WaPo:
A federal jury found Michael Sussmann, a lawyer for Democrats including the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign,not guilty of lying to the FBI when he brought them allegations against Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential race.Tuesday’s verdict was a… Continue reading
From the East Asian Forum:
“Almost a decade of centre-right rule came to an end on 21 May when former prime minister Scott Morrison’s Liberal Party–National Party coalition was defeated by the centre-left Labor Party, which now holds office… Continue reading
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post on the prevalence of two-round voting systems in other countries for presidential elections, Colombia’s presidential election provides a terrific example. In Colombia’s first-round vote yesterday, three main candidates competed.
A former left-wing guerilla, Gustavo… Continue reading
As Ned Foley and I have been writing about in various forums, our typical use of plurality voting rules in the US can lead to factional candidates winning nominations or elections, even though they lack majority support. That’s one of… Continue reading
Initial stories about voter turnout in Georgia’s primaries noted the dramatic increase in turnout from the prior primaries in 2018. I flagged those stories, but said I wanted to see what the rejection rate for absentee ballots would be, given… Continue reading
NYT:
Donald J. Trump had cast this year’s primaries as a moment to measure his power, endorsing candidates by the dozen as he sought to maintain an imprint on his party unlike any other past president.But after the first… Continue reading
Jessica Huseman for VoteBeat:
We have survived another round of elections, everyone. Congratulations. But a bigger congratulations goes to election administrators in Texas and Georgia, who pulled off successful elections last week after both states passed winding and… Continue reading
At Politico, in a story titled Why Texans Can’t Get the Gun Laws They Really Want, Joshua Blank reports on polling data that appears to show that Texans favor stricter gun policies than those the legislature has recently enacted.… Continue reading
There will be occasion to write much more about what when wrong, and why, with the effort at redistricting reform in Ohio for this decennial cycle. But all of us who work in the field of election law should take… Continue reading
I’ve posted this new essay, which is coming out in the California Law Review, on SSRN. Here’s the abstract:
Democracies throughout the West are unable to marshal wide-enough support to deliver effective government. The communications revolution is one reason… Continue reading
NCC “We the People” Podcast:
There’s a lot happening in the world of election law. From the Supreme Court’s opinion last week in FEC v. Ted Cruz, to a redistricting case in Alabama, to a North Carolina case dealing with… Continue reading