Category Archives: election administration

“Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office responds to social media post claiming county residents can vote in Municipal Election”

June 4, 2025, 3:52 amelection administrationDerek Muller

Not great: After a social media post circulated on election day claiming county residents can vote in Municipal Elections, the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office made a Facebook post reminding voters this isn’t true. Allegedly, the initial social media… Continue reading

“Ohio election security: LaRose issues 6th statewide directive for 2025”

June 3, 2025, 2:35 pmelection administrationDerek Muller

Cleveland.com: Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued his sixth statewide election security directive Monday, providing new cybersecurity protocols for all 88 county boards of elections. This latest directive builds upon prior security enhancements that have positioned LaRose as… Continue reading

New Iowa law allows poll workers to challenge voters on the basis of citizenship, bans ranked choice voting, and changes major party status rules

June 3, 2025, 3:32 amalternative voting systems, ballot access, election administrationDerek Muller

Tom Barton for the Cedar Rapids Gazette: House File 954 addresses elections laws regarding voter registration, citizenship and major party status. It also bans ranked choice voting in Iowa. It adds citizenship status to age and residency under which… Continue reading

Supreme Court grants certiorari in Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections on standing to challenge rules relating to the time receiving absentee ballots

June 2, 2025, 7:06 amelection administration, Elections Clause, Supreme CourtDerek Muller

From SCOTUSblog and the question presented: Federal law sets the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November as the federal Election Day. 2 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 7; and 3 U.S.C. § 1. Several states, including Illinois, have enacted… Continue reading

A few more pieces on today’s judicial elections in Mexico

June 1, 2025, 9:17 amelection administration, judicial electionsballot design, international electionsJustin Levitt

The NYT has one all about ballot design. And another replaying some debates about electing judges that will be very familiar to domestic versions of the same question. And still another reviewing the political dynamics of the elections right… Continue reading

“North Carolina elections take a risky turn”

June 1, 2025, 9:16 amelection administration, The Voting WarsJustin Levitt

Steve Ford discusses the NC legislature’s partisan transfer of the power to select the State Board of Elections from the governor to the state auditor.

“Why stricter voting laws no longer help Republicans”

June 1, 2025, 9:15 amelection administration, political parties, The Voting Wars, voter registrationvoter turnoutJustin Levitt

The Economist, making my point from yesterday.

“Why On-And-Off Voters Who Backed Trump May Be GOP’s Midterm Silver Bullet”

May 31, 2025, 11:06 amelection administration, The Voting Warsvoter turnoutJustin Levitt

The Daily Caller calls out low-propensity Republican voters. Given that restrictions on access to the ballot generally hit low-propensity voters harder, I’ve been wondering for a while whether the political incentives on election administration issues might be changing. (And that’s… Continue reading

“What the REAL ID delay tells us about implementing proof-of-citizenship laws”

May 31, 2025, 11:05 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idproof of citizenshipJustin Levitt

That’s the subject line of this week’s Votebeat newsletter, covering a bunch of reporting from a bunch of states that it’s been less straightforward for people to get the right kind of ID than it might at first seem.

“What is the president’s role in federal elections?”

May 31, 2025, 11:04 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, election law and constitutional lawExecutive OrdersJustin Levitt

David Becker, on CBS, says “not much” for 6 and a half minutes.

“’Calm anger’: After 17 years, Shasta elections official suddenly fired”

May 30, 2025, 11:05 amelection administration, election law bizJustin Levitt

Further turmoil in Shasta County, which has been a hotbed of conspiracy theory over the past few years.

The Timing of Multiple-Round Elections

May 30, 2025, 11:04 amalternative voting systems, election administration, primariesinstant runoff votingJustin Levitt

In his most recent Substack, Rob Richie offers some (exceedingly respectful) pushback on my post here about this New Bedford decision to hold a primary on October 7 before a general election November 4. He makes “the case for… Continue reading

“Man who blamed exposure to far-right content gets 3 years for threatening election officials”

May 29, 2025, 12:53 pmelection administration, election subversion riskJanuary 6, The Big Lie, threats to democracyJustin Levitt

The AP reports on a 3-year sentence for Teak Brockbank’s appalling threats to kill Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs over their handling of the elections (and similarly appalling threats against state judges… Continue reading

“Mayor, two other former local officials indicted in south Georgia for election interference in municipal races last year”

May 29, 2025, 12:44 pmchicanery, election administration, residencycriminalization of politics, disqualification, Election InterferenceJustin Levitt

On the same day as the 2024 general election (which was run by the county), municipal elections were scheduled in Camilla, Georgia. There was a firestorm with notable racial overtones about the eligibility of a former city councilmember, who had … Continue reading