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Election
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The Right Coast
Why the Polls Are Alarming for Donald Trump | The New Yorker
In the past two months, Trump hasn t led in a single national poll. The FiveThirtyEight general-election database contains the results of hundreds of surveys, and the last one showing…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
NLRB: Federal Court in DC Issues Promised Opinion on Election Regulations
By Ronald Meisburg, Kurt G. Larkin
On May 30, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a two page order invalidating five elements of the NLRB’s 2019 election regulation, based on Count…
Labor & Collective Bargaining
Judge Issues Detailed Opinion Invalidating Parts of New NLRB Election Rules
By Howard M. Bloom, Jonathan J. Spitz, Thomas V. Walsh
U.S. District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the District of Columbia has issued a detailed memorandum opinion explaining the reasoning behind her May 30, 2020 order granting summary judgment…
Other
NBC NEWS: Americans may not know who won the presidency or Senate on election night
“There is no chance that we will know on election night the full vote total in Michigan,” Marc Elias, an election lawyer with prominent Democratic clients, told NBC News. Read…
For Good
Voting in the Pandemic: New Challenges and Solutions to Ensure Safe Access to the Ballot
On June 1 and 2, more than 45 volunteers across Proskauer’s US offices assisted voters in exercising their right to vote through a virtual Election Protection call center in partnership…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
NLRB: Elements of Election Rule are Blocked by Court, But Board Implements the Rest
By Ronald Meisburg, Robert T. Dumbacher
One day before they were to go into effect, the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. blocked portions of the NLRB’s recently promulgated election rule, but left the agency free…
The Right Coast
Trump in Trouble: Why Republicans Are Worried About November
The coronavirus has left President Trump without his signature issue (the economy) and without his preferred venue (the tentpole rally). The bump in his approval rating as Americans rallied around…
Latin America Legal
Upcoming Dominican Republic Presidential Elections; Possible Challenges
By Sarah Roa
With presidential and congressional elections scheduled to take place on July 5, 2020,[1] the President of the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina Sánchez, announced last Sunday May 17, 2020, a set…
Government and Public Policy
BLOOMBERG: Election Lawyer’s Vote-by-Mail Crusade Meets GOP Resistance
Five months before Election Day, the battle for the White House is already being fought in the courts—around the contentious issue of voting by mail. Marc Elias, the man President…
Government and Public Policy
WASHINGTON POST: The real nightmare scenario for this fall’s elections
One person who is spending a great deal of time on this possibility is Marc Elias, a longtime Democratic lawyer who is representing the party committees in numerous lawsuits throughout…