Our Mission

To train the next generation of lawyers in the law and practice of voting rights, ballot access, campaign finance, election administration, and democracy protection.

Events

The Voting Rights and Democracy Project
in Washington, D.C., in March 2023 and November 2022

Fordham Law students affiliated with the Voting Rights and Democracy Project meeting with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Federal Elections Commission Chair Dana Lindenbaum & Commissioner Allan Dickerson, Secretary Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin, Stacey Grigsby, Deputy White House Counsel, and Shelley Greenspan, White House Policy Advisor for Partnerships and Global Engagement

April 13, at 12:30 PM EST:
Is Democracy Dying in Europe? A Conversation with Matej Avbelj

The Forum

See more from the Fordham Law Voting Rights and Democracy Forum here

Vol. 1, Issue No. 3

Epic Fail: Harkenrider v. Hochul and New York’s 2022 Misadventure in “Independent” Redistricting

1 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 251
Richard Briffault

The New Laboratories of Democracy

1 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 261
Gerald S. Dickinson

Title I of the Civil Rights Act in Contemporary Voting Rights Litigation

1 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 277
Helen L. Brewer

Candidates of Their Choice?  Paradoxical Impact of the Voting Rights Act in Virginia

1 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 289
Mark E. Rush

Presidential Election Disruptions: Balancing the Rule of Law and Emergency Response

1 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 301
Jason D’Andrea, Sonia Montejano, & Matthew Vaughan

Third Parties and the Electoral College: How Ranked Choice Voting Can Stop the Third-Party Disruptor Effect

1 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 332
Hillary Bendert, Jacqueline Hayes, & Kevin Ruane

Voting Rights and the Electoral Process: Resolving Representation Issues Due to Felony Disenfranchisement and Prison Gerrymandering

1 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 359
Andrew Calabrese, Tim Gordon, & Tianyi Lu