AP: A woman approaches a drop box in the dark with what appears to be handfuls of ballots. At a different drop box, someone else is seen making multiple trips to insert ballots. At yet another, the same car stops… Continue reading

In light of the removal of McCarthy as Speaker, last week I invoked my previous advocacy of a majority winner requirement for congressional elections. This week I want to highlight my more recent advocacy of the need to avoid plurality… Continue reading

Announcement via email from “Reform for Illinois”: Civil Disagreements: Does the 14th Amendment Bar Trump from Office? Join us for the latest installment of our “Civil Disagreements” series! We’re hosting a virtual panel discussion exploring whether the 14th Amendment to… Continue reading

Kurt Lash (who will be speaking at the October 20th virtual conference on Trump’s potential disqualification sponsored by the Safeguarding Democracy Project) has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment disqualified anyone… Continue reading

A couple of astute readers of my earlier blog post today asked me whether Georgia’s version of a runoff system would satisfy my proposed majority-winner requirement for congressional elections. The simple answer is no, for a reason that is explained… Continue reading

Steven Sholk’s latest iteration of his useful guide.

As I’ve watched this week’s removal of McCarthy from the Speakership and the ensuing sense that the House may be ungovernable because of the fragmentation within its Republican conference, I return to the idea that I first advocated shortly after … Continue reading

Politico Q & A with Theda Skocpol.