Two members of ABA Task Force highlight fusion’s potential to break political polarization and empower the center, as New Jersey Supreme Court considers the state’s ban on fusion

In an exceptionally clear piece in Newsweek, William Kristol and Tom Rogers, members of the ABA cross-partisan Task Force for American democracy, explain fusion voting and how relegalizing it could “break political polarization and empower the center.” The authors… Continue reading

Second Circuit Unanimously Reverses Conviction in Mackey (“Ricky Vaughn”) Case, Finding Insufficient Evidence of a Conspiracy to Deprive People of Their Right to Vote By Tricking Them into Voting By Text

You can find the court’s opinion at this link. The sole basis for the reversal was lack of sufficient evidence that defendant Mackey had conspired with others to deprive people of their right to vote. The Court did not address… Continue reading