Category Archives: election administration

“Why New York’s Election Debacle Is Likely to Fuel Conspiracy Theories”

July 6, 2021, 10:10 pmalternative voting systems, election administration, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

NYT: It has been one week since the New York City Board of Elections botched the release of preliminary ranked-choice tabulations from the city’s mayoral race, counting 135,000 dummy ballots that employees had used to test a computer system… Continue reading

“How G.O.P. Laws in Montana Could Complicate Voting for Native Americans”

July 6, 2021, 3:38 amelection administration, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

NYT: [U]nder H.B. 530, a law passed this spring by the Republican-controlled State Legislature …. paid ballot collection is now banned….The ballot collection law is part of a nationwide push by Republican state legislators to rewrite election rules,… Continue reading

“In ramp-up to 2022 midterms, Republican candidates center pitches on Trump’s false election claims”

July 6, 2021, 3:26 amelection administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

Washington Post: Across the country, as campaigns gear up for a handful of key races this year and the pivotal 2022 midterms, Republican candidates for state and federal offices are increasingly focused on the last election — running on… Continue reading

“What’s keeping democracy experts up most at night? An overturned election”

July 5, 2021, 8:40 amelection administrationDan Tokaji

NBC News: “[A] half-dozen scholars who study democracy and election laws told NBC News they are increasingly worried that 2024 could be a repeat of 2020, only with a party further remade in the former president’s image and better… Continue reading

Electoral Integrity Project Workshop This Week

July 5, 2021, 5:55 amcomparative election law, election administrationDan Tokaji

The Electoral Integrity Project will be hosting a virtual workshop this week, entitled Delivering Trusted Elections: New Challenges in Electoral Integrity. You can find the program and information on how to register (at no cost) here. The conference was… Continue reading

“New York City Board of Elections Needs an Overhaul, Top Lawmakers Say”

July 5, 2021, 4:56 amelection administrationDan Tokaji

WSJ: “Key members of the New York state Legislature promised hearings that could pave the way for changes at the New York City Board of Elections after its staff released inaccurate information last week about the Democratic mayoral primary.”

“The real risk to America’s democracy: Partisan election administration is a greater worry than voter suppression”

July 5, 2021, 4:38 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

The Economist: Across the country, the officials who administer elections in states where Republicans hold sway have been attacked for upholding the election results. Many are at risk of being replaced.These might seem like distant, bureaucratic changes. In fact… Continue reading

Chronology of the Arizona Election Audit

July 5, 2021, 4:36 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

The Century Foundation offers a critical account.

“Restoring Trust and Security in Florida Elections From Bush v. Gore to Covid-19”

July 5, 2021, 4:35 amelection administrationDan Tokaji

The James Madison Institute has this report, which finds: Florida’s election system has substantially expanded public participation compared to the 2000 presidential election, notwithstanding the substantial growth in the state’s population over that time. Over those past two decades,… Continue reading

“The Virus and the Vote: Administering the 2020 Election in a Pandemic”

July 3, 2021, 7:04 amelection administrationRick Hasen

A compendium of research from the indispensable Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project, headed by Nate Persily and Charles Stewart.

“New York City’s Needless Election Fiasco”

July 3, 2021, 6:51 amelection administrationRick Hasen

New Eric Lach in The New Yorker: Even in a state that has long been considered, by those who keep track of such things, one of the worst in the country when it comes to election administration—the basic civic business… Continue reading

“Common Cause/NY Statement on BOE Issues”

June 30, 2021, 8:20 amalternative voting systems, election administrationRick Hasen

Release: Responding to the series of events today regarding the Board of Elections, Common Cause/NY Executive Director Susan Lerner, issued the following statement:“The BOE has now clarified that the discrepancy in the count was due to human error, not any… Continue reading

“Report on the Cyber Ninjas Review of the 2020 Presidential and U.S. Senatorial Elections in Maricopa County, Arizona”

June 22, 2021, 9:59 amchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

States United Democracy Center: The report is co-authored by two eminent election experts former Kentucky GOP Secretary of State Trey Grayson and Dr. Barry C. Burden of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The report takes… Continue reading

“One in Three Election Officials Report Feeling Unsafe Because of Their Job”

June 16, 2021, 6:56 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Release: The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law and the Bipartisan Policy Center today published a report on the state of the election official profession and the toll of the unprecedented attacks on these officials’ authority, credibility, and personal… Continue reading