Voting

Joint Center Voting Rights Expert Quoted in Los Angeles Times about Election Lawsuits

Joint Center President Spencer Overton was quoted in a recent Los Angeles Times article providing analysis on the many lawsuits that followed the 2022 midterm elections.

“We shouldn’t be surprised if on election night Republicans in [some] states have large leads. But then those leads shrink by Wednesday as mail ballots are counted. And when this happens, we’ll likely see election deniers claiming that mail ballots are tainted and filing lawsuits to throw out mail ballots,” he said.

Read the article here.