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“Republican lawmakers working on sweeping changes to Ohio election administration”
Ohio Capital Journal:
Legislation in the Ohio House and Senate would make sweeping changes to the way Ohioans vote and how those votes are counted. Despite sterling post-election audits in Ohio and the arrival last year of strict new… Continue reading
“Va. 5th District vote count continues in closer-than-expected contest”
WaPo:
One rare area of agreement among observers chewing over the race: Almost everyone expects allies of 2020 election-deniers Good and McGuire to watch the counting and recounting like hawks.
“It’s not lost on us that these are two candidates… Continue reading
“Deans from America’s law schools unveil joint letter in defense of democracy”
Release:
The ABA Task Force for American Democracy unveiled a letter signed by more than 100 deans from America’s law schools concerning the training necessary for the next generation of lawyers to sustain our constitutional democracy and the rule of… Continue reading
“Democracy at a Crossroads: A Q&A About Free and Fair Elections With EAC Chairman Benjamin Hovland”
Over at CAP:
CAP: Regrettably, even though it has been three years since we last discussed the fact that some political leaders peddled falsehoods about widespread election fraud and other matters designed to reduce faith in elections, this lamentable… Continue reading
Arizona: “Court upholds legal fees penalty for former SOS candidate”
Arizona Capitol Times:
Mark Finchem and his attorney can’t escape a court order that they pay more than $47,000 in legal fees in his unsuccessful attempt to overturn his 2022 loss in the race for secretary of state.
In… Continue reading
Thanks to Justin
for his blogging stint last week. Firehose indeed!
“Race, the Ballot, and Hegemony: What the Struggle over Immigrant Voting Teaches Us About Rightwing Mobilization in the U.S.”
In New Political Science from Ron Hayduk and Anthony Pahnke. Abstract:
While there has been an increase in rhetoric and efforts to block expanding voting rights to noncitizens around the United States, there is a relative lack of academic research… Continue reading
“Streaming: the best films about elections”
The Guardian with a list for your summer evenings.
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