Administrative Law

Autumn Playbook: William Mitchell Law Review Examines Election Administration

By E.L. Lipman

The latest issue of the William Mitchell Law Review, which is now available, explores a series of election administration issues in Minnesota and the broader nation.

Beginning with a foreword from former Minnesota Congressman and Gubernatorial candidate, Tim Penny, this issue asserts that the improvements we have made to election administration during our history "are not inevitable." Continues Penny: "They take effort. They take action. To ensure a well-functioning system, improving our democracy is every generation?s obligation."

What follows in the volume is a set of richly-detailed and provocative analyses of anti-fraud measures and campaign finance regulations ? many of which are drawn from a stable of local celebrity authors.

As we steam head-long into a vigorously-contested set of elections in 2008, this issue highlights features of the backdrop against which these contests will be waged, fought and won. Copies of the individual articles that appear in this issue are accessible here, or a bound version of the entire set, can be obtained here.

Full post as published by Within the Scope on February 17, 2008 (boomark / email).