House terms are too short
Rick Pildes in The NY Times makes a strong case on this point. As he acknowledges, however, a constitutional amendment to redress this problem seems out of reach for the foreseeable future.
All posts by Ned Foley
Can House hardball end gerrymandering?
An ELB reader kindly pointed me to this piece. (Thanks for the tip.) Written by distinguished authors whom I greatly admire, the argument is in my view gravely mistaken.
First, let me try to summarize it fairly: the claim… Continue reading
You can’t have elections without election officials
CNN reports on the risk of “a mass exodus” among election administrators, threatening the ability to run elections in the future. A snippet:
“Everything I’ve heard from state officials and from locals is how unbelievably stressful it is, that they… Continue reading
“21st Century Jim Crow” or Electoral McCarthyism?
This op-ed in The Washington Post, by John C. Ackerman, an Illinois county clerk, argues that calling the new state laws that cut back on voting opportunities “21st century Jim Crow” is a “vilification campaign” aiming “to smear Republicans… Continue reading
Pelosi rejects Banks & Jordan for 1/6 committee
“Complaint alleges group funneled data from RNC to lawmakers”
AP reports on new filing with the IRS. [corrected link]
PA’s governor shifts on voter ID
Jonathan Lai of the Philadephia Inquirer has the details.
Update on DOJ & non-prosecution about census
Government Executive has corrected its story on DOJ’s decision not to prosecute Wilbur Ross, now noting that the decision not to prosecute was made in the previous administration. The original ELB post has also been updated to note this correction.
Tournament Elections with Round-Robin Primaries
I’ve posted a draft of this paper on SSRN. Here’s the abstract:
Round-robin voting uses ranked-choice ballots but calculates which candidates are most preferred by a majority of voters differently from instant-runoff voting. Like a round-robin sports competition, round-robin… Continue reading
7th Circuit affirms LVW’s NVRA suit against Indiana
Indiana’s voter purge law flunks its second test in the Seventh Circuit. Courthouse News reports on this decision.
Report on the Georgia hearing; what’s next?
Washington Post summarizes. Given the Republican non-participation, this doesn’t sound like an effective strategy to overcome a filibuster. USA Today reports that Senate Democrats, essentially abandoning S1, will turn instead to VRA reform “this autumn”; if true, this presumably… Continue reading
The Arizona Audit
There is more news about the seemingly endless Maricopa County pseudo-audit. Maybe I’m naive, but I’m inclined to ignore whatever “results” come from this inherently inappropriate process. If the so-called “results” are favorable to Trump, it’s meaningless. It’s equally meaningless… Continue reading
NJ redistricting: 13 is an unlucky number this time
“This is the first time the two parties haven’t agreed on a 13th member for congressional redistricting.” That, for me, is the key quote from this report on the need for the state’s Supreme Court to pick the thirteenth member… Continue reading
Effect of Primaries on Electoral Outcomes?
Geoffrey Skelley at 538 has a piece on Lee Drutman’s very important new report analyzing the effect of primary elections on general election outcomes. (I mentioned this report in a previous blog post.)
As Skelley explains, Drutman’s report is… Continue reading