Tag: mail-in ballots

Media Politics

No “late surges” or “comebacks”: Elections are not football games

by : Tom Kephart

I touched on this yesterday, but since it doesn’t look like we’ll be moving away from mail-in voting any time soon, I think we need to reconsider how presidential elections are covered. A big reason why Trump and his supporters can claim that the election is being “stolen” is because the initial numbers on Election […]

Politics

Your results may vary: Unintended consequences for Republicans

by : Tom Kephart

This is surely not SCOTUSblog, but let’s look at two significant court rulings from yesterday: The U.S. Supreme Court blocked a lower court’s order that required the Census Bureau to continue its count through the original deadline of October 31. In August, the Trump Administration said they were moving the deadline back to September 30, […]