This Harvard Crimson story discusses the new TrueViews site that aims to improve representation by providing elected officials with more information about their constituents’ policy views. Professors from Harvard and George Washington University launched a data visualization tool early last… Continue reading

WaPo: Republican congressmen from Pennsylvania have filed a federal lawsuit seeking stricter scrutiny of votes cast by U.S. citizens living abroad, reflecting a new GOP strategy to challenge the eligibility of a group of voters that includes overseas military… Continue reading

AP: A law moving many town and county elections in New York to even-numbered years to align them with state and federal races was struck down by a state judge, providing a win to Republicans who claimed it was… Continue reading

Jonathan Adler at Volokh: Today a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted the state of Ohio’s application of an emergency stay of a district court injunction barring enforcement of an Ohio law prohibiting… Continue reading

AP: On Election Day, some voting lines will likely be long and some precincts may run out of ballots. An election office website could go down temporarily and ballot-counting machines will jam. Or people who help run elections might… Continue reading

AP reports.

Release: The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Georgia, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and the law firm Cooley LLP filed a lawsuit seeking a court order to extend the voter registration deadline,… Continue reading

I am very pleased to announce a new program that will be of interest to the Election Law world: The Law & Democracy Podcast. The Law & Democracy Podcast is a public affairs conversation facilitated by the Election Law Program… Continue reading

I’m very much looking forward to moderating this event: Tuesday, October 15 Are We Ready for a Fair and Legitimate Election? Tuesday, October 15, 7:30pm PT at the UCLA Hammer Museum, (Recording to Follow)Co-presented with the Hammer ForumAre election administrators… Continue reading

AP: The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge from Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania to a Biden administration executive order that is intended to boost voter registration. The justices did not comment in rejecting an appeal from the … Continue reading

Josh Gerstein at Politico.

WSJ: Pennsylvania is a must-win state for both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. It is also ground zero for litigation over election rules and skeptics who still question the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election results. That mix has… Continue reading

Mediaite: “The Democrats have given us another option,” she wrote in response to a tweet from her son that advised Peach State residents to register to vote. Maye Musk concluded, “You don’t have to register to vote. On Election Day,… Continue reading

Politico: Republicans are pouring tens of millions of dollars into getting GOP voters to cast ballots before Election Day. They’re frustrated because Donald Trump keeps getting in the way. In just the last few weeks, the former president has dismissed … Continue reading