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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
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Volume III, Issue No. 3
The Law of Disqualification and Problems With The Supreme Court Code of Conduct
3 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 185
Donald K. Sherman, Marco Alarid White, & Virginia Canter
Voter Confidence and the World of Appearances: Where Campaign Finance and Election-Administration Law Collide
3 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 228
Kishore Sai Chundi
Residency Requirements in Initiative Ballot Access: The Limits of First Amendment Rights and the Fight Against Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’
3 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 260
Ross Levin
Why Top-Two Primaries Can’t Be Fixed
3 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 297
Quinn Yeargain
Volume III, Issue No. 2, Symposium Issue
Litigating the 2024 Election
3 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 155
Richard H. Pildes
The County Certification Problem
3 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 160
Jenny Gimian
The Electoral Count Reform Act in 2024
3 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 167
Adav Noti
The U.S. Electoral System and Foreign Interference
3 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 173
Jeremi Suri
Preparing for Election Disruptions in 2024
3 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 173
Norman J. Ornstein
Vol. III, Issue No. 1
Unequal Access: The Perpetual Struggle for Voting Rights and the Case of Wisconsin
3 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 1
Benjamin Edelstein, Mark L. Thomsen & Atiba R. Ellis
Reforms for Filling Vacancies in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
3 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 85
Nora Donnelly, Alexa Green & Lea Vallone
The Burden to Reach the Ballots: Tackling Eleventh Circuit Line-Warming Bans and Their Intersectional Harm Under an ADA Framework
3 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 129
Alyssa Clune
Impending Peril: Rethinking the Future of Democracy
3 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 145
Karen J. Greenberg
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