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
THE FORUM
Commentary
Linked at the Ballot: How a Small Change Might Alter New York’s Election Landscape
Rewriting the Rules: What New York’s Recent Campaign Finance Changes Mean for 2026
Deepfakes and Democracy: The Case for Uniform Disclosure in AI-Generated Political Advertisements
New Horizons for Protecting and Expanding Voting Rights in the States
An Improved Metric for Evaluating Election Official Preparedness: A Case Study of Michigan’s Election Officials
Locked Out of Democracy: The De Facto Disenfranchisement of Pretrial Detainees
Can a Federal Court Do Anything to Stop the Georgia State Election Board from Delaying Certification of the 2024 Election?
Steering the Ship of State: Ensuring a Capable Governor is Always at New York’s Helm
Real Deal Part II – The People’s Chamber
Trump Remains Disqualified Despite Trump v. Anderson’s Inconsistent Holding
High Turnout for New York’s 2020 School District Elections Makes the Case for Expanding Vote-by-Mail
South Asian American Vote Suppression in Queens
See more from the Fordham Law Voting Rights and Democracy Forum here
Vol. IV, Issue No. 1
Why Geaux Vote? Racial Disparities in Louisiana Voter Turnout and Opportunities for Intervention
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Victoria (Tori) Wenger
Democracy Undermined: Extremist Policing in America
4 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 55
Vida B. Johnson
Breaking the Promise: The Roberts Court’s Quest to Weaken the Voting Rights Act of 1965
4 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 101
Michael D Adelson
