Dear Colleagues,
The University of New Hampshire Law Review will host a Symposium on "Contemporary Issues in Election Law" on October 7, from 9am to 5pm. This will be a hybrid event (attendees may attend in person at the UNH campus in Concord or watch via Zoom). Registration is free of charge. To register for the Symposium, please visit: https://unh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EeTiFY7LSYygwMvSOcGGzg
Below is the agenda.
UNH 2022 Symposium:
Contemporary Issues in Election Law
October 7, 2022
All presentations will take place in Room 282 of the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law
8:15AM Registration / Check-In
Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property, Lower Atrium (enter at the intersection of Washington Street and Rumford Street)
9:00AM Welcome
9:15AM New Hampshire Election Law, Part I: The Secretary of State’s Office
The Honorable David Scanlan, New Hampshire Secretary of State
9:40AM New Hampshire Election Law, Part II: The Election Law Committee
The Honorable Barbara Griffin, Chair of the Election Law Committee, New Hampshire House of Representatives
10:05AM Voting Rights in New Hampshire and Beyond: Perspectives of Civic Organizations
Henry Klementowicz, Senior Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire
Elizabeth Tentarelli, President, League of Women Voters of New Hampshire
Todd Hendricks,* Research and Data Analyst, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
11:05AM BREAK
11:15AM A Conversation with Commissioner Ellen L. Weintraub
The Honorable Ellen L. Weintraub, Commissioner, Federal Election Commission
12:00PM LUNCH
1:00PM Post-Election Controversies
Joel K. Goldstein,* Vincent C. Immel Professor of Law Emeritus, St. Louis University. Manuscript Presentation: “The Ministerial Role of the President of the Senate in Counting Electoral Votes: A Post-January 6 Perspective”
Derek Muller, Professor of Law & Bouma Fellow in Law, University of Iowa. Manuscript Presentation: “Mandamus and Election Subversion.”
2:00PM Alternative Voting Methods
Edward Foley,* Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law & Director, Election Law at Moritz, The Ohio State University. Manuscript Presentation: “Red, White, and Blue Voting: A Three-Party Round-Robin Electoral System.”
2:30PM BREAK
2:45PM Issues in Redistricting
Richard Ober,* Legal Analyst, Princeton Gerrymandering Project, Princeton University; Samuel Wang, Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project, Princeton University. Manuscript Presentation: “All Pain, No Gain: A Fifty-State Analysis of Implications of the Independent State Legislature Doctrine for Redistricting.”
Jonathan Cervas,* Post-Doctoral Fellow in Political Science, Carnegie Mellon University; Bernard Grofman, Jack W. Peltason Endowed Chair & Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine. Manuscript Presentation: “Can State Courts Constrain Partisan Gerrymandering? Lessons from the 2021 Redistricting Cycle.”
3:45PM The Security of Voting
Andrew W. Appel,* Eugene Higgins Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University. Manuscript Presentation: “Is Internet Voting Trustworthy? The Science and the Policy Battles.”
Eugene D. Mazo,* Visiting Professor of Law, Seton Hall University. Manuscript Presentation: “Ballot Harvesting.”
4:45PM Concluding Remarks
Bradford E. Cook, Senior Shareholder and Past President, Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green; Former Board of Trustees, UNH School of Law; Member, Advisory Board, Rudman Center; Chair, New Hampshire Ballot Law Commission; Co-Chair, N.H Secretary of State’s Special Committee on Voter Confidence
5:00PM – 6:15PM Reception
* Presenters who will publish a manuscript in the Symposium issue of The University of New Hampshire Law Review