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Harvard Law Today
The worry over federal incursions into state, local elections
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Harvard Law Bulletin
Can Election Law Restore Trust in American Democracy?
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Harvard Law Bulletin
The Jersey Vindicator
Lawsuit alleges partisan bias in Bay Head voter residency review
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The Jersey Vindicator
NewsNation
DOJ is sending more monitors to the polls, but what power do they have?
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NewsNation
WIS Politics
Tomorrow: Law Forward, Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School argue congressional anti-competitive gerrymandering case before Wisconsin Supreme Court
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WIS Politics
Ruth Greenwood, Boston Globe
Gerrymandering won. It’s time to change the rules.
Ruth Greenwood, Boston Globe
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Ruth Greenwood, Boston Globe
The Gazette
Lawsuit claims Colorado Springs’ April election date violates COVRA
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The Gazette
Roll Call
Courts likely to block Trump’s effort to curtail mail-in voting
Roll Call
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Roll Call
The River Reporter
The supreme court may further gut the Voting Rights Act. Mississippi is trying to create its own
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The River Reporter
The River Reporter
Court was wrong in NY-11 case
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The River Reporter
Harvard Independent
Mail-in Ballots: National Change and Political Controversies
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Harvard Independent
Clinic Stories
Election Law Clinic wins voting rights challenge in New York’s highest court
Clinic Stories
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Clinic Stories
The Harvard Crimson
The HLS Clinic In the Middle of Wisconsin’s Redistricting Fight
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The Harvard Crimson
Verdict
Navigating the “Political Thicket”: A Conversation with Professor Ruth Greenwood on Gerrymandering and the Future of the Voting Rights Act
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Verdict
Denial, Staples v. DeSantis Adam Harper Denial, Staples v. DeSantis Adam Harper

Following a lawsuit filed by the Election Law Clinic, Governor Ron DeSantis called special elections for three majority-Black legislative districts, to be held in early 2022.

After ninety-one days of inaction, Governor Ron DeSantis finally called special elections for three majority-Black legislative districts with Executive Order No. 21-224. The Election Law Clinic previously filed a lawsuit to compel the Governor to fulfill this duty.

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Gerrymandering, Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission Adam Harper Gerrymandering, Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission Adam Harper

ELC Files Friend of the Court Brief on Behalf of Five Former Whitford Plaintiffs Urging Court Not to Bake in Last Decade’s Partisan Gerrymander for Another Ten Years

The Wisconsin Legislature and its allies have asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to redraw the State’s map in a way that would solidify the State’s 2011 partisan gerrymander for the next decade. ELC is representing five plaintiffs from Whitford v. Gill as amici curiae who want to ensure that the Wisconsin Supreme Court does not perpetuate the gerrymander under the guise of a “least-change” approach.

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