“Streaming: the best films about elections”
The Guardian with a list for your summer evenings.
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Carter Center pilot observation project in Missoula, Montana, primary
The Carter Center has a long history of profoundly deep expertise fielding strictly nonpartisan election observation missions across the globe. They were on the ground in the US to observe Georgia’s 2022 risk-limiting audit.
And now they’re out with… Continue reading
Structural Reform of U.S. Elections: The Choice Between Instant Runoff (Hare) and Convergence (Condorcet) Voting [updated]
The Election Law team at Ohio State University is hosting a thought-provoking webinar on Wednesday, June 26, from 3-4 pm to discuss the possibilities of Structural Reform of U.S. Elections, with a focus on the nuanced differences two different electoral… Continue reading
Young voters and the EU elections
Paul Hockenos has a piece on the EU parliament elections in Germany, where the vote included 16- and 17-year-olds for the first time. And as in Portugal, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, and France, it looks like younger voters this year… Continue reading
“Mexico’s Historic Elections—and Political Violence”
Social-pressure mailers back in the news
Since Gerber, Green & Larimer’s 2008 study – among the most widely cited articles in political science since that time – there’s been both academic and practical interest in the sizable turnout impact of mailings using the shaming impact of… Continue reading
Campaigns Understand that Extreme Appeals Turn On the Spigot of Small Donations:
“Arkansas State Conference NAACP v. Arkansas Board of Apportionment”
Caroline Walker has written this comment for the Harvard Law Review on the Eighth Circuit’s decision that no private right of action exists to enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The comment explores whether plaintiffs might be able… Continue reading
New updated edition of BALLOT BATTLES now available
Oxford University Press has published a revised and expanded edition of Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States. It’s also available in a Kindle version for those, like me, who prefer to read (and highlight)… Continue reading
“Millions of Americans Don’t Have Documents Proving Their Citizenship Readily Available”
The Brennan Center, VoteRiders, U. Maryland’s Center for Civic Democracy and Engagement, and Public Wise are out today with an update on the 2006 study of citizens without ready access to documentation of that citizenship. Turns out we don’t all… Continue reading
Justin here.
Hi. As Rick mentioned, I’ll be your cruise director for the good ship Election Law Blog this week.
Send tips (to justin [dot] levitt [at] lls [dot] edu),
or praise (to justin [dot] levitt [at] lls [dot] edu),
or… Continue reading
How Much of Affective Polarization is Based on Misperceptions?
Interesting pre-print on these issues:
The Ties that Blind: Misperceptions of the Opponent Fringe and the Miscalibration of Political Contempt
Victoria A. Parker, Matthew Feinberg, Alexa Tullett, & Anne E. Wilson
Abstract
Americans’ hostility toward political opponents has intensified to… Continue reading
Justin Levitt Blogging Next Week (June 10)
Thanks to each of them. Please direct any tips to Justin.
[This post has been updated with new info]
“Several Pa. House Republicans boo officers who defended Capitol on Jan. 6”
WaPo:
Two former law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from rioters during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection were jeered by state GOP lawmakers as they visited Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Wednesday, according to several Democratic lawmakers… Continue reading