In a lengthy opinion today, a federal court granted a preliminary injunction barring Jacksonville from holding any elections under its newly drawn city council districts. Seven of those districts, the court held, are likely unconstitutional racial gerrymanders: four “packed” districts… Continue reading
AP:
Colorado’s secretary of state office says it mistakenly sent postcards to about 30,000 noncitizens encouraging them to register to vote, blaming the error on a database glitch related to the state’s list of residents with driver’s licenses.The office of… Continue reading
New article from Ruoxi Li in PS. Abstract:
In the latest round of the apportionment of the US House of Representatives following the 2020 Census, the State of New York lost a seat by an extremely small margin: if a… Continue reading
From an email I recently sent to the AALS Section on Election Law listserv:
The AALS Section on Election Law is soliciting submissions for its annual scholarship award. The award is given to a single work that exemplifies excellence in… Continue reading
Great new Adam Liptak Sidebar column in the NYT, with the subhead: “In arguments in a voting rights case, the new justice said history must inform constitutional interpretation, making a liberal case for an idea often associated with conservatives.”
for taking the reins of ELB over the last two weeks. It’s a huge effort to keep this going, and having these great scholars pitching in makes a big difference. Thank you!
Interesting article on how Democratic-operatives-turned-journalists, who control a number of progressive media outlets, are using Facebook’s powerful ad targeting tools to increase voter turnout and shape political thinking.
The Washington Post reports that there have been increased efforts to recruit partisan poll workers in swing states. Notably, Republicans have filed lawsuits in a number of swing states challenging the regulations that govern poll workers, seeking to make the… Continue reading
New article by Zhao Li and Richard Disalvo in the American Political Science Review. The abstract reads:An unprecedented number of major U.S. companies announced changes to their campaign contributions following the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021. We analyze the… Continue reading
This is the second article in a series that NPR is running to shed light on how our voting process works. The article refutes claims that hand-counting ballots are preferable for tabulating votes because the research shows that hand-counts are… Continue reading