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

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

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

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

Thanks to each of them. Please direct any tips to Justin. [This post has been updated with new info]

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

CNN: CNN —  A Georgia appeals court has halted the election subversion conspiracy case against former President Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants until a panel of judges rules on whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified.… Continue reading

NBC News: National and state Republican Party officials are slowly revving up recruitment and plans for what they say will be an “unprecedented” Election Day army of 100,000 poll workers, monitors and lawyers. A Republican National Committee official told NBC… Continue reading

AJC: publicans are urging local officials to create a GOP majority on the Cherokee County Board of Elections, which traditionally has been bipartisan. The conflict is the latest backlash in a majority-Republican metro Atlanta county where Democratic voters have been… Continue reading

A new Common Ground Democracy post describing a Reform Elections Now event where I discussed the Top-3 Voting proposal.

NYT oped: When it came to the New York prosecution of Donald Trump, I was skeptical. I was among the commentators who criticized the case. It was old, the so-called zombie case that had been kicking around for years.… Continue reading

The WSJ has owned this story from the beginning. And this inside look at the tips that led to yesterday’s historic conviction of a former president is a must-read. Riveting.