An Alternative Route to Voting Reform
The Right to Vote, Voter Registration, Redistricting and U.S. State Constitutions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7364451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nancy Martorano Miller (University of Dayton, corresponding author), Keith E Hamm (0000-0002-3660-3255, Rice University), María Aroca (Rice University), Ronald D Hedlund (Northeastern University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 465-489 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Publius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/publius/pjz013 |
| OpenAlex | W2949312871 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
The U.S. Constitution reserves to states the responsibility for regulating most aspects of elections. Recently, the Supreme Court has weakened the tools for federal officials to challenge state elections practices under the Voting Rights Act and signaled a great deal of deference to state authority over election law. As a result, state legislatures’ latitude to regulate elections is constrained primarily by state constitutions. With voter ID laws and partisan gerrymandering commanding considerable attention in recent years, it is important to investigate the importance of state constitutions in this area. In this article, we discuss recent efforts by voting and election reformers to utilize state constitutions to challenge restrictive voting laws and partisan gerrymandering, whether by enacting state constitutional amendments or relying on state constitutional provisions in state court litigation. We also highlight the diverse and often underappreciated landscape of voting and election laws in the states and the resources available to reformers at the state level by analyzing state constitutional provisions bearing on the right to vote, voter registration, and redistricting
Constitution · Constitutional law · Democracy · Economics · Election law · Equal Protection Clause · First-past-the-post voting · Gerrymandering · Group voting ticket · Law and economics · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Redistricting · Spoilt vote · State (computer science · State supreme court · Supreme court · Voter registration · Voting · Computer Science · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law, Rights, and Freedoms · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |