Send your tips and questions to Guy! I’m grateful for the opportunity to step in this week and have cleared out my queue of pending legal questions for the moment….
Carissa Byrne Hessick, Michael Morse, and Nathan Pinnell, Donating to the District Attorney (forthcoming, UC Davis Law Review):
The United States is the only country that elects its local prosecutors. In theory, these local elections could facilitate local control of… Continue reading
Derek T. Muller, Ballot Access (forthcoming, Oxford Handbook of American Election Law):
Voters use ballots to choose their preferred candidates or to express support or opposition to ballot initiatives and referenda. There are many and diverse rules for how these… Continue reading
Justin Weinstein-Tull, Federal Election Administration Laws (forthcoming, Oxford Handbook of American Election Law):
Although states and local governments administer elections in the United States, the federal government has also enacted laws that regulate election administration. Most prominent among these laws… Continue reading
Some recent actions of legislatures and other elected officials stepping into the thick of how ballot measures are proposed and adopted….
In the Wall Street Journal, “State Lawmakers Take Aim at Voter-Led Ballot Measures,” which begins, “Lawmakers in Republican-led… Continue reading
Late last year, I highlighted a federal court’s decision to throw out a challenge to the FEC accepting paperwork for Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy on the ground that he was ineligible to serve. Last month, in an unpublished… Continue reading
Rebecca Green, Adversarial Election Administration (forthcoming North Carolina Law Review):
As Americans, we are conditioned to believe that involving partisans in the administration of elections is inherently problematic. Understandably. The United States is a major outlier; virtually every other developed… Continue reading
Wilfred U. Codrington III, Voting Under State Constitutions (forthcoming, Oxford Handbook of American Election Law):
Unlike their federal counterpart, state constitutions confer the right to vote in plain and affirmative terms. State charters also contain unique provisions that, among other… Continue reading
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Voting equipment across Georgia will undergo security “health checks” ahead of the 2024 presidential election, including efforts to verify that software hasn’t been altered, according to a plan announced Friday by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
Voting… Continue reading
Philadelphia Inquirer:
Bruce Castor, the former Montgomery County district attorney and county commissioner who represented former President Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial, filed an eight-page motion in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court on Tuesday, asking to no longer… Continue reading