Weekly Wrap Up
Every week, State of Elections brings you the latest news in state election law. - The U.S. Census bureau has released its population estimates, and if their estimates are correct, 8 states stand to...
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Every week, State of Elections brings you the latest news in election law - On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Doe v. Reed. The plaintiffs argue that Washington’s Public Records...
View ArticleWant to Be a Senator, but Hate Those Pesky Elections? Just Become a...
The legal controversy over the appointment of a replacement to the Senate seat previously held by President Barack Obama is likely drawing to a close. In the process of resolving the controversy, the...
View ArticleI Know What You Did Last Summer: Signed a Petition in Washington
Last year, female Facebook users around the world updated their status messages with their bra color. Version 2.0 of this breast cancer awareness marketing strategy ran this year. Perhaps some things...
View ArticleThe End of Public Financing Trigger Provisions? A Review of McComish v. Bennett
The Supreme Court on Monday heard oral argument in a case challenging provisions of Arizona’s public financing law, which it is said burden the free speech rights of opponents who don’t receive the...
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No more automatic restoration of rights: Governor Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet have recently attempted to change how released felon regain the right to vote. Their proposal, which the NAACP Legal...
View ArticleA Shift in Federal Power? Supreme Court to hear Arizona’s Citizenship...
by James Adam Arizona law requires individuals to present documents proving U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote. Acceptable proof includes a photocopied birth certificate, photocopied pages...
View ArticleFlorida’s Lukewarm Remedy for Chilly Early Voting Policies
By Nick Raffaele While Florida’s relationship with early voting is still relatively new, the honeymoon may already be over. But to understand the hot and cold affair, it is helpful to look back on the...
View ArticleSupreme Court hearing Maryland Redistricting Case is not “Frivolous” for...
By: Hayley A Steffen The Supreme Court has famously asserted that the right to vote is “preservative of other basic civil and political rights.” Recognizing the right to vote is implicated in election...
View ArticleAlaskan Mayor In Trouble
By: Eduardo Lopez The issue of campaign contribution reform has always been a major topic in American politics, but especially in recent years, with the United States Supreme Court striking down...
View ArticleConflicted Court Likely to Reverse 4th Circuit in Maryland Redistricting Case
By: Hayley Steffen The stakes were high at oral argument for Shapiro v. McManus on November 4, 2015. Justice Breyer said Shapiro and his co-plaintiffs “want[ed] to raise about as important a question...
View ArticleMinor v. Happersett: The Supreme Court and Women’s Suffrage
By: Caiti Anderson Following the Civil War, the women’s suffrage movement followed two different paths to gain the right to vote. The American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) advocated a...
View ArticleSC: Loyalty Oaths
The idea of swearing or singing an oath pledging loyalty and allegiance to a person, a place, or even an ideal may seem like a vestige of a bygone era where cold war tensions were high and the threat...
View ArticleLinda Greenhouse Speaks at William & Mary School of Law
By: Caiti Anderson & Kelsey Dolin William & Mary Law School had the pleasure of hosting Linda Greenhouse on September 22. Ms. Greenhouse is a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the New York...
View ArticleFederal Court Ruling Creates Chaos for North Carolina Primaries But There May...
By: Blake Willis Election litigation has experienced a new spike in recent years, with many states being involved with litigation over redistricting plans, Voter I.D. laws, and other ballot access...
View ArticlePolitical Attire Bans: What Can You Wear When You Vote?
By: Samantha Becker On June 14, 2018, the Supreme Court invalidated a Minnesota law that prohibited wearing any “political badge, political button, or other political insignia” inside a polling place...
View ArticleSchrödinger’s Citizens: The Trouble with Territorial Disenfranchisement
By Scott Meyer According to a 2017 poll, nearly half of Americans were unaware Puerto Ricans were U.S. citizens. This discrepancy seems to bely the fact that U.S. territories, of which Puerto Rico is...
View ArticleA Bumpy Road to Voting in Wisconsin: Absentee Ballot Issues
By: Brianna Mashel This election cycle has been turned on its head by safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to recent reporting by the Pew Research Center, about four-in-ten...
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