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6th Cir denies emergency injunction of ancient voter-transportation law enforcement

As described above, the legislature's likelihood of success on appeal is high. We now
consider the remaining factors relevant to granting a stay. The harm to the legislature without a
stay would be irreparable: November 3, 2020, will only happen once, and the legislature would
lose its ability to regulate paid voter transportation for that election. Although prosecutions for
illicit vote-buying would still be possible, enforcement would be far more difficult, requiring
proof of a quid pro quo. And any vote-hauling [1895 act] fraud that does occur would still have affected
the election itself.

RNC, MI legislature (appellants) v. Priorities U.S.A. et al.

by Cat on Thu Oct 22nd, 2020 at 06:51:04 PM EST
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SIDEBAR: US history primer for romantic (none / 1)

statisticians
19th Century Polling Laws to Stop Parties Kidnapping Voters May Be Inadequate This Time
"This is why we now have secret, government-printed ballots rather than party-provided ballots" a/k/a "straight-line" ballots, hmm

50 million people have already voted. Here's how that compares with past elections.
All presidential elections in the last 50 years, ranked by highest eligible voter turnout rate (61.65%)

by Cat on Fri Oct 23rd, 2020 at 08:31:15 PM EST
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