Fordham Law Adjunct Professor Jerry H. Goldfeder, director of Fordham Law School’s Voting Rights and Democracy Project, published an op-ed in Just Security on how the next Congress can fix gaps in the electoral system for dealing with hurricanes, acts of terrorism, and other potential disruptions of the vote.
One take-away from watching Mother Nature cause havoc in the southeastern United States as voters began casting ballots is the glaring absence of a uniform response to handle even such limited election interruption. The affected states responded differently, with no federal guidelines. I have written about this several times over the years, and I continue to be astonished that Congress remains mute.
Read “Natural Disasters, Terrorist Disruptions and Presidential Elections” on Just Security.
