As the nation anxiously awaits results, consider perusing the William & Mary Election Law Society’s State of Elections blog where law students have been posting on state election law topics (new posts up each week).  

I have written this piece for MSNBC Opinion. It begins: As the United States reaches yet another Election Day, it’s worth a reminder that although casting a ballot is easy for most, voting is still too hard for many… Continue reading

WaPo: Shortly after Election Day came and went in 2020 with no presidential decision, then-president Donald Trump declared himself the winner, even though millions of votes had yet to be counted. A little more than three days later,… Continue reading

Release: The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) released the following statement today on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general, led by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Oregon Attorney General and NAAG President Ellen Rosenblum, Connecticut Attorney… Continue reading

U.S. News: A coalition of current and former bar association presidents published a letter Monday night reminding their fellow attorneys and the public that “the courtroom is not a theater for unsubstantiated claims.” The move comes as the Republican National… Continue reading

WaPo: Republicans have sued to prevent voters like King from getting a do-over. But the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for voters who make mistakes with their mail ballots to have a second chance. Now, in the … Continue reading

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: A day before the presidential election, the Republican National Committee on Monday said it had filed a lawsuit against the City of Milwaukee claiming its Election Commission had “arbitrarily” limited the number of observers allowed in some… Continue reading

NPR: Thousands of last-minute challenges to voters’ mail ballot applications, along with baseless claims by former President Donald Trump about an investigation into suspicious voter registration forms, are adding pressure on Pennsylvania county officials in the final hours before Election… Continue reading

Nick Riccardi for AP: Former President Donald Trump is stepping up his demands that the winner of the presidential race be declared shortly after polls close Tuesday, well before all the votes are counted. Trump set the pattern in 2020… Continue reading

Seema Mehta for the LA Times.

Worth a read if only to see how absurd Judge Oldham’s opinion is.

Sam Levine for The Guardian.

Kevin Johnson and Nick Penniman at The Fulcrum.

A brief Common Ground Democracy post following up on Rick H’s “Hope for Irrelevance By Next Weekend.”