Call for Papers

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review is pleased to announce a call for papers for its 2021 Symposium, Voting and Elections, to be held on February 18 & 19, 2021.

2020 is a significant year for the discussion of voting and elections. This year marked the anniversaries of the ratification of the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments, granting minority and women suffrage. 2020 is an election year and census year. Further, in Chiafalo v. Washington, the Supreme Court of the United States held that states may enforce an elector’s pledge to support his or her party’s nominee for President. Now is the perfect time to discuss election laws and voting.

The broad goal of this symposium is to discuss significant issues in state and federal elections and solutions to those issues, with an eye toward the best solutions for Arkansas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, modern methods of voter suppression; how to promote voter registration and turnout; useful tactics to prevent voter fraud; the role and importance of the electoral college; and states’ role in federal elections. We anticipate panels comprising a mix of academics, judges, and legislators, both Arkansas and out-of-state speakers and contributors.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review will publish articles from the symposium in an issue of volume 43 slated for release in the spring of 2021. We encourage all interested potential authors to respond. Authors should submit an abstract and a cover letter to Altimease Lowe, Symposium Editor, at [email protected]. The deadline for submissions of article proposals is October 5, 2020; completed articles will be due Monday, November 30, 2020. Please feel free to email Ms. Lowe with any questions.