Pandemic Elections

The year 2020 will go down in U.S. history as a year of myriad unprecedented events that transformed American life.

The 2020 presidential election, possibly one of the most consequential in the nation’s history, now looks increasingly as though it will be held during an unprecedented pandemic.

No facet of election administration affects who votes or doesn’t vote as much as voter registration.

In this fall’s election, we are almost certainly going to witness a dramatic increase in absentee or mail-in voting

In just a few short months, the COVID-19 pandemic has already provoked multiple election law disputes.

Putting aside the Supreme Court’s controversial decision in Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee, the case overextending the date for receipt of absentee ballots in the April 2020 Wisconsin primary, many (although not all) courts have done a fairly good job protecting voting rights during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a time when normal life has ground to a halt, it may be reassuring that one American tradition—suing over electoral rules—is still going strong.