Add to ORKGThis article addresses the legal and practical effects of Senator Wellstone\u27s death and the court\u27s absentee ballot decision in Erlandson v. Kiffmeyer. Part II discusses other, surprisingly common, instances when a candidate has died or withdrawn close to an election, and examines Minnesota\u27s approach to pre-election vacancies. Part III explores the Erlandson decision and the facts giving rise to it. Part IV then analyzes the court\u27s decision and the legislature\u27s reaction to it. Finally, Part V concludes that if the state has an acknowledged goal of enfranchising absentee voters even after an unexpected, catastrophic event, then state law must be amended to better achieve this goal
If liberalization of absentee voting has the ability to increase voter turnout, then it is significa...
In the aftermath of the 2008 senatorial election race in Minnesota, several election laws were scrut...
Ordinarily, federal judges should not alter election rules near an election in order to avoid voter ...
This article addresses the legal and practical effects of Senator Wellstone\u27s death and the court...
Following the U.S. Senate recount and election contest in 2008, there was a heightened scrutiny of t...
Part I of this Comment examines the history of absentee voting in the United States, from its origin...
In what has been referred to as a tragedy for American democracy and one of the most egregious examp...
In an attempt to accommodate the growing number of people who cannot be present at the polls on elec...
In Missouri State Conference of Nat’l Ass’n for the Advancement of Colored People v. State (hereinaf...
Introduction: Voters facing illness or disability are disproportionately under-represented in terms ...
Relator was the losing candidate in an election for the office of Representative to the United State...
In an effort to determine voter eligibility and access to the voting booth, our democratic system ha...
With the votes cast and counted, the political signs down, and the final dollars tallied, most peopl...
One of the many difficulties posed by measures undertaken to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemi...
In the run-up to Wisconsin’s spring election, the governor, state legislature, and state and federal...
If liberalization of absentee voting has the ability to increase voter turnout, then it is significa...
In the aftermath of the 2008 senatorial election race in Minnesota, several election laws were scrut...
Ordinarily, federal judges should not alter election rules near an election in order to avoid voter ...
This article addresses the legal and practical effects of Senator Wellstone\u27s death and the court...
Following the U.S. Senate recount and election contest in 2008, there was a heightened scrutiny of t...
Part I of this Comment examines the history of absentee voting in the United States, from its origin...
In what has been referred to as a tragedy for American democracy and one of the most egregious examp...
In an attempt to accommodate the growing number of people who cannot be present at the polls on elec...
In Missouri State Conference of Nat’l Ass’n for the Advancement of Colored People v. State (hereinaf...
Introduction: Voters facing illness or disability are disproportionately under-represented in terms ...
Relator was the losing candidate in an election for the office of Representative to the United State...
In an effort to determine voter eligibility and access to the voting booth, our democratic system ha...
With the votes cast and counted, the political signs down, and the final dollars tallied, most peopl...
One of the many difficulties posed by measures undertaken to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemi...
In the run-up to Wisconsin’s spring election, the governor, state legislature, and state and federal...
If liberalization of absentee voting has the ability to increase voter turnout, then it is significa...
In the aftermath of the 2008 senatorial election race in Minnesota, several election laws were scrut...
Ordinarily, federal judges should not alter election rules near an election in order to avoid voter ...