Register for this symposium on Mar. 5. (Schedule)

Jack Michael Beerman and Gary Lawson have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In this essay, and in light of the controversy that arose in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, we explain the constitutional process… Continue reading

WaPo: The House scrapped plans for a Thursday session after security officials warned of a possible plot by an unnamed militant group to breach the Capitol. The decision to move up votes on legislation to Wednesday night came after officials… Continue reading

NYT: House Democrats pushed through a sweeping expansion of federal voting rights on Wednesday over unified Republican opposition, opening a new front in a raging national debate about elections aimed at countering G.O.P. attempts to clamp down on ballot access.The… Continue reading

Jerry Goldfeder podcast.

NYT: After record turnout flipped Georgia blue for the first time in decades, Republicans who control the state Legislature are moving swiftly to implement a raft of new restrictions on voting access, mounting one of the biggest challenges to voting… Continue reading

From an oped attacking HR 1: After an election marked by significant voting irregularities and numerous instances of officials setting aside state election law, I share the concerns of millions of Americans about the integrity of the 2020 election.That’s why… Continue reading

You can find the new report here. [Disclosure: I served as an advisor reviewing the portion of the report dealing with the United States.]

The Law and Political Process Study Group (a related group of APSA) will be putting together a panel on “New Voices in Election Law” for the APSA Annual Meeting being held Sept. 28-Oct. 3 (for virtual panels). All related panel… Continue reading

Big new report: Please join us on Wednesday March 3, 2021 from 3:00-4:30 pm EST (12:00-1:30 PST) for the public launch of our comprehensive report. Hear researchers from the Stanford Internet Observatory, Graphika, the University of Washington’s … Continue reading

Politico: Gary Gensler, President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, signaled Tuesday that the agency would raise pressure on corporations to disclose their political spending activities, a long-running tension between SEC officials, big business and… Continue reading

Looking forward to this: March 9, 2021 8-9:15 PM ET   |  Add to your calendar The democratic process in the United States was sorely tested in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. Our electoral institutions survived that test, but… Continue reading

Here: I'll be live tweeting in this thread the Supreme Court's oral argument in the important Voting Rights Case, Brnovich v. DNC. Here's my @SCOTUSBlog analysis of what's at stake: https://t.co/UldlKZKDqE— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) March 2, 2021

H.R. 1—the omnibus electoral reform package—is scheduled for a House vote later this week. The managers’ amendment to the bill was just released, and includes (among other things) some substantial (and beneficial) changes to the bill’s prohibition of partisan gerrymandering.… Continue reading