From the Guardian: Election experts are deeply worried about the chaos from a scenario in which Trump leads in-person voting on election night, claims victory, only to see his lead evaporate as more mail-in votes are counted. Election law… Continue reading

One of the silver linings of Zoom is being able to talk with law students at places that would be logistically difficult if conferences had to be in person. Nick Stephanopolous and I will be speaking tomorrow at this conference… Continue reading

This is a good piece on an under-discussed election reform issue. One reason it’s good is that it’s not all doom and gloom, and recognizes positive developments in this area. The piece also offers a new institutional reform for this… Continue reading

CNN has published this op-ed of mine on what voters can do at this point to minimize the risk of an election meltdown. My contract with them permits me to offer only this very brief excerpt, so take a look… Continue reading

In this NYTimes survey of security experts about potential risks to the election process and ways to forestall them, I think this suggestion from Michael Chertoff is worth highlighting: But defenses are not perfect, so we also need ways to… Continue reading

This is a must-read piece from Ned Foley on the importance of recognizing the difference between problems in the election process — which social media will inevitably amplify — and issues that would actually cast doubt on the legitimacy of… Continue reading

The WSJ editorial page offers another strong endorsement of changing laws in states like PA, MI, and WI to permit election officials to begin processing absentees earlier than Election Day. I strongly agree on that point, without necessarily agreeing with… Continue reading

As this piece today in the Washington Post notes, 70% of people are “very confident” their vote will be counted accurately if they vote in person, while only 30% say the same if they vote by mail. Many people want… Continue reading

Princeton’s magazine ran that statement from me as the lead to an interview I recently did with them on voting issues for this fall. As I’ve said, I intend to keep hammering away at this issue, which I see as… Continue reading

And here’s the subtitle from this must-read piece in The Atlantic from Russell Berman: “Experts now say the health risk of casting an in-person ballot is relatively low. Will Democrats tell their voters that?” I’m thrilled to see this piece.… Continue reading

This WSJ piece makes several important points about the absentee voting process. In particular, Rove strongly endorses a crucial policy change that should be made now, particularly in six battleground states: permit election officials to start the processing of verifying… Continue reading

Rand has issued this important and extensive report on public attitudes toward voting this fall. It first “key finding” is that most voters believe voting will be safe this fall — and that older voters are even more likely to… Continue reading

At 5pm EST today, I’ll be talking with Ben Wittes and Kate Klonick on their fun program of informal conversations that substitute for the fun we can’t be having right now. We’ll discuss voting issues and lots of other subjects.… Continue reading

With New York predictably moving to no-excuse absentee voting for this fall, we are now down to six states that will not permit all voters to vote by mail: IN, MS, SC, TN, TX, WV. In those states, voters will… Continue reading