Though only two years old, Election Law @ Moritz has rapidly become one of the country's premiere centers for election law expertise. The nonpartisan research program, administered by Moritz faculty and staff, engages in traditional academic scholarship concerning election law, and operates a unique, path-breaking and nationally recognized website that brings the benefits of nonpartisan research directly to the public. The mission of the EL@M program is to provide reliable election law information, objective analysis, and informed commentary to journalists, educators, public officials, civic leaders, and the general public.

Why is this an important mission? In providing nonpartisan information and analysis, EL@M contributes both to the public understanding of how democracy works, and to the public deliberation on what reforms would improve its functioning.

The five principal faculty of EL@M, Director Edward M. "Ned" Foley (pictured at right), Associate Director Daniel P. Tokaji, and Senior Fellows Terri L. Enns (pictured at right), Steven F. Huefner, and Donald B. Tobin, have a combined total of 42 years of research, writing and participation in the ongoing public conversation between academics, legislators, government officials and civic leaders on election law.

Twelve other faculty members have joined as EL@M team members on particular issues of law related to their own areas of emphasis. The expertise of this faculty team covers the breadth of election law topics from election administration (registration to recounts) to redistricting to campaign finance to the intersection of election and constitutional law.

As an important midterm election approaches, we are excited to showcase to alumni this exciting, award-winning Moritz program which provides such a unique and essential public service.

What do the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, NPR, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Columbus Dispatch have in common? Over the past two years, they, and a host of other print, broadcast and electronic outlets, have come to rely on EL@M for expert analysis of election law issues.

Every Tuesday afternoon, beginning eight weeks before and continuing through Election Day, EL@M faculty host a teleconference to provide journalists with up-to-date information on and analysis of the week's critical election law developments. The EL@M faculty track all litigation and news nationwide which impact the voting process. The weekly teleconferences have provided media from around the country an opportunity to ask questions about developing election law issues. In addition, EL@M faculty have been fielding reporter questions through the EL@M phone-in Election Hotline. (Learn More)

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