Beau Tremitiere of Protect Democracy has a piece for RealClearPolicy arguing in favor of a return to fusion voting, to enable Democrats to co-nominate a non-MAGA Republican running also as the nominee of a centrist party. The specific example discussed… Continue reading

Earlier today I discussed David Leonhardt’s summary of the New York Times Magazine piece on the origins and evolution of the “Stop the Steal” movement. The piece itself, which is extremely detailed (although the broad outlines will be familiar to… Continue reading

Here’s the decision. Note: this decision will not affect this year’s elections. Here’s the Columbus Dispatch’s report: “The map struck down by the Ohio Supreme Court will be used in the November elections, however, because candidates were selected… Continue reading

Just Security asked 8 experts. Here’s the summary: “Almost every expert said a defamation suit brought by Dominion against Trump would be very strong, but one expert raised concerns about the practicality of such a lawsuit and another raised… Continue reading

Yesterday I linked to a couple of Washington Post pieces on the Democrats “playing with fire” by supporting election denialists in GOP primaries. Today brings this new POLITICO piece focusing on how that strategy might especially backfire in Pennsylvania. Here’s… Continue reading

Harvard Law School’s Election Law Clinic filed this amicus brief yesterday in Merrill v. Milligan on behalf of Jowei Chen, Chris Elmendorf, Chris Warshaw, and me. Here are some excerpts from the brief’s introduction: There’s a narrative that frames Section… Continue reading

First, there’s this report in The Hill about the potential plan of House Republicans, if they take back control after the midterms, to hold hearings on election-related conspiracy theories like those in the film “2000 Mules.” Despite the widespread debunking… Continue reading

It’s casebook supplement season…. I’ve been asked to pass along that the 2022 Supplement to Michael Dimino, Brad Smith, & Michael Solimine’s casebook, Voting Rights and Election Law: Cases, Explanatory Notes, and Problems (3d ed. 2021), is now available for… Continue reading

Hard-hitting, including this: “The bad news begins with the fact that Pennsylvania still won’t let officials preprocess mail votes before Election Day. Many states do this, including Florida, which is why they can deliver results on election night or… Continue reading

POLITICO discusses the implication of Alaska’s new electoral system for Senator Murkowski’s chances of reelection: “Her path to reelection is eased by her state’s new election rules, but the race is still shaping up to be a nail-biter. It’s not… Continue reading

The headline of James Hohman’s new column emphasizes the questionable strategy of spending by Democrats to promote Big Lie Republicans in GOP primaries in the hopes of having easier general election opponents in the fall. I would emphasize the hypocrisy… Continue reading

Former president Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State (and White House chief of staff) James Baker, in a joint Wall Street Journal op-ed, advocate for Electoral Count Act reform along the lines of what they understand to be… Continue reading

Although technically not slated for publication for another few weeks, it’s possible now to download an electronic copy of More Parties or No Parties: The Politics of Electoral Reform in America, by political scientist Jack Santucci and published by… Continue reading

Greg Sargent of the Washington Post praises what he hopes and expects, based on he hears from two sources, will be in the Senate’s bipartisan Electoral Count Act reform bill. Assuming he’s correct about the bill’s content–he acknowledged that Senator… Continue reading