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Resolving Election Error, Justin Levitt
Resolving Election Error, Justin Levitt
Justin Levitt
The ghosts of the 2000 presidential election will return in 2012. Photo-finish, and error-laden, elections recur in each cycle. When the margin of error exceeds the margin of victory, officials and courts must decide which, if any, errors to discount or excuse, knowing that the answer will likely determine the election’s winner. Yet despite widespread agreement on the likelihood of another national meltdown, neither courts nor scholars have developed consistent principles for resolving the errors that cause the chaos.
This Article advances such a principle, reflecting the underlying values of the electoral process. It argues that the resolution of an …
Resolving Election Error, Justin Levitt
Resolving Election Error, Justin Levitt
Justin Levitt
The ghosts of the 2000 presidential election will return in 2012. Photo-finish, and error-laden, elections recur in each cycle. When the margin of error exceeds the margin of victory, officials and courts must decide which, if any, errors to discount or excuse, knowing that the answer will likely determine the election’s winner. Yet despite widespread agreement on the likelihood of another national meltdown, neither courts nor scholars have developed consistent principles for resolving the errors that cause the chaos.
This Article advances such a principle, reflecting the underlying values of the electoral process. It argues that the resolution of an …
Resolving Election Error, Justin Levitt
Resolving Election Error, Justin Levitt
Justin Levitt
The ghosts of the 2000 presidential election will return in 2012. Photo-finish, and error-laden, elections recur in each cycle. When the margin of error exceeds the margin of victory, officials and courts must decide which, if any, errors to discount or excuse, knowing that the answer will likely determine the election’s winner. Yet despite widespread agreement on the likelihood of another national meltdown, neither courts nor scholars have developed consistent principles for resolving the errors that cause the chaos.
This Article advances such a principle, reflecting the underlying values of the electoral process. It argues that the resolution of an …