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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Trump Issues Election EO
President Trump yesterday issued an executive order "to enforce Federal law and to protect the integrity of our election process." The move drew powerful block-back for its attempted consolidation of…
Legal Theory Blog
Pasquale on AI and Electoral Manipulation
Frank Pasquale (Cornell Law School; Cornell Tech) has posted AI and Electoral Manipulation: From Misinformation to Demoralization (in Human Vulnerability in Interaction with AI in European Private Law (A. Diurni,…
Municipal Minute
Court Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Clerk’s Refusal to Certify Candidate’s Nomination Papers
In November 2024, an independent candidate for Mayor (Candidate) filed his nomination papers for the Consolidated Election with the Village Clerk. After a lottery was held to determine the Candidate’s…
HeplerBroom Blog
Tips for Navigating Candidate Nominating Papers and Electoral Board Challenges in Illinois
By Matthew B. Champlin, John C. Hanson
Outlines some of the requirements and problems encountered when seeking to run for office in Illinois. Includes tips on avoiding common issues that could prevent your candidacy from appearing on…
Stafford Rosenbaum Law Blog
Court of Appeals Concludes Ballots Lacking Election Official Endorsements Must Be Counted
Wisconsin Court of Appeals issues opinion that voting ballots lacking endorsements from elections officials must be counted On March 6, 2025, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals (Dist. IV) issued a…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Third party spending limits in Ontario election rules breaches Charter, SCC says in split ruling
The 5-4 ruling featured two dissenting opinions on a provision of Ontario's Election Finances Act
The Right Coast
German 2025 federal election results
BERLIN The Christian Democratic Union and the allied Christian Social Union secured the largest share of votes in the German federal election on Sunday, according to exit polls from German…
Municipal Minute
Candidate For Mayor Removed From Ballot
In a recent election challenge, an Illinois Appellate Court held that a city clerk did not have a conflict of interest to participate as a member of the Electoral Board…
Municipal Minute
Appellate Court Rules New Party Candidates for Village Office Should Be on the Ballot
An Illinois Appellate Court recently overturned an Electoral Board’s decision disqualifying a new party’s slate of candidates for including political images in the candidate’s nomination petitions, and ordered that the…
Municipal Minute
Appellate Court Disqualifies Village President Candidate From Ballot
An Appellate Court recently upheld an Electoral Board's decision to disqualify a candidate for village president based on lack of residency in Poulos v. Smith.A candidate filed nomination petitions and…