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18 Aug 2022, 9:12 am by Jack Bogdanski
“Democracy depends on an informed electorate, which makes transparency critical,” says Kate Titus of Common Cause Oregon, a watchdog group. [read post]
17 Aug 2022, 11:18 am by JURIST Staff
Rabia Shuja holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law from Griffith College, Dublin and is a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Pakistan. [read post]
16 Aug 2022, 7:01 am by Genevieve Nadeau
The Electoral Count Act of 1887 (ECA) governs the process of casting and counting Electoral College votes for president and vice president. [read post]
13 Aug 2022, 10:34 am by Tom Smith
As the population shifts towards states in the south and the intermountain west, the political order will follow, as these places are set to gain more congressional seats and electoral-college votes for presidential elections. [read post]
12 Aug 2022, 9:42 am
What happens if the legal system, using its criteria, decides Trump should go to prison at the very moment that the electoral system, using its criteria, decides he should go to the White House? [read post]
10 Aug 2022, 11:18 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  The Electoral College exists; the Constitution gives state governments the power to choose electors in utterly non-democratic ways; the Supreme Court has made it clear that Republicans can suppress votes and gerrymander at will; the Court might go even further and endorse the so-called Independent State Legislature theory to cut Democratic governors out of the process; and so on. [read post]
5 Aug 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The scheme was part of a broader plan to falsely manufacture a victory for Trump by creating fake slates of electors in battleground states who would claim he had been the true winner. [read post]
3 Aug 2022, 11:44 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  "Unless another party's nominee receives at least 90 percent of the popular vote, our state will send the Republican candidate's slate to the Electoral College. [read post]
2 Aug 2022, 3:58 am by Dan Harris
Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, whether it actually happens or not, will mark yet another step in the accelerating decoupling between China and the West. [read post]
29 Jul 2022, 9:07 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  Although there are several elements to his argument, I will focus here on his criticism of the bill's proposed language "that at least six days before the Electoral College meets, each governor must submit a 'certificate of ascertainment' identifying their state’s presidential electors. [read post]
29 Jul 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
” The emails among people connected to the Trump campaign, outside advisers, and close associates of Trump show a particular focus on assembling lists of people who would claim, with no basis, to be Electoral College electors on his behalf in battleground states he had lost. [read post]
28 Jul 2022, 9:05 pm by Jillian Moss
” Some commentators have argued that these limits would have minimal impact and that Democrats hoping for increased representation should instead aim to reform the electoral college. [read post]
28 Jul 2022, 6:29 am by Michael Froomkin
He’s been late to file various electoral-related papers such as a campaign finance report. [read post]
27 Jul 2022, 10:35 am by Guest Author
Though Novak has much to say about a common democratic litmus test—namely, the extension of civil rights to African Americans—he is relatively uninterested in electoral politics and social movements. [read post]
26 Jul 2022, 2:01 am by Jen Patja Howell
Anderson spoke to Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law and a leading election law expert. [read post]
25 Jul 2022, 7:33 am by Rick Hasen
It begins: Last week’s announcement by a bipartisan group of senators proposing reforms to the poorly written 1887 law that governs Congress’ counting of the Electoral College votes is a good half-loaf measure… Continue reading [read post]
24 Jul 2022, 1:09 pm by Bob Bauer, Jack Goldsmith
Certification must occur six days before the electoral college meets, not at some undefined time; and an expedited judicial process may occur thereafter, to ensure resolution before the electoral college meets and electors cast their ballots. [read post]
22 Jul 2022, 3:43 pm by Amy Howe
President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. [read post]
22 Jul 2022, 11:02 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  "This state's electors will be awarded to the presidential candidate who wins a certified majority of the statewide popular vote, unless there is evidence of ... [read post]