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House Homeland Security Holds Hearing on State and Local Responses to Domestic Terrorism
On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at 9:30 a.m., the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism will hold a hearing on state and local responses to counterterrorism. -
Preparing for Election Night: Counting and Reporting the Vote in Battleground States
Americans will likely see misinformation surrounding the vote count. Understanding how votes are counted and reported in battleground states could help inoculate against it. -
Mail Voting Litigation in 2020, Part V: Efforts to Halt Vote-by-Mail Expansion
Across the country, litigants are claiming that expanded mail-in voting will lead to fraud and that state officials lack the legal authority to change the rules related to voting by mail. -
Mail Voting Litigation in 2020, Part IV: Verifying Mail Ballots
Voting rights advocates have filed a flood of litigation regarding states’ voter verification practices and rules relating to mail ballot defects. -
Mail Voting Litigation in 2020, Part III: Challenges Seeking to Expand Delivery Options
A raft of litigation has taken place concerning both assistance with mail-in ballots and the means of returning them. -
Mail Voting Litigation in 2020, Part II: Submission of Mail-In Ballots
Legal battles are playing out around the country concerning vote-by-mail ballot submission rules and procedures. -
Mail Voting Litigation in 2020, Part I: Application and Eligibility to Vote By Mail
Many Americans have sued this year to vote by mail instead of in person. Have their suits been successful? -
Mail Voting Litigation During the Pandemic: Introduction
How have state and federal courts handled mail voting litigation? -
Ballot Collection Laws and Litigation
Third-party ballot collection—sometimes contemptuously called “ballot harvesting”—has drawn fierce partisan debate this election season. What laws currently govern ballot collection? -
Defining Voter Intimidation: Six Battleground States
How do six battleground states define and attempt to prevent voter intimidation? -
Election Observation: Rules and Laws
Election observers play a major role in elections nationwide. What rules govern poll watching in U.S. battleground states? -
Secrecy Sleeves and the “Naked Ballot”
Of the 16 states that require the provision of “secrecy sleeves” to absentee voters, which will reject a ballot that is mailed back without the internal envelope?
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