Would a constitutional amendment clear up postponed voting? The
possibility of Hurricane Sandy delaying some presidential and
congressional voting next Tuesday is unlikely, but it may take
something like a constitutional amendment to make emergency
voting laws clear cut and enforceable. The Congressional
Research Service looked extensively at election disaster
scenarios back in 2004, when it pondered how the federal and
state governments would deal with a terrorist attack on or
around Election Day. And while there are laws and precedents
about delaying or postponing elections involving the president
and Congress, the Congressional Research Service’s study shows
there’s also plenty of room for constitutional conflict in the
process. Among the 27 amendments to the Constitution, at least
eight amendments deal specifically with voting issues. The issue
of emergency election procedures could get some momentum as a
possible amendment, if the worse-case scenarios play out in a
postponed election. Currently, there ar