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Voting
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Law and the Workplace
Voting Pays: New York Employees Now Eligible for Paid Voting Leave
By Arielle E. Kobetz, Harris Mufson
Effective immediately, the New York Election Law has been amended to provide employees in New York with up to three hours of paid time off to vote in any election.…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Race and the History of the Kentucky Woman Suffrage Movement: The Power of African-American Women Voters in School Suffrage
By Tracy Thomas
Randolph Hollingsworth, Power of African-American Women Voters in Lexington's School Suffrage, 1895-1902: Race and the History of the Kentucky Woman Suffrage Movement, Women suffragists in the U.S. included partial suffrage through…
Mauck & Baker Blog
Why Jesus Wants Us to Vote
By Mauck Baker
Written by John W. Mauck, J.D. - Some Christians vote regularly, some vote sporadically, and others believe they should “come out from among them and be separate” 2 Corinthians 6:17 (i.e., not…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Expanding the Vote: Two Decades of Felony Disenfranchisement Reform”
Main October 17, 2018"Expanding the Vote: Two Decades of Felony Disenfranchisement Reform"The title of this post is the title of this new report by The Sentencing Project. Here is its…
The Law of Order
5 Characteristics of a Rock Star Teller
First things first: What’s a teller? In the world of parliamentary procedure, a teller is a person who helps to pass out, collect, and count ballots, and a head teller…
The Faculty Lounge
The Pennsylvania Gerrymandering Case
Although the national battle over partisan redistricting is far from over, defenders of gerrymandering suffered a big blow in Pennsylvania yesterday. On Monday the United States Supreme Court denied a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Spotlighting felon disenfranchisement in Florida
Main January 3, 2018Spotlighting felon disenfranchisement in FloridaI am always pleased to see the New York Times editorial board giving attention to criminal justice issues, and I am especially pleased…
PrawfsBlawg
What is “principled federalism”?
Main Thursday, July 06, 2017What is "principled federalism"?The Washington Post's "Daily 202" has an article praising Republican State Secretaries of State for their "principled" stance in resisting Chris Kobach's demand…
PrawfsBlawg
Doctrine trumps party loyalty (sort of) in two race districting decisions
Main Wednesday, May 24, 2017Doctrine trumps party loyalty (sort of) in two race districting decisionsSCOTUS decided two important cases dealing with race-based districting this week. As I have noted in…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
A Timeline of Women’s Legal History in the US
By Tracy Thomas
Came across this again while doing some research, and wanted to make sure to save it for future reference. It is not complete, but quite useful.A Timeline of Women's Legal…