The University of Illinois has published this excellent symposium. Here’s the full listing of articles: ...

When John Merrill was secretary of state of Alabama, he felt like it was his job as the state’s top voting official to encourage voter registration. “One of the things I was known for as a … Continue ...

NY Times: 2024 is the first general election under the state’s new voter ID law. Overall, the new voter ID law did not result in many votes being rejected. That said, the current law is significantly ...

The Democratic and Republican parties will withdraw 20 lawsuits on behalf of their candidates for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat following incumbent Sen. Bob Casey’s concession Thursday to ...

Democracy Docket has posted an update on the RNC’s challenge to Governor Whitmer’s decision to expand voter registration sites in Michigan. The RNC had take the position that Whitmer was acting ...

WaPo: Leaders of the centrist group No Labels abandoned a planned third-party presidential bid in April after a successful campaign by Democratic allies of President Joe Biden damaged their public ...

An interesting article from CBS News on the intraparty negotiations in Ohio, where Governor Mike DeWine will be filling JD Vance’s seat until the required special election. DeWine’s goal apparently is ...

I was surprised to see such a light punishment for this egregious conduct, especially as this is an area that has seen an unusual amount of problematic activity:  A former city councilman, who pleaded ...

President-elect Donald Trump plans to fire the entire team that worked with special counsel Jack Smith to pursue two federal prosecutions against the former president, including career attorneys ...

Charles Gardner Geyh (Indiana University Maurer School of Law) has posted this new article on judicial elections on SSRN: In this essay, I begin with a discussion of established legal theory, which ...

Bolts Magazine reviews the role of Native Voters in Alaska’s ballot reform efforts, noting, among other things, that “[a]reas with large Alaska Native populations provided the winning margin against ...

A New Brennan Center study on voter participation on tribal lands highlights the impact of systemic inequities on turnout. Key findings include: ...