Ned Foley has written this guest post for my Fixing Election Administration series: A Visible Reason that Precludes a Victory Lap I generally agree with much of what Doug Chapin says in matters of election administration and specifically agree with… Continue reading

Heather Gerken has written this guest post, as part of my Fixing Election Administration series: The 2008 presidential election was one of those remarkable moments in politics when the nation was paying attention. After a riveting primary season and general… Continue reading

Doug Chapin has written the following guest post for my Fixing Election Administration series: Enjoying the Unexpected – Or, the Virtue of a Victory Lap by Doug Chapin, Pew Center on the States Almost as astounding as how smoothly… Continue reading

Chris Elmendorf has written this guest post: Yesterday, Bob Bauer took issue with my very tentative suggestion of a “recruit the states” model for building public confidence in the electoral process, which I presented as an alternative to new federal… Continue reading

Ned Foley offers the following guest post in my Fixing Election Administration series: Election reform should embrace a long-term perspective and include non-partisan administration of the voting process. Meanwhile, eliminating unconscionably long lines at the polls is a short-term imperative,… Continue reading

Chris Elmendorf has written the following guest post for my Fixing Election Administration series: The 2008 election season witnessed an escalation in the now-familiar conflict between Democrats and Republicans over “access” versus “integrity” in the voting process. John McCain used… Continue reading

Dan Tokaji offers this guest post: On Monday, I identified four problem areas to watch out for on Election Day: 1) lines at the polls, 2) voting equipment, 3) voter registration lists, and 4) provisional and absentee ballots. While machine… Continue reading

Paul Gronke offers this guest post (and note I’ve added a new blog category, “Fixing Election Administration,” which will allow readers eventually to see all the posts in this series): The dramatic rise in early voting this election opens up… Continue reading