The MassGOP lawsuit to stop permanent mail-in voting is more interesting than you might think. The state’s Republican Party Chairman, Jim Lyons, has taken a very weak outfit and turned it into an exceptionally incompetent one that is now engaged full-time in garden variety “lib trolling,” an activity that hasn’t been as useful for party…
Category: voting rights
Running in Massachusetts During COVID-19: Public Health vs. Appearing on the Ballot
Citizens of Wisconsin risked their lives to vote last week. Because of actions by their state legislature, upheld by a 5-4 a Supreme Court decision, Wisconsin residents were forced to choose between exercising their right to cast a ballot and protecting their health – as well as the health of all with whom they come…
Politics of Coronavirus: “And the courts gave them justice as justice is given by well-mannered thugs”
Yesterday’s Supreme Court decision requiring Wisconsin to go ahead with in-person voting today is one of the worst in a recent series of ignominious rulings. Its five member Republican majority is playing its partisan role—suppressing votes for a party that cannot command a majority in fair elections. As Heather Cox Richardson explains in today’s Letters…