David Yaffe-Bellany and Kenneth Vogel of The New York Times provide an interesting account of how crypto lobbyists won over President Trump. Here are some key excerpts: Just over a year ago, while sitting around a table in an ornate… Continue reading

Protect Democracy’s Ben Raderstorf and FairVote’s Mike Parsons have written this piece on the lessons that today’s reformers can learn from the wave of electoral systems reform that swept through American cities between 1915 and 1950, when many cities adopted… Continue reading

From the Democracy Docket, we get this warning on the SAVE Act. The Save Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act) would require voters to provide proof of citizenship when they are registering to vote in federal elections. According… Continue reading

The Brennan Center has conducted this analysis, concluding that at least $1.9 billion was spent on online ads in the 2024 election. From the report: Political advertisers spent $1.9 billion on online ads for the 2024 election on the four… Continue reading

The prospect of a new political party by Elon Musk is garnering considerable attention. The question for me is whether the focus on third parties will also begin to undermine the American aversion to proportional representation. Ross Douthat has… Continue reading

The Washington Post‘s Editorial Board is taking local officials in DC to task for refusing to implement a voter initiative to use ranked-choice voting in the District. Voters in the District overwhelmingly approved an initiative that adopts ranked-choice voting and… Continue reading

There has been considerable attention to a slight shift to the right among some nonwhite voters in the 2024 Presidential election. See, for example, here, here, and here. Lenny Bronner and Andrew Van Dam have a story … Continue reading

Politico‘s Michael Schaffer has this piece on the complications of covering our gerontocratic political representatives. The subject in this case is D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. The story also raises a question about the ethical responsibility of journalists when they… Continue reading

Great thanks to Rick Pildes for doing a fantastic job on the blog this past week. As he mentioned, I’ll be your cruise director for the remainder of the week.

This is a reminder of an excellent resource for voting rights and election law educators: a VIDEO Voting Rights curriculum. This v-casebook is a wonderful supplement to any courses and seminars on election law. It features an array of… Continue reading

Dear colleagues, I’m excited to share an additional pedagogical resource for voting rights and election law educators: a VIDEO Voting Rights curriculum. This v-casebook is an excellent supplement to any courses and seminars on election law. It features an… Continue reading

There is no doubt that the opinion and outcome in Milligan is both unexpected and quite remarkable. But what makes Milligan remarkable for me is its utter conventionality. By and large, Milligan is a fairly straightforward application of precedent, doctrine,… Continue reading

“The California Democrat is surrounded by a large retinue of aides at all times, who tell her how and when to vote, explain what is going on when she is confused, and shield her from the press and public.” Story… Continue reading

Registration is free and here. Here’s the description: The Elections & Voting Information Center (EVIC) at Reed College has conducted a survey of local election officials (LEOs) for the past 4 years that provides local officials with an important… Continue reading