“Voting in Other Languages: Registration Hindered By Lack of Translation”
A deep dive on language access in New York.
Category Archives: political equality
Previewing the democratic casualties sure to accompany SCOTUS OT 23
In advance of next week, Politico offers a thorough preview of the two election law cases on the Supreme Court’s docket this term. Both cases, it notes, are appeals from lower court decisions that threw out political maps drawn by… Continue reading
Why Governing is Also a Path to Restoring Our Democracy
Senator Klobuchar summarized the Build Back Better plan on Twitter, “Millions of good-paying jobs. New roads and bridges. Broadband access for everyone. Lower costs for childcare, elder care, and community college. We’re going to get this bill to the… Continue reading
Newsom recall lawsuit
Politico has a story on a new federal lawsuit raising a constitutional challenge to the procedures that California uses for its gubernatorial recall. The lawsuit follows upon a NY Times op-ed from last week by Erwin Chemerinsky and Aaron Edlin,… Continue reading
“Kim Reynolds promises to review backlog of felon voting rights applications by the Iowa caucuses”
The latest on the restoration of voting rights in Iowa.
“The Real Power of Bloomberg’s Money”
A piece in the Atlantic on the governance options available to billionaires:
When people think about the political relevance of Michael Bloomberg’s money, they tend to think about how his massive spending helps his campaigns: the record $261 million he… Continue reading
Census hearing on hard-to-count communities at same time as voting systems security hearing
At the same time as the Thursday hearing on voting system security that I’d mentioned, House Oversight will be holding a hearing on “Reaching Hard-to-Count Communities in the 2020 Census.” The witness list is still TBD, as… Continue reading
“Where do inmates fall in Census count? NJ moves to end ‘prison gerrymandering'”
A bill has passed the state Senate, and is working
its way through the state Assembly.
If it gets signed into law, that would make New Jersey the seventh state to
change where incarcerated individuals are counted for representational… Continue reading
Informational Incentives for Campaign Mobilization
Bertrall Ross and Doug Spencer have a new paper out in the Northwestern Law Review: “Passive Voter Suppression: Campaign Mobilization and the Effective Disfranchisement of the Poor.” The abstract:
A recent spate of election laws tightened registration rules,… Continue reading
“Voting Rights Restoration Gives Felons a Voice in More States”
A recap of recent action on the enfranchisement of people with convictions, from Stateline.
“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
“A Century of Votes for Women”
Christina Wolbrecht and J. Kevin Corder with
a new book on the 100th anniversary of the 19th
Amendment. The abstract:
How have American women voted in the first 100 years since the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment? How have popular… Continue reading
Quantitative election administration studies: early voting and polling place location
Two studies newly published in the latest issue of the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
series:
Ethan Kaplan and Haishan Yuan, Early Voting
Laws, Voter Turnout, and Partisan Vote Composition: Evidence from Ohio
We estimate effects of early voting on… Continue reading
“Suit on ex-offender voting filed in close-divided N Carolina”
The AP covers a lawsuit, filed in November under the state constitution, challenging disenfranchisement after incarceration, for terms of probation or parole or until payment of fines and fees. The case documents are here (the early-December amended complaint is… Continue reading