Richard H. Pildes | July 8, 2020 | Election Administration
ABSTRACTThis fall, most states are likely to see a massive surge in absentee voting. The significantly greater burdens absentee ballots impose on election administration, compared to in-person voting, are not widely appreciated. Unless certain key dates in the...
Jennifer Morinigo, Edward B. Foley, Steven F. Huefner, Justin Levitt and Lisa Marshall Manheim | June 18, 2020 | Election Administration
In the face of the pandemic and rising concerns about safety at the polls, an unprecedented number of voters across the nation requested an absentee ballot for the primary elections, overwhelming election officials and bringing to light serious problems with absentee...
Andrew Cohen | June 3, 2020 | Election Administration
This article was originally published by UC Berkeley Law on May 15, 2020 and has been reproduced with permission. View the original post here. Just 2½ months ago, current hot-button questions about the upcoming election seemed unthinkable: Will in-person voting be...
Ad Hoc Committee for 2020 Fairness and Legitimacy | May 29, 2020 | Election Administration
An ad-hoc committee of scholars and researchers recently released a report, “Fair Elections During a Crisis: Urgent Recommendations in Law, Media, Politics, and Tech to Advance the Legitimacy of, and the Public’s Confidence in, the November 2020 U.S. Elections,”...
Edward B. Foley | April 21, 2020 | Election Administration
This article was originally published by Medium.com on April 12.The United States holds genuine elections, not sham ones.That’s what distinguishes this country from Putin’s Russia and other authoritarian regimes. Or at least it has ever since the Voting Rights Act,...
