All posts by Dan Tokaji

“What’s keeping democracy experts up most at night? An overturned election”

July 5, 2021, 8:40 amelection administrationDan Tokaji

NBC News: “[A] half-dozen scholars who study democracy and election laws told NBC News they are increasingly worried that 2024 could be a repeat of 2020, only with a party further remade in the former president’s image and better… Continue reading

Electoral Integrity Project Workshop This Week

July 5, 2021, 5:55 amcomparative election law, election administrationDan Tokaji

The Electoral Integrity Project will be hosting a virtual workshop this week, entitled Delivering Trusted Elections: New Challenges in Electoral Integrity. You can find the program and information on how to register (at no cost) here. The conference was… Continue reading

“What’s Next For Voting Rights After The Supreme Court’s Decision”

July 5, 2021, 5:43 amVoting Rights ActDan Tokaji

NPR’s analysis.

“New York City Board of Elections Needs an Overhaul, Top Lawmakers Say”

July 5, 2021, 4:56 amelection administrationDan Tokaji

WSJ: “Key members of the New York state Legislature promised hearings that could pave the way for changes at the New York City Board of Elections after its staff released inaccurate information last week about the Democratic mayoral primary.”

“The Supreme Court’s Conservative Supermajority Is Just Beginning To Flex Its Muscles”

July 5, 2021, 4:48 amSupreme CourtDan Tokaji

538 reports on the just completed term: [I]t’s important not to confuse disagreement among the conservative justices — which evidently exists — with disagreement over the direction the court is moving….Additionally, one caveat of the data we’ve looked at is… Continue reading

“The real risk to America’s democracy: Partisan election administration is a greater worry than voter suppression”

July 5, 2021, 4:38 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

The Economist: Across the country, the officials who administer elections in states where Republicans hold sway have been attacked for upholding the election results. Many are at risk of being replaced.These might seem like distant, bureaucratic changes. In fact… Continue reading

Chronology of the Arizona Election Audit

July 5, 2021, 4:36 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

The Century Foundation offers a critical account.

“Restoring Trust and Security in Florida Elections From Bush v. Gore to Covid-19”

July 5, 2021, 4:35 amelection administrationDan Tokaji

The James Madison Institute has this report, which finds: Florida’s election system has substantially expanded public participation compared to the 2000 presidential election, notwithstanding the substantial growth in the state’s population over that time. Over those past two decades,… Continue reading

BPC Election Administration Report and Event (Now Updated with Link to Report)

January 15, 2020, 6:27 pmelection administrationDan Tokaji

Coming tomorrow, the Bipartisan Policy Center Election Task Force report “Getting Election Reform Right” and and live webcast event scheduled to start at 9:45 am ET. Update: The report is now available here.

“Since Citizens United, a Decade of Super PACs”

January 15, 2020, 5:59 pmcampaign financeDan Tokaji

Another Brennan Center report for CU@10.

CFI Report on Small Donor Finance in New York State

January 15, 2020, 12:42 pmcampaign financeDan Tokaji

“Small Donor Public Finance in New York State: Major Innovations – With a Catch,” by Michael Malbin and Brendan Glavin, available here (PDF). From the press release: On January 1, 2020, New York became only the second… Continue reading

“Democrats sound election security alarm after Russia’s Burisma hack”

January 15, 2020, 8:36 amchicaneryDan Tokaji

The Hill: Congressional Democrats are raising fresh concerns about 2020 election security following a report this week that Russian military officers hacked Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian gas company at the center of President Trump’s impeachment.Several Democratic lawmakers are… Continue reading

“Despite Election Security Fears, Iowa Caucuses Will Use New Smartphone App”

January 15, 2020, 8:28 amvoting technologyDan Tokaji

NPR: Iowa’s Democratic Party plans to use a new Internet-connected smartphone app to help calculate and transmit results during the state’s caucuses next month, Iowa Public Radio and NPR have confirmed.Party leaders say they decided to opt for that… Continue reading

“Millions of Americans have been purged from voter rolls—and may not even realize it”

January 15, 2020, 8:17 amvoter registrationDan Tokaji

Fortune: Millions of Americans have been purged from the voter rolls in recent years, as state governments seek to remove the names of individuals who have died, relocated, or have otherwise become ineligible to vote.But such purges have been… Continue reading