The Fordham Law Voting Rights and Democracy Forum is dedicated to publishing timely articles, essays, and commentaries on voting rights and democracy-related issues—including, but not limited to, legal, policy, and administrative issues concerning democratic institutions, presidential succession, election reform and administration, gerrymandering, and ballot access, as well as how these areas intersect with racial and gender justice, and issues of social equity more generally.
Current Issue: Volume 1, Issue 3 (2023)
Essays
Epic Fail: Harkenrider v. Hochul and New York's 2022 Misadventure in "Independent" Redistricting
Richard Briffault
The New Laboratories of Democracy
Gerald S. Dickinson
Reports
Presidential Election Disruptions: Balancing the Rule of Law and Emergency Response
Jason D'Andrea, Sonia Montejano, and Matthew Vaughan
Third Parties and the Electoral College: How Ranked Choice Voting Can Stop the Third-Party Disruptor Effect
Hillary Bendert, Jacqueline Hayes, and Kevin Ruane
Voting Rights and the Electoral Process: Resolving Representation Issues Due to Felony Disenfranchisement and Prison Gerrymandering
Andrew Calabrese, Tim Gordon, and Tianyi Lu