Jason Willick in the Washington Post arguing that the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact could lead to chaos in the joint session of Congress for counting electoral votes. I’m no fan of the compact (although I favor a constitutional amendment… Continue reading

Melissa Murray and Steve Vladeck in WaPo: The Supreme Court’s unexpected decision on Thursday to keep Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act intact was greeted with relief — even giddiness — among many in the media. Some even… Continue reading

POLITICO on the potential spoiler effect of this third-party candidacy. The story observes: “Democrats feel that the Green Party’s Jill Stein siphoned votes from Hillary Clinton in 2016, helping usher former President Donald Trump into office.” But, as my book… Continue reading

Enough time has passed since the Court asked the parties to file letters on the jurisdictional issues that it seems highly unlikely the Court — if it is going to dismiss the case — will do so with a one-line… Continue reading

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Thanks to Nick for covering what has turned out to be a very busy week in the ELB world! Ned Foley is primary ELB blogger for the next two weeks starting Monday. So send your tips and comments to… Continue reading

Lee Drutman defends fusion voting as a policy that modern reformers should push for: As a political scientist who studies electoral systems and the role of political parties in our democracy,  I want to explain here why I see fusion… Continue reading

It’s understandable that much of the reaction to the Milligan decision on the VRA is to be stunned that the Roberts Court would endorse the VRA claim and require Alabama to create a second ability-to-elect congressional district for black voters… Continue reading

Politico on litigation that might lead to the redrawing of New York’s congressional map, with major implications for the composition of both New York’s delegation and the House as a whole: A legal challenge that could eventually give New York… Continue reading

NY State of Politics on the proposed New York bill to move some local elections on-cycle. Of course, county elected officials who won their positions in off-cycle elections oppose the change. By the same token, the beneficiaries of gerrymandering always… Continue reading

Jesse Wegman for the NYT on the red state exodus from ERIC — a shift impossible to square with any supposed interest in maintaining voter rolls and preventing fraud. Republican officials have for a long time rightly insisted on the… Continue reading

Brett Parker has posted this paper finding a moderate increase in ideological polarization on state supreme courts: Research has documented elite polarization in a variety of areas, including Congress, the executive branch, and the federal judiciary. To my knowledge, however,… Continue reading

This joint report from Protect Democracy, States United Democracy Center, and Law Forward tracks bills across the country that increase the risk of election subversion: As we demonstrate in this edition of the Report, the danger of a democracy crisis… Continue reading

This is a guest post from Ellen Katz: Much of Allen’s significance may lie in the small section of the Chief Justice ’s opinion that Justice Kavanaugh refused to join, and the final point Justice Kavanaugh offered in his… Continue reading