Recount Resources
Resources
Election Law @ Moritz is pulling together materials that might be useful for anyone interested in the topic of elections going into overtime. [Read More]
- Overview: Readings Relevant to Recounts & Other "Extra Innings" Issues
- Fifty State Summary of Election Contest Procedures
- Five-Week Calendar for Resolving Presidential Election Disputes
- Nine-Week Calendar for Resolving Non-presidential Election Disputes
- Foley Powerpoint Presentation, "Preparing for Overtime"
- Foley Book Chapter, "Recounts: Elections in Overtime"
- Foley ELJ Article, The Lake Wobegone Recount
- Foley ELJ Article, How Fair Can Be Faster
- Foley ELJ Article, A Tale of Two Teams
- Brennan Center for Justice, Issue Brief: Election 2012 Recounts
- Swing State Canvass and Recount Timeline
- Swing State Canvass and Recount Spreadsheet
Information & Analysis
October, 2012
- Who Decides a Post-Election Dispute? (10/29/12)
- Readings Relevant to Recounts & Other “Extra Innings” Issues (10/20/12)
Commentary
2012
- The Counting Rules for Overtime: Materiality (11/02/12)
- The Identity of Provisional Voters: Private or Public? (An Issue That Might Emerge Early in Overtime) (10/30/12)
- How to Avoid Electoral Alarmism: The Relevance of 1884 and 1916 (10/27/12)
- Resolving an Election In Extra Innings (10/25/12)
- What If . . . (10/22/12)
News Wire
Election law news from across the country concerning Recount Resources
February, 2013
December, 2012
- Landis declared winner in 98th District election (12/14/12)
- Republicans on verge of a super majority in the Ohio House (12/05/12)
November, 2012
- Rouzer concedes in N.C. (11/29/12)
- 7th Congressional District race recount under way (11/27/12)
- Why Have There Been So Many Contested Elections? (11/26/12)
- McIntyre challenger calls for recount in North Carolina (11/20/12)
- Florida Rep. Allen West concedes (11/20/12)
- Democrat gaining as Arizona Senate race vote drags on (11/13/12)
- Recount brouhaha: Numbers shift, Murphy camp claims win, West camp vows legal action (11/12/12)
- Court hearing set for noon today on West demand for recount (11/09/12)
- Allen West seeks recount but he isn't in recount margin (11/07/12)
- In Case of a Recount, a Long Wait for Ohio (11/06/12)
October, 2012
- Election may not wrap up Tuesday (10/31/12)
July, 2012
- Appeal dropped in juvenile judge race (7/09/12)
- NYC Board Can’t Declare Rangel Winner Until Judge Agrees (7/06/12)
- NYC Board Can’t Declare Rangel Winner Until Judge Agrees (7/01/12)
June, 2012
Litigation
Active Cases
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Archived Cases
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Commentary
Arizona: Voter Registration and the Road Ahead
Justin Levitt
June arrived with two election law cases at the Supreme Court. One is still pending: a highly anticipated decision on section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. The other, more frequently overlooked, was decided yesterday. And there are some quirks of the opinion that seem to depart from the swiftly congealing conventional wisdom that the states might actually have "won," and now need only run out the clock.
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