Archive for 2020

Yesterday, Texas became the 31st member of the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a multi-state voter registration data exchange aimed at comparing state voter rolls and identifying both ineligible individuals and those eligible but unregistered to vote.

The State of Ohio will move polling places for the March 17 primary out of nursing homes as part of an effort to protect residents from the spread of the coronavirus.

Dallas County, TX will be seeking a recount pf paper ballots from last week’s March 3 primary after discovering that votes from numerous machines were omitted from the initial count.

After months (years?) of anticipation, Super Tuesday 2020 is behind us – and while the political storylines are still playing out, electionline’s Mindy Moretti has a rundown of how the day went across the nation on the election administration front.

Today at 1pm Central time, the Certificate in Election Administration program will present a webinar entitled “Preparing for 2020: Election and Cybersecurity ” co-hosted by Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and Colorado state election director Judd Choate.

Voters across the country went to the polls on Super Tuesday, but the day was more difficult in Tennessee because of a deadly tornado that ripped through the Volunteer State overnight, leaving election officials scrambling to cope in the aftermath.

News of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus is leading election officials across the nation to consider how to protect voters on Super Tuesday and throughout the 2020 election cycle and beyond. NPR’s Pam Fessler takes a look at the issue in her latest story.

A ballot error in Jefferson County, Arkansas (Pine Bluff) has triggered a partisan fight, with Democrats calling for the county election commissioner to resign and he, in turn, responding that they want to “steal elections.”

The Wisconsin Election Commission voted unanimously yesterday to publicly scold localities who do not use state-provided funds to perform overdue computer security upgrades before the April primary.

California’s Santa Clara County (San Jose) is asking a court to block election workers from striking as part of an announced job action scheduled for this Friday – four days before the state’s March 3 primary.