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Election 2012: What Happens in D.C. if it Comes Down to Provisionals?

Election 2012: Evening Update with Steven Huefner

Election 2012: Afternoon Update with Daniel Tokaji

Case Watch in Ohio

Prof. Huefner - Update on Elecion Day voting

Forecast of potential problems in Ohio

Overview of the Electoral College

Could it go into extra innings?

Why are there so many provisional ballots In Ohio?

Why not toss out the Electoral College?

What is a provisional ballot?

Why Not Change the Electoral College

How will voter ID changes affect this election?

What to do if you are told you cannot vote.

The Politics of Voter Suppression

September 24, 2012 (1:00 p.m.) - Election Law @ Moritz Faculty welcomes Tova Andrea Wang, a nationally known expert on election reform and political participation, Senior Democracy Fellow at Demos, and author of the recently published book, The Politics of Voter Suppression: Defending and Expanding Americans' Right to Vote.

Redistricting

August 9, 2011 (5:15 p.m.) - Daniel Tokaji, professor and senior fellow at Election Law @ Moritz, discusses changing district boundaries and how that affects citizens' everyday lives.

The Day After

Nov. 3 (12:15 p.m.) - Edward Foley, Robert M. Duncan/Jones Day Designated Professor of Law and Director of Election Law @ Moritz, discusses what races remain too close to call the day after Election Day 2010.

Too Close to Call

Nov. 2 (4:45 p.m.) - Edward Foley, Robert M. Duncan/Jones Day Designated Professor of Law and Director of Election Law @ Moritz, talks about how the public should not be worried if races prove too close to call. Read his full commentary

Voter Intimidation

Nov. 2 (3:00 p.m.) - Terri Enns, Clinical Professor of Law and Senior Fellow of Election Law @ Moritz, talks about voter intimidation.

Absentee Ballots

Nov. 2 (11:30 a.m.) - Charles Stewart III, the Kenan Sahin distinguished professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a visiting scholar at Election Law @ Moritz, talks about how absentee ballots may play a big role in the election outcome - problems are already being reported in Pennsylvania.

Three Big Voting Issues

Nov. 2 (9:30 a.m.) - Daniel Tokaji, Professor of Law and Associate Director of Election Law @ Moritz, talks about three issues his team will be following throughout the day: 1) Alaska write-in votes 2) Voter fraud/suppression and 3) Provisional and absentee ballots. (

Commentary

Dale A. Oesterle

Silence of the Lambs

Dale A. Oesterle

With the election of 2012 now well over and past the second inauguration of the incumbent President, the historical analysis of the events has begun and will last as long as written human history lasts. An interesting tidbit may already be lost to the majesty of the moment.

The voters of three very different states, Alaska, New Hampshire, and Ohio, all had an opportunity to call state constitutional conventions. In each state the voters turned the opportunity down by very similar votes, 68%, 64% and 68% respectively against.

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In the News

Daniel P. Tokaji

Ohio Republicans Push Law To Penalize Colleges For Helping Students Vote

Professor Daniel Tokaji was quoted in a Talking Points Memo article about a bill proposed by Ohio Republicans that would restrict Ohio public universities from providing residency documents to students used to help them vote. Ohio law requires voters to have lived in Ohio for at least 30 days immediately before an election, while public schools require students to have "gone to an Ohio high school or have a parent or spouse who lives or is employed in the state prior to enrollment," the story says.

Essentially, if the law passes, schools giving out-of-state students documents to prove residency in Ohio 30 days before an election, the schools would also have to consider the out-of-state students as Ohio residents and charge them the same tuition price as in-state students. Tokaji said the law is a blatant attempt at voter repression by Republicans and called it "shameful."

“The way that they’ve written this bill makes it clear that its only purpose is to suppress student voting,” he said. “What I’d say to the Republican Party is this is not only a shameful strategy, but it’s a stupid strategy because, you know, the Republican Party already has a signifcant problem with young voters. They’re on the verge of losing a generation of voters. Their path to victory is not to suppress the student vote, but to win the student vote.”

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Info & Analysis

Ohio House Committee Recommends Upholding Landis' Election Victory

Yesterday, an Ohio House of Representatives committee recommended 5-4 that the Ohio House uphold the election victory of Republican State Representative Al Landis over Democratic challenger Josh O'Farrell. In February, the Ohio Supreme Court sent the O'Farrell v. Landis record to the House for consideration. According to an article in the Canton Repository, committee chairman and State Representative Matt Huffman said he expects a vote by the full House later this month.

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