Democratic accountability requires voters to select high-quality politicians or sanction
incumbents. To what extent does local electoral politics meet this standard? I explore the …

For more than a century, election officials across the United States have inspected voting
machines before elections using a procedure called Logic and Accuracy Testing (LAT). This …

Scholars of American politics have evaluated the predictions of the median voter theorem in
a wide variety of contexts. To my knowledge, however, no research explicitly considers the …

This chapter reviews the evidence about how electing judges, rather than appointing them,
affects judicial behaviour. It argues that judicial elections direct judges to respond to public …

Until recently, studies have consistently found that judges sentence more harshly under
electoral pressure. We add to growing evidence complicating that account. We analyze an …

Domestic violence is a public health crisis, and there is a need to address the gaps in the
literature on institutional responses to domestic violence. Civil protective orders are one …

When it comes to selecting legislators and governors, US states almost universally take the
same approach: they hold partisan elections. Judicial selection is different. States are starkly …

State attorneys general (AGs) are among the most powerful government actors in the United
States. Over the last three decades, state AGs have assumed a position as members of …