NYU’s Annual Survey of American Law will host this symposium with a really first-rate set of panelists on Feb. 23. The organizers describe the symposium as follows:

Within the general area of election law, we are hosting three panels spread throughout the day. The first panel, entitled “Campaign Finance Law and the Future of Spending Constraints,” will examine the recent Supreme Court decision in Randall v. Sorrell and whether the national and state legislatures retain flexibility to craft new and innovative campaign finance restrictions, as well as possible implication regarding public funding of elections. The second panel, entitled “Partisan Redistricting: From Justiciable Claims to Manageable Standards?” will explore the recent Supreme Court decision in LULAC v. Perry, particularly its implications on partisan gerrymandering claims. This panel will be able to discuss whether or not manageable standards can be formulated to administer future partisan gerrymandering claims. Finally, the third panel, “Voting Access, Integrity, and the Trustworthiness of the Democratic Process” will examine continuing concerns about ballot integrity and voting access under the common tradition of allowing elections to be controlled by partisan officials. Discussion will include whether true threats to the democratic process exist, or whether such reports have been largely overblown. On every panel, we hope to ensure a variety of perspectives on these important issues in election law.