Ranked-Choice Voting Falls Flat in VA County
Arlington County, Virginia made headlines in June as it conducted its first ranked-choice voting election during the Democrat primary for county board positions on the ballot this coming November. The results were a textbook case against ranked-choice voting. As The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board explained, the top two candidates…
LDF Files Brief in Support of Montana Election Integrity Law
In May, LDF filed an amicus brief in Montana Democratic Party v. Jacobsen which is currently before the Montana Supreme Court. The brief is in favor of reversing the lower court’s decision to block the implementation of several election integrity reforms passed in 2021. Plaintiffs argue that the laws are…
Major Election Reform Package (ACE Act) Proposed by Members of Congress
On July 10, Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil announced the introduction of the American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act with other members of the Committee in Atlanta, Georgia. Chairman Steil stated: The public deserves confidence in our elections. House Republicans made a “Commitment to America” to…
LDF Files Brief in Support of Texas Election Integrity Law
On June 6, LDF filed an amicus brief in La Union del Pueblo Entero v. Abbott which is currently before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The brief argues that the challenged law, known as S.B. 1, “bring[s] Texas in line with the election laws and…