Category Archives: voting
“America Needs Compulsory Voting”
Anthony Fowler for Foreign Affairs.
Federal District Court Requires Texas, in Light of the Pandemic, to Retain Straight Ticket Voting Option for November
The court’s opinion is here and no doubt there will be an appeal.
There’s a discussion of whether this ruling comes too late under the Purcell Principle near the end of the opinion, but it does not get into the… Continue reading
“Five Steps Colleges Must Take To Ensure Student Voting Rights Are Protected”
Marc Elias is right to be concerned about student voting, especially in the pandemic.
“Why COVID-19 Threatens Student Votes in California”
“Voting Rights Leaders Call for Universal Voting in the U.S.”
Release via email:
In a new report released today, a diverse group of 25 experts in U.S. politics, elections, and civil rights make the case for universal civic duty voting—that is, mandatory participation in elections—in the United States. “Lift … Continue reading
“A More Liberal Supreme Court? Not When It Comes to Voting Rights”
Adam Liptak deep dive for the NYT:
For the fourth time since April, the Supreme Court this week made it harder for Americans to vote. The ruling, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent, was part of “a trend of condoning… Continue reading
My New Piece in the NY Times Sunday Review: “Bring on the 28th Amendment”
I have written this piece for the New York Times Sunday Review (part of their “The America We Need” series on inequality). It begins:
What if we made voting an agent of equality, not inequality? And how can we get… Continue reading
The list of COVID-19 election cases
Updated as of December 23: the post below lists 335 cases in 45 states, DC, and Puerto Rico.
AND ANOTHER UPDATE: I’ve joined forces in this enterprise with the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project, and a team led by Zahavah… Continue reading
My New Draft Article: “Three Pathologies of American Voting Rights Illuminated by the COVID-19 Pandemic, and How to Treat and Cure Them”
I have posted this draft on SSRN, which is a work in progress aimed at a moving target. Comments welcome. Here is the abstract:
The COVID-19 global pandemic, which already has claimed approximately 90,000 lives in the United States as… Continue reading
“Some States Make It Harder for College Students to Vote”
“Californians who register to vote would be required to cast ballots under new bill”; Good or Bad Idea, I Believe It is Constitutional
John Myers reports for the Los Angeles Times.
Whether or not one agrees with mandatory voting as policy, I do not believe it violates the First Amendment’s right to free speech, as the article suggests opponents imply.
A mandatory voting… Continue reading
Election-related options still to come at AALS
Rick already
mentioned a few of the exceptional election-related events at AALS so far.
There are still several to come, including my stint tomorrow
at 8:30 as least valuable player on a 2020
census panel with Dale Ho, Christina Mora,… Continue reading
“Lowering the Voting Age to 16: Learning from Real Experiences Worldwide”
The new year brings another new book on electoral mechanics, edited by Jan Eichhorn and Johannes Bergh. The abstract:
This book explores the consequences of lowering the voting age to 16 from a global perspective, bringing together empirical research… Continue reading