As this blog recently noted here, Senator Rubio has introduced legislation to change the two key dates in the federal law that governs the electoral college process. Ned Foley and I today published this op-ed in The Hill, aiming… Continue reading

Once again, as this CNN story recounts, President Trump strongly endorsed absentee voting even as he criticized “universal mail-in voting.” And once again, journalists completely fail to recognize the significance of his endorsement of absentee voting. I am going to… Continue reading

Original perspective here on this issue, from a new academic article by Ryan Doefler and Sam Moyn. In the same spirit as Mark Tushnet’s book from several years back, Taking the Constitution Away from the Courts. Here is the abstract:… Continue reading

This NYT story echos my point that the main policy fight over mail-in voting is essentially over. Indeed, the NYT story might underestimate the percentage of voters who will have the option of no-excuse absentee voting, because four of the… Continue reading

As if Puerto Rico does not have enough problems already, its voting process for primary elections this weekend collapsed when large quantities of ballots did not arrive at the polling stations. For one report, see here.

This piece, from the Executive Director of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, makes good use of my recent work showing how outside spending groups increase internal party conflicts. Some excerpts: “McCain/Feingold is what started the stampede toward… Continue reading

According to this story from Stat News, the money seems to go pretty evenly to both parties, with a slide edge as of now to Republicans (53%).

This is a good survey article by Brendan Nyhan about what we know (or wrongly think we know) about misinformation regarding factual matters, including on policy and politics: the sources of misinformation, the distribution of public beliefs about it, and… Continue reading

Good news:  Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has introduced a bill to extend the federal safe harbor period for states to determine electors from December 8, 2020 to January 1, 2021 for this year’s presidential election. He explains his position in… Continue reading

The Washington Post has published this piece of mine. An excerpt: The main fight over “vote by mail” is over. President Trump ended it, even if he doesn’t realize that. In the past few weeks, the president has repeatedly and… Continue reading

West Academic Published has announced that the 2020 Supplement to The Law of Democracy: Legal Regulation of the Political Process is now available at this link. The Supplement contains a free-standing 15-page section on issues concerning the fall election, including… Continue reading

This title might be a bit misleading, since the text of the story refers to lack of resources or knowledge. Still, raises important issues: As the coronavirus pandemic has upended normal balloting, more than half of voters under the age… Continue reading

From the Washington Post: When Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced an all-of-the-above strategy to conduct “a normal” election in November, he cast it as a decision to maximize voter access during the coronavirus pandemic. A massive backlash ensued.… Continue reading

Sen. Coons op-ed in WP: It is now well understood that states across the country do not have adequate resources to conduct an election during the novel coronavirus pandemic, largely because Congress and the states have provided only a… Continue reading