Bolts:
And the problem extends far beyond New York. Precinct-level election data underpins a world of election analyses. It’s a foundation for Voting Rights Act lawsuits throughout the country. Proving how badly maps are gerrymandered is impossible without this data, since… Continue reading
USA Today reported yesterday that Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is making a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago to join former President Trump to promoted a bill “aimed at preventing non-citizens from voting.” Details of the proposal so far are elusive.… Continue reading
Andrew Jennings blogs:
The People v. Donald J. Trump invites a deeper consideration of the normative and pragmatic bases for criminalizing recordkeeping-related conduct. In a new article, I observe that recordkeeping crimes are more than mere foot faults… Continue reading
I posted this paper to SSRN, which will be published in the Iowa Law Review. The abstract is below:
While the United States is becoming more racially diverse, generative artificial intelligence and related technologies threaten to undermine truly representative democracy.… Continue reading
Aaron Blake for WaPo:
But that last shorthand might not be totally apt, if a Monday letter from the judge in the case is any measure. Indeed, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan seems to indicate that what we… Continue reading
As we get closer to the end of the spring semester and into the summer, ELB contributors will be taking one or two week stints as ELB primary bloggers. This gives me a chance to get a bit of a… Continue reading
Press Enterprise:
On or before the March 5 primary, 104 voters in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties mailed their ballots.
Legally, those ballots should have been counted, barring a problem like a ballot envelope signature not matching… Continue reading
Honored to be speaking next week:
50th Anniversary
David W. Peck Lecture & Dinner
April 18, 2024
Senior Peck Medal Recipient and Lecturer
Professor Richard Hasen
UCLA Law School
“How Can We Safeguard American Democracy?”
Americans are up in arms… Continue reading