Category Archives: election administration

Manheim on Election Law and Election Subversion

December 10, 2022, 5:26 amelection administration, political polarizationDerek Muller

Lisa Marshall Manehim, Election Law and Election Subversion (Yale Law Journal): Scholars of American election law used to take the rule of law as a given. The legal system, while highly imperfect, appeared sturdy, steady, and functional. Recent election cycles—culminating… Continue reading

Sellers on Electoral Adequacy

December 10, 2022, 5:25 amelection administrationDerek Muller

Joshua S. Sellers, Electoral Adequacy (Yale Law Journal): This Essay considers the function of election law, as an academic field, in strengthening democratic institutions and improving democratic accountability. In undertaking this inquiry, this Essay advocates an interdisciplinary research program oriented… Continue reading

Arizona election contests filed

December 10, 2022, 5:23 amelection administration, provisional ballots, recountsDerek Muller

Let’s start with Attorney General candidate Abe Hamedah. He lost by 511 votes, and a recount is underway. The Arizona Republic story is here: The lawsuit specifically states that the candidate is not making claims of fraud or nefarious… Continue reading

“Michigan Supreme Court rejects DePerno effort to revive Antrim County election case”

December 9, 2022, 10:54 amelection administrationDerek Muller

Detroit Free Press: The Michigan Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch effort to revive the Antrim County election lawsuit, a case that drew the attention of former President Donald Trump and many of his supporters for its unfounded allegations of… Continue reading

“Mail-In Voting Fight Pits Donald Trump Against Ron DeSantis, Other GOP Leaders”

December 9, 2022, 10:52 amelection administrationDerek Muller

Alex Leary and Lindsay Wise in the Wall Street Journal: The issue of mail-in voting has divided Republicans in the wake of disappointing midterm elections, with most key GOP leaders urging the party to embrace the practice and former… Continue reading

“Too big of a job: Why Maricopa County’s ballot printers failed on Election Day”

December 9, 2022, 5:53 amelection administrationDerek Muller

Jen Fifield at Votebeat.

“Ruing Senate Loss, Georgia G.O.P. Asks if Runoff Rule Changes Backfired”

December 8, 2022, 2:39 pmelection administrationDerek Muller

Reid Epstein in the New York Times, with this potential statutory tidbit: Mr. Raffensperger said he would present three proposals to lawmakers. They include forcing large counties to open more early-voting locations to reduce hours-long lines like the ones… Continue reading

“An election probe heightens the tension between Texas leaders and the Houston area”

December 8, 2022, 5:49 amelection administrationDerek Muller

NPR: Tension between GOP state leaders in Texas and election officials in the Democratic-leaning Houston area is at an all-time high after the 2022 election. Republicans are accusing Harris County officials of “election improprieties” that resulted in delayed polling… Continue reading

“Ducey wants a new law passed to lead to faster election results”

December 6, 2022, 6:37 amelection administrationDerek Muller

A sensible proposal in Arizona, to address a recent development in how some voters are casting their ballots: Ducey said people who want to drop off their early ballots at polling places on Election Day should be able to… Continue reading

Instant run-off voting in Georgia Senate race

December 5, 2022, 1:58 pmelection administrationDerek Muller

Recent pieces by John Tures at The Conversation and Kerwin Swint at RealClearPolitics each point out that Georgia’s expensive run-off election could be avoided if the state adopted ranked choice voting (or, maybe more appropriately for a run-off election, instant… Continue reading

“Rudy Giuliani: Ethics charges for election fraud claims take major step forward with trial-like hearing in DC”

December 5, 2022, 6:51 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadDerek Muller

Tierney Sneed at CNN: The efforts to discipline attorneys who aided former President Donald Trump’s legal gambits to undermine the 2020 election take a major step forward Monday with the start of key disciplinary proceedings in Washington, DC, that… Continue reading

“Defamation Suit Against Fox Grows More Contentious”

December 5, 2022, 5:53 amelection administrationDerek Muller

The New York Times: Lachlan Murdoch, the chief executive of the Fox Corporation, is expected to be deposed on Monday as part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News for amplifying bogus claims that rigged machines from… Continue reading

“Are close elections that drag out for weeks the new normal?”

December 5, 2022, 5:51 amelection administrationDerek Muller

Interesting piece in the Orange County Register on one potential effect of the California Voting Rights Act: More than three weeks after the election, most contests on Orange County voters’ ballots have long since been settled – but until the… Continue reading