Publications & Research
2026 Completed Publications
2026 Midterm Elections Report:
A Strategic Assessment
A concise assessment of the structural factors that produced the 2025 Blue Wave including the expanding role of mail‑in voting in driving voter turnout, along with an analysis of core security vulnerabilities inherent in mail‑in voting and congressional actions available to mitigate the impact of those vulnerabilities on the 2026 midterm elections.
Ongoing Research Projects
Constitutional Analysis of Structural Vulnerabilities
Inherent in Mail‑In Voting
This research project examines the constitutional concerns arising from security vulnerabilities inherent in mail‑in voting and how those vulnerabilities may undermine constitutional guarantees of fundamental fairness, even when they apply uniformly across the electorate.
The Need for Uniform Procedures in Mail‑Ballot Authentication
This review examines the wide variation in signature- verification practices across states and explains why establishing uniform procedures for mail‑ballot authentication nationwide is essential to ensuring the integrity of mail‑in voting.
The Case for a Uniform 24–48 Hour Pre‑Election‑Day Deadline for Mail‑Ballot Receipt
This project analyzes how extended mail-ballot receipt deadlines needlessly delay the close of elections and undermine public confidence, and how a uniform 24–48 hour pre Election Day cutoff for receipt of mail‑in ballots would enable the timely declaration of election winners on election night.
Early Voting Expansion as a Remedy for Low Republican Adoption of Mail‑In Balloting
This report examines how the ease of mail in voting disproportionately benefits Democratic candidates due to widespread adoption of the method by Democratic voters and why promoting early voting rather than urging Republicans to vote by mail is the preferred approach to correcting this imbalance.