Category Archives: election administration

Breaking News: ACLU Seeks to Stop Hand-Count in Nye County, NV Again

November 14, 2022, 6:09 pmelection administration2022 Election Cycle, nevadaTabatha Abu El-Haj

The ACLU of Nevada has filed a second suit asking the courts to enjoin Mark Kampf, the county clerk in Nye County, Nevada, from conducting a hand count of ballots received in the 2022 midterm elections. The ACLU of Nevada… Continue reading

Election Deniers Win Races for Secretary of State in Four Red States

November 14, 2022, 5:42 pmchicanery, election administration, election subversion risk2022 Election Cycle, Secretary of StateTabatha Abu El-Haj

Bolts Magazine rounds up the wins and losses for Secretary of State positions. Four “Republicans who ran on the Big Lie” won their races for Secretary of State. They will take office in Alabama, Indiana, South Dakota, and Wyoming. The… Continue reading

“I’m an election law expert who ran a polling station this election – here’s what I learned about the powerful role of local officials in applying the law fairly”

November 10, 2022, 4:48 amelection administrationDerek Muller

Over at The Conversation, I have this interview about my service as a poll worker. I chaired a precinct here in Iowa in the 2022 General Election (my second time chairing, and my third time working a polling place… Continue reading

Divergent strategies may yield divergent outcomes in Arizona drop box voter intimidation cases

October 31, 2022, 6:31 pmDepartment of Justice, election administrationDerek Muller

Earlier here at ELB, Rick H. linked to a federal district court’s ruling refusing to issue an injunction against groups for patrolling ballot drop box locations, balancing the risks of voter intimidation with First Amendment interests. That case then saw… Continue reading

Gowri Ramachandran: “Litigation Over a Proposed Hand Count of Ballots in Nye County, Nevada”

October 23, 2022, 8:26 pmelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Gowri Ramachandran of the Brennan Center: With early voting set to begin the next day, the Nevada Supreme Court issued an emergency writ of mandamus on Friday evening against Nye County, Nevada, in… Continue reading

Mike Parsons: “New Poll Shows Path Forward on Impartial Election Administration”

October 17, 2022, 2:41 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Mike Parsons (Senior Counsel for Election Reformers Network and Program Affiliate Scholar at NYU Law): It’s no secret that trust in U.S. elections is worryingly low. But a new survey points the way towards a promising… Continue reading

Delaware Supreme Court holds that Vote by Mail and Same-Day Voter Registration statutes violate the state constitution

October 8, 2022, 11:34 amelection administration2022 Election CycleFranita Tolson

This order from the Delaware Supreme Court affirms in part and reverses in part an earlier Court of Chancery decision resolving the constitutionality of the two statutes. The Court of Chancery found that the Delaware General Assembly, in adopting same… 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

“Voting Systems: How They Work, Vulnerabilities, and Mitigation”

October 6, 2022, 3:41 pmelection administration, election subversion riskThe Big LieFranita Tolson

New report from Steven Rosenfeld (National Political Report, Voting Booth) and Duncan Buell (Chair Emeritus, USC Dept. of Computer Science). Short description of the report from its authors: This report describes how the systems that create ballots and detect and… Continue reading

New Report from the Brennan Center

October 6, 2022, 2:03 pmelection administration, legislation and legislatures, votingFranita Tolson

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law has published “Voting Laws Roundup: October 2022,” their latest roundup of state voting and election laws, and “Restrictive Voting Laws Enacted Since 2020 in Effect for the Midterms,” a… Continue reading

“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