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Jonathan Diaz (Campaign Legal Center), Matthew Germer (R Street… Continue reading

The post October 13 Safeguarding Democracy Project Hybrid Event: “What Can Go Wrong (and What Can Go Right) with November’s Midterm Elections?” appeared first on Election Law Blog.

Please join ACS at UCLA Law and the UCLA Voting Rights Project for a timely conversation on the future of voting rights in America. 

Each panelist brings a unique perspective on how the fight to protect voting… Continue reading

The post ACS at UCLA presents: “Perspectives on the Future of Voting Rights Post-Callais” (October 14) appeared first on Election Law Blog.

. This Essay presents new data on partisan polarization in lower-court implementation of the Roberts Court’s campaign-finance jurisprudence. Surveying more than 2,000 federal cases… Continue reading

The post The Polarized First Amendment in the Shadow of Citizens United appeared first on Election Law Blog.

A year ago, I warned that President Donald Trump was poised to marshal federal government forces to subvert the 2026 midterm elections, just as he attempted to do after losing the… Continue reading

The post “How Trump Can—and Cannot—Still Mess With the Midterms” appeared first on Election Law Blog.

President Trump’s second term has revealed many weaknesses in America’s political system. This is one of them: It turns out that the government can function (or malfunction) based just on orders of the president and the… Continue reading

The post “Congress Is Supposed to Be More Powerful Than the Supreme Court. Why Isn’t It?” appeared first on Election Law Blog.

The post Supreme Court Sends State of Washington Voting Rights Act/Racial Gerrymandering Case Back to Lower Courts to Review in Light of Callais appeared first on Election Law Blog.

Nearly thirty years ago, our esteemed blog moderator organized a symposium on “Election Law as Its Own Field of Study,” to which I was privileged to contribute. Back then, those… Continue reading

The post Jim Gardner: “Reflections on the State of U.S. Election Law” appeared first on Election Law Blog.

The post Walter Horn Reviews the Revised Edition of Ned Foley’s Ballot Battles appeared first on Election Law Blog.

Last week, the Georgia State Election Board sent letters to the U.S. Department of Justice and  Department of Homeland Security asking the Trump administration to order major changes to the state’s voting equipment just weeks before the midterm… Continue reading

The post “Georgia election board director sent Trump administration demands 2 board members say they never approved” appeared first on Election Law Blog.

President Trump, who has long staged a rhetorical and legal assault against voting by mail even as he used the method himself to cast his ballots, released a video on Saturday urging Republicans to vote early and by… Continue reading

The post “Trump, Critic of Voting by Mail, Urges Republicans to Do It in Midterms” appeared first on Election Law Blog.

Sometimes it seems like the 2020 presidential election never ends.

Trying to prove that he actually won that race has been an animating feature of President Donald Trump’s second term, even though audits, investigations, and court cases have… Continue reading

The post “Are Trump’s claims the 2020 election was stolen losing steam?” appeared first on Election Law Blog.

The post I Spoke with WNYC’s “On the Media” about Trump and the 2026 Midterms appeared first on Election Law Blog.

The Supreme Court now frequently holds its October oral arguments away from its San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Sacramento courtrooms, in what the court calls special outreach sessions.  This year, the outreach session was scheduled for Redding… Continue reading

The post “Did the [California] Supreme Court move next week’s oral arguments because of a Shasta County election controversy? appeared first on Election Law Blog.

For America’s two major political parties, Nov. 3 is shaping up to be an Election Day of mutual distrust. The proof is in the deluge of litigation already filed in courthouses around the country.

The Trump administration is… Continue reading

The post “Flurry of Lawsuits Shows Both Parties Preparing for Post-Election Challenges” appeared first on Election Law Blog.

Back in 2013 (!), I wondered whether this statute might face a constitutional challenge… Continue reading

The post Constitutional avoidance and the federal statutory ban on alien voting appeared first on Election Law Blog.

A US judge dismissed ​a federal case on Thursday that accused a Jamaican national of illegally voting, finding the law criminalizing noncitizen voting was unconstitutional and delivering a blow to ‌the Trump administration’s campaign against alleged election fraud.… Continue reading

The post “US judge finds law criminalizing noncitizen voting unconstitutional” appeared first on Election Law Blog.

San Diego County election officials received five grand jury subpoenas from the U.S. Justice Department for voter information this year, the county Registrar of Voters Office said. 

Sarah Sweeney, a spokesperson for the county, and Antonia Hutzell,… Continue reading

The post “Federal prosecutors access San Diego County voter records as Trump alleges US voter fraud” appeared first on Election Law Blog.

The State Election Board’s Executive Director James Mills has asked the Trump administration to examine Georgia’s voting machines that are deployed statewide and prohibit QR-code vote counting, according to letters obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

In letters… Continue reading

The post “Georgia board asks Trump administration to investigate voting machines” appeared first on Election Law Blog.

The post President Trump in TIME Interview Doesn’t Rule Out Declaring National Emergency or Using Insurrection Act During Elections or Sending Ice Agents to the Polls, But Seems Mostly Unaware of the Issue appeared first on Election Law Blog.

As voters in both the US and Taiwan head to the polls this November, Taiwan’s experience regulating deepfakes carries lessons for lawmakers in the US and beyond. 

As a principal target of information… Continue reading

The post “Taiwan’s Election Needs a Deepfake Law That Works” appeared first on Election Law Blog.