From Sam Levine at the Guardian: There wasn’t anything particularly controversial about Georgia’s presidential primary in March this year. Donald Trump won the Republican contest – picking up a little more than 400,000 more votes than Nikki Haley, who… Continue reading

I wrote this report for Protect Democracy on the relationship between proportional representation and the Voting Rights Act. Here’s some of the introduction: First, the report provides background information about these topics. In particular, PR can refer to either a… Continue reading

From John D. Feerick and John Rogan at The Hill, an interesting piece on the 25th Amendment’s role in Nixon’s resignation: Fifty years ago this week, Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency, and it might not have happened—at… Continue reading

Since I’m blogging this week, I want to expand the discussion here a bit from election law, narrowly conceived, to democratic governance more broadly. I have argued since pretty much the start of my career that scholars of “election law”… Continue reading

Thus bad begins (with a nod to Javier Marais). From the Wash Post: Analysts and intelligence experts warned Sunday that wider efforts may be underway by foreign powers to disrupt the U.S. presidential election, after the Trump campaign said it … Continue reading

So does that mean he would not support the actual proposal? Watch: Vance on ABC struggles to defend his comments about giving parents extra voting rights as a mere "thought experiment" and not something he seriously meant pic.twitter.com/mBIH2i4c32—… Continue reading

The 2024 Supplement to our casebook contains new material on AI and democracy; the social-media cases the Court decided this Term; the cases implicating election-law issues involving former President Trump, including the ballot-disqualification decision; and the most recent Court decision… Continue reading

Thanks again to Spencer and Tabatha for the great job blogging these past few weeks. Rick Pildes takes the seat on Monday, so please send any tips and comments his way. Then I’m back in the saddle as primary blogger… Continue reading

With very little actual election-law news in this 24-hour news cycle, I am thinking about the downside of emphasizing our democratic dismay. We should not ignore the many risks to our electoral system. But should we also be worried that… Continue reading

The AALS Section on Election Law is soliciting submissions for its annual Distinguished Scholarship Award. This year, the Section will grant two awards, one for 2023 and one for 2024. Each award will be given to a single work that… Continue reading