Monthly Archives: November 2016
“Shifting Stance of Trump’s DOJ May Impact Voting Rights Litigation”
ELB Blogging, Tweeting, Commenting Slowdown for Next Few Months
The last election season was all consuming. I gave hundreds of interviews, wrote thousands of blog posts, and offered many opeds and commentaries. No election season has been nearly as busy as this one, and they are all busy (I… Continue reading
Exciting News: Nick Stephanopoulos Joining Lowenstein Election Law Casebook (6th Edition), Becoming #ELB Contributor
Dan Tokaji and I are thrilled to announce that University of Chicago’s Nick Stephanopoulous will be coming on as co-author to the 6th edition of Election Law–Cases and Materials (5th edition (2012)—Lowenstein, Hasen, Tokaji), which will be out… Continue reading
Rep. Issa, Clinging to Narrow Lead as Ballots are Counted, Says Democrats Will Force Counting of Ballots from “Illegal, Unregistered Voters”
At the time of this writing, Rep. Darrell Issa leads challenger Doug Applegate for California’s 49th congressional district by about 3,700 votes. But there are still an unknown number of provisional and other ballots left to be counted. On Friday… Continue reading
“NC GOPer Denies Republicans May Try To Pack State’s Highest Court”
“Durham defends handling of 90K ballots in NC governor’s race”
“Campaign Finance Laws Poised for Rollback Under Trump”
Must-read Roll Call:
Von Spakovsky, who manages the Election Law Reform Initiative at the conservative Heritage Foundation, says he’s hopeful that McConnell and Trump, along with a Republican House, will greatly increase the limits on donations to party committees and… Continue reading
“How President Trump Could Reshape the Supreme Court—and the Country”
Jeffrey Rosen in Politico:
A 6-3 conservative court could cut back on abortion rights by upholding state regulations on abortion clinics and providers, and eventually even strike down Roe v. Wade. (In the third presidential debate, Trump said that because… Continue reading
“The State of the Political Reform Program, Post-Election”
“After Voter Approval In Maine, Work Begins On Ranked Choice Voting”
Doug Chapin:
Last Tuesday, Maine voters approved a referendum requiring ranked choice voting (RCV). Now, election officials and policymakers are puzzling out how to make the change – and worrying about having it ready in time for the next… Continue reading
“It’s in the mail, or is it? Broward voters lament vote-by-mail shortfalls”
Sun Sentinel:
Fuming Broward voters — Republicans and Democrats alike — are complaining that they were shut out of the high-stakes presidential election.
They say their mail-in ballots never arrived.
“The Year Ahead in Racial and Political Gerrymandering Law”
Extensive analysis from Michael Parsons.