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Lorri Montgomery
Director of Communications
National Center for State Courts
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Education Program Offers Answers to Confusion
Surrounding Election Laws
Williamsburg, VA (September 17, 2008) – Lawsuits involving election results have dramatically increased in recent years, most notably in state courts. This new brand of litigation brings with it confusion about the law that governs elections in the United States. To help improve judges, journalists, lawyers and others’ understanding of election law, the College of William & Mary Law School and the National Center for State Courts have created an educational program, Election Controversies: The Basics of Election-Related Litigation, which is now available for free
on DVD. The program includes video lectures, an election law manual, articles, and a glossary. To
review
the
materials, please go to www.electionlawissues.org. To order a free copy of the materials, please go to www.ncsconline.org/D_ICM/freeresources/index.asp#dvd.
This resource was created in advance of the 2008 elections to provide practical assistance to judges who are called on to resolve election disputes, but also for attorneys, journalists, political scientists and others who want to be knowledgeable about election law, said Davison Douglas, law professor at William & Mary and Director of the Election Law Program. To learn more about the Election Law Program and to review the related materials, please go to.
“Litigation has become a familiar part of the electoral landscape … and now a prominent feature of American Democracy,” Douglas said. With these materials, the National Center for State Courts and William & Mary’s Law School hope to educate on the following topics:
- Why election law cases are different
- Pre-election issues
- Election-day issues
- Post-Election Litigation
- Electronic voting issues
This project is a joint program of the College of William & Mary Law School and the National Center for State Courts, with funding from the Deer Creek Foundation.
The National Center, headquartered in Williamsburg, Va., is a non-profit court reform organization dedicated to improving the administration of justice by providing leadership and service to the state courts. The National Center, founded in 1971 by the Conference of Chief Justices and Chief Justice of the United States Warren E. Burger, provides education, training, and technology, management, and research services to the nation’s state courts.
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