Jennifer Morinigo | August 3, 2022 | Inside The ALI
In July, two proposals were introduced which include legislation to reform and modernize the outdated Electoral Count Act of 1887 to ensure that the electoral votes tallied by Congress accurately reflect each state’s vote for President. Led by U.S. Senators Susan...
Richard Briffault | June 28, 2022 | Election Administration
Below is the abstract for “Election Law Localism and Democracy,” available for download on SSRN. American federal and state elections are largely run by local officials. Although election law is almost entirely determined by the federal government and the states,...
Edward B. Foley | November 23, 2020 | Election Administration
This article originally appeared on SCOTUSblog on Nov. 16, 2020. For the past several months, Election Law at Ohio State and SCOTUSblog have teamed up to track significant election-related lawsuits with the potential to reach the Supreme Court and affect the...
Steven F. Huefner, Edward B. Foley, Derek T. Muller, Franita Tolson and Jennifer Morinigo | October 8, 2020 | Children and the Law, Election Administration
The 2020 election is seeing unprecedented volatility leading up to November 3. Will this volatility make a difference, helping or hurting the system’s capacity to serve its purpose? This is the first of many questions about the 2020 election that this group of...
Richard L. Hasen | October 5, 2020 | Election Administration
This blog post was originally shared on Oct. 1, 2020 on Election Law Blog. View the original post here. The President and First Lady reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus. As the New York Times notes, “Mr. Trump’s positive test result could pose immediate...
