Violent conflict over contested elections has plagued authoritarian and undemocratic countries around the world, as well as democracies that are troubled and threatened. On Wednesday, the United States became the newest member of this unfortunate club. Based on my experience working on election observation and democracy promotion...
Georgians return to the voting booth Jan. 5 to settle two of the most hotly contested Senate races in history. Did you know that Georgia is one of the only states that holds runoffs? Why? And how does it work in other places? What's likely to happen if these races end up as close as Georgia's presidential race? This presentation initially appeared on the Carter Center Facebook page...
This post originally appeared on The Carter Center website.
After the Electoral College vote on Monday affirming his election, Joe Biden declared that nothing, not even a pandemic or an abuse of power, can extinguish the flame of democracy. Mr. Biden's speech and the...
Today, electors will meet in their states to vote for president and vice president, a key step in one of the most unusual election systems in the world. Join us for a discussion of our peculiar institution and the proposals to make it better reflect the will of the people. This presentation initially appeared on the Carter Center Facebook page.
This post originally appeared in GOVERNING. With new threats of 'faithless legislatures' ignoring the popular vote, reform is more urgent than ever. Allocating electoral votes proportionately would avoid election disasters and could have bipartisan appeal...
This post originally appeared in Attorney at Law Magazine. Despite many Cassandra-like warnings of nightmare scenarios, the 2020 elections were an institutional success. Deserving credit are voters who participated in large numbers, election officials who adapted to the realities of conducting an election during a pandemic, and judges who balanced vague and sometimes conflicting constitutional principles and legislative provisions in a series of hotly contested cases...
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The Election Reformers Network deeply appreciates the extraordinary efforts of the thousands of committed Americans who worked tirelessly to ensure the success of the recent elections at all levels of government...
This blog post originally appeared on The Fulcrums Election Dissection. On Dec. 14, the Electoral College will cast its votes. Barring any unforeseen outrage, a majority will vote for Joe Biden, the popular vote winner in the general election, to sighs of relief. Many may conclude the creaky Electoral College works most of the time, and that any fixes are just too hard to worry about. That would be a mistake. With a shift only .07 percent of the vote, we would have a second-place winner again, just as in 2000 and 2016....
Description: November 10, 2020: As the initial vote counting wraps up, talk turns to recounts and audits. Nearly half of all states for automatic recounts if the margin of victory is below .25 or .5 percent; in others, losers must request and pay for recounts. But what exactly are officials counting? And what's the difference between a recount and a postelection audit? This presentation initially appeared on the Carter Center Facebook page.