Category Archives: Uncategorized

“Can Stakeholders Mobilize Businesses for the Protection of Democracy? Evidence from the U.S. Capitol Insurrection”

October 7, 2022, 10:18 amUncategorizedJanuary 6Franita Tolson

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

“Hand-counting ballots may sound nice. It’s actually less accurate and more expensive.”

October 7, 2022, 10:14 amelection administration, UncategorizedFranita Tolson

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

“House GOP confronts its 2023 rifts: Impeachments”

October 7, 2022, 5:48 amUncategorized2022 Election CycleFranita Tolson

Politico reports on the House GOP strategy surrounding potential impeachments of President Biden and members of his cabinet should the Republicans retake the House of Representatives after the 2022 midterms.

“Can Republicans hinder absentee voting in New York a month from Election Day?”

October 6, 2022, 3:00 pmUncategorized2022 Election CycleFranita Tolson

New lawsuit to stop New York voters from using fear of COVID-19 as an excuse to vote absentee. Story available here.

“A majority of GOP nominees – 299 in all – deny the 2020 election results”

October 6, 2022, 2:33 pmUncategorized2022 Election Cycle, The Big LieFranita Tolson

The Washington Post reports. Yikes.

“Who’s Bankrolling Election Deniers?”

October 6, 2022, 11:09 amelection subversion risk, Uncategorized2022 Election Cycle, The Big LieFranita Tolson

Issue One has a new report out that shows that election-denying secretary of state candidates have collectively raised more than $12 million for their campaigns this election cycle — including more than $5.8 million raised by election deniers who prevailed in… Continue reading

“The Supreme Court Might Be on the Brink of Making Corruption Easier – Again”

October 6, 2022, 11:01 amUncategorizedcorruption, elections, Supreme CourtFranita Tolson

Important article by Michael Linhorst in The New Republic on Percoco v. United States, a political bribery case that the Supreme Court will hear this term. While the other election law cases on the docket have monopolized much of the… Continue reading

“Political spam is out of control. Now Gmail is about to make it worse.”

October 6, 2022, 10:29 amcampaigns, UncategorizedFranita Tolson

Read the article, courtesy of The Washington Post.

I’ll Be Interviewing Dahlia Lithwick About Her New Book, Lady Justice, October 12 at 5 pm PT (Online, Free Registration Required)

October 6, 2022, 7:01 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Join us!

Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN

October 5, 2022, 10:11 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Here: RankPaperDownloads1.Countering the New Election Subversion: The Democracy Principle and the Role of State Courts Jessica Bulman-Pozen and Miriam SeifterColumbia University – Law School and University of Wisconsin Law SchoolDate Posted: 01 Aug 2022Last Revised: 01 Aug… Continue reading

“Election Deniers in U.S. Push Idea That Brazil’s Voting Was Tainted”

October 5, 2022, 9:59 amelection subversion risk, UncategorizedFranita Tolson

The New York Times has the story here.

“The Ongoing Electoral Efforts to up the Anti-Democratic Ante”

October 5, 2022, 9:22 amelection administration, election subversion risk, UncategorizedFranita Tolson

Important New Yorker article on the difficulties that election administrators face going into the midterm elections. Election administration has been a challenge because of newly enacted voting restrictions enacted by Republican-led legislatures and, importantly, the enforcement of some of those… Continue reading

A Concise Analysis of Oral Argument in the AL Voting Rights Act Case

October 4, 2022, 9:54 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

The argument traversed a wide range of detail and touched on many important issues. The Court did not seem interested in the most sweeping challenges to the VRA that Alabama’s brief put forward. At the end of the day, I… Continue reading