In New Political Science from Ron Hayduk and Anthony Pahnke. Abstract:
While there has been an increase in rhetoric and efforts to block expanding voting rights to noncitizens around the United States, there is a relative lack of academic research… Continue reading
The Carter Center has a long history of profoundly deep expertise fielding strictly nonpartisan election observation missions across the globe. They were on the ground in the US to observe Georgia’s 2022 risk-limiting audit.
And now they’re out with… Continue reading
The Election Law team at Ohio State University is hosting a thought-provoking webinar on Wednesday, June 26, from 3-4 pm to discuss the possibilities of Structural Reform of U.S. Elections, with a focus on the nuanced differences two different electoral… Continue reading
Paul Hockenos has a piece on the EU parliament elections in Germany, where the vote included 16- and 17-year-olds for the first time. And as in Portugal, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, and France, it looks like younger voters this year… Continue reading
Ambassador Mark Green, CEO of the Wilson Center, notes the wave of tragic violence against politicians south of the border — particularly highlighting violence against women.
And CNN discusses the US immigration consequences.
Since Gerber, Green & Larimer’s 2008 study – among the most widely cited articles in political science since that time – there’s been both academic and practical interest in the sizable turnout impact of mailings using the shaming impact of… Continue reading
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
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),
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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