Discussing the legal issues that arise because of disruptions to the election cause by the horrific damage of Hurricane Helene. (The conversation was recorded before Milton made landfall.)

I am very pleased to announce a new program that will be of interest to the Election Law world: The Law & Democracy Podcast. The Law & Democracy Podcast is a public affairs conversation facilitated by the Election Law Program… Continue reading

The second in a series of Common Ground Democracy essays on the philosophy of democracy and its implications for electoral systems.

The first in a series of Common Ground Democracy essays on the philosophy of democracy and its implications. This one considers the concept of majority voting on the assumption that voters and candidates can be located along a single blue-purple-red… Continue reading

The recording of this webinar, sponsored by the Election Law at Ohio State program, is now available. I found it to be a very valuable program, with great presentations from Beth Hladick, Deb Otis, and Iris Samuels, on all… Continue reading

The Election Law at Ohio State program is hosting a webinar on the multiple efforts around the country this year to reform the structure of elections (including the effort in Alaska to repeal that state’s previous reform). Date & Time:… Continue reading

Dave Roos detailed them at History.com.

A new Common Ground Democracy essay.

“What Institutional Reform Would Most Depolarize Politics?” A new Common Ground Democracy essay examines, with sympathetic skepticism, the growing interest among scholars in fusion voting, as evidenced by the recent open letter advocating it. The essay explains why, given the… Continue reading

The New Yorker writer Susan Glasser, a journalist whom I greatly admire (and read regularly), in her most recent column uses the word “coup” to describe the current effort within the Democratic Party to persuade Joe Biden to step aside… Continue reading

ELB readers might be interested in this Lawfare analysis. Its subheading: “Chief Justice Roberts gives neither Trump nor any future president a green light to tyranny, as some initial reactions to his opinion fear.” Its opening paragraph: The Supreme… Continue reading

… the Democratic Party’s rules for what would happen if and when President Biden steps aside, on the latest episode of POLITICO Playbook’s Deep Dive podcast. (I assume ELB readers know of her expertise on this topic.) The discussion… Continue reading

This post is a revised version of a nonpublic email I sent yesterday. Several who received the email responded by saying that Lincoln example discussed in the email is useful. Therefore, I’m sharing it here. Yesterday the Washington Post ran… Continue reading

I wrote the following originally as a nonpublic email but subsequently have been asked to make it publicly available. I do so in the spirit that deliberation among scholars about a new Supreme Court opinion as important as the presidential… Continue reading