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Full-Text Articles in Election Law
Enhancing Rural Representation Through Electoral System Diversity, Henry L. Chambers Jr.
Enhancing Rural Representation Through Electoral System Diversity, Henry L. Chambers Jr.
Law Faculty Publications
Rural Virginians face disparities in outcomes regarding healthcare, access to important infrastructure, and other services. Some disparities may be related to rurality. The sparseness of population in rural areas may limit the sites where people may access services, triggering the need to travel significant distances to obtain goods and services in such areas. Limited access may lead to disparities even when the quality of goods and services in rural areas is high. The disparities affect all rural Virginians, but disproportionately affect rural Virginians of color. The causes of the disparities are complex and myriad, and may be based on race, …
Protecting America's Elections From Foreign Tampering: Realizing The Benefits Of Classifying Election Infrastructure As Critical Infrastructure Under The United States Code, Allaire M. Monticollo
Protecting America's Elections From Foreign Tampering: Realizing The Benefits Of Classifying Election Infrastructure As Critical Infrastructure Under The United States Code, Allaire M. Monticollo
Law Student Publications
In just the past five years, the United States has suffered numerous hacks into important entities and institutions across the country by ill-intentioned actors. Private companies and government agencies alike have felt the negative impacts of security breaches by hackers infiltrating proprietary and protected systems. Even the United States political landscape has proven vulnerable to bad actors in the realm of cyber security. Furthermore, analysts have attributed some of the most recent highly publicized hacks to state-sponsored groups. As cyber security threats and opportunities for foreign hackers to infiltrate critical systems become more prevalent, it is natural to wonder where …
Electing Justice Roush To The Supreme Court Of Virginia, Carl W. Tobias
Electing Justice Roush To The Supreme Court Of Virginia, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
In late April 2015, the Supreme Court of Virginia announced that Justice LeRoy F. Millette, Jr. would retire on July 31, 2015. Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe expeditiously created an open process for tapping a worthy successor. At July’s conclusion, the Governor appointed Fairfax County Circuit Judge Jane Marum Roush, an experienced, consensus jurist. On a Sunday night, merely two days after Roush swore her oath of office, Republican General Assembly leaders proclaimed their caucuses’ intention to elect another individual, despite conceding that Roush was very qualified. During the August special session, this concerted GOP endeavor prompted a Republican senator to …
A Recount Of The Recount: Obenshain V. Herring, Maggie Bowman
A Recount Of The Recount: Obenshain V. Herring, Maggie Bowman
Law Student Publications
Because of the infrequency of recounts and the lack of judicial institutional knowledge, a plain-English guide is needed to assist judges and attorneys involved in recounts. The purpose of this essay is to provide such a guide as a resource for future Virginia recounts. Part I outlines the process of a recount and discusses how a recount differs from an election contest. Part I also briefly discusses the history of election recounts in Virginia, highlighting the two most recent state-wide recounts, Deeds and Obenshain. Part II delves more deeply into the primary issues encountered by the three-judge panel in Obenshain, …
Whiskey, Soldiers, And Voting: Western Virginia Elections In The 1790s, Jud Campbell
Whiskey, Soldiers, And Voting: Western Virginia Elections In The 1790s, Jud Campbell
Law Faculty Publications
Editor's Note: Elections in eighteenth-century Virginia were conducted quite differently than current elections. In this article, the author presents revealing descriptions of early elections in Montgomery County, Virginia immediately following the birth of the United States. The behavior and motivations of the electorate, as well as the candidates, provide interesting insight regarding the social structure o/that era.
Baker V. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962), Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
Baker V. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962), Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
Law Faculty Publications
Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962) marked the U.S. Supreme Court's entry into the "political thicket" of apportionment and electoral politics that Justice Felix Frankfurter, in his opinion in Colegroe v. Green, 328 U.S. 549 (1946), warned the Court that it should avoid.
Johnson V. Degrandy, Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
Johnson V. Degrandy, Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
Law Faculty Publications
512 U.S. 997 (1994), argued 4 OCT. 1993, decided 30 June 1994 by vote of 7 to 2 Souter for the Court, O'Connor concurring, Kennedy concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, Thomas and Scalia in dissent.
Enclave Districting, Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
Enclave Districting, Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
Law Faculty Publications
Congressional districting has historically fostered single-member, geographically compact districts consisting of contiguous territory and has resulted in common representation for those who live near each other. Underlying compact districting is the assumption that people living relatively close together share political interests that can be adequately served by common representation. When the United States was a sparsely populated agrarian nation and only the propertied were the enfranchised, providing common representation based on residential proximity was sensible. Over time, however, the connection between residence and political interests has diminished. In the wake of the Supreme Court's suggestion that representation should focus on …