system to prevent them from going to location to location. states also conduct post-election reviews to catch double voting
I was on a call earlier this year featuring an election official from MO, which has a notary requirement, and he said it’s actually less secure than signature match done by election officials bc there are very few qualifications to be a notary in Missouri businessinsider.com/the-battle-ove…
In one hour, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in Brnovich vs. DNC, a case over whether two Arizona voting restrictions violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act — check out my explainer/preview from yesterday on this case and why it's so important businessinsider.com/supreme-court-…
NEW: If you thought COVID-19 scrambling our elections was over, I have bad news — 2022 will still see filing deadlines & primaries being delayed and legal/legislative battles, this time over pandemic-related delays of Census data needed for redistricting businessinsider.com/why-census-del…
2020 was like the Book of Revelations: Census edition — the census' enumeration process was upended by the pandemic, extreme weather events that disrupted operations, and the Trump admin's drawn-out legal fights over various aspects of the Census businessinsider.com/why-census-del…
Redistricting data that states need to redraw districts could be delayed until Sept. 30, 6 months after its normal statutory deadline, largely because the challenges of the 2020 count created more errors & anomalies that need to be resolved on the back end businessinsider.com/why-census-del…
Oh boy, I guess it's Georgia election misinformation hour at the trial
First on rates of ballot rejections dropping between 2016 and 2020 — there is NOTHING nefarious or suspicious about that, esp since GA entered into a legal settlement to standardize signature matching procedures AND there massive public education campaigns around mail voting
Everything Castor is reading from the transcript of the Trump/Raffensperger call is nonsense. Georgia has more rigorous signature matching than most states — both applications & ballot envelopes are sig matched and officials are trained in signature analysis by law enforcement