# Ned Foley

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ELB Podcast 7:5: Myths and Facts About Contesting the 2026 Midterm Elections (Foley, Green, Muller)

How will federal and state court handle post-election disputes in connection with the closely contested 2026 midterm elections? Can the Speaker of the House simply choose not to seat members of Congress from the other party who have appeared to have won election? How have the courts and Congress …

Why Election Results Can Take Time

Arizona is a very important state when it comes to elections.  In this episode of Beyond the Ballot AZ, Tom Collins and Gina Roberts sit down with Ned Foley, one of the nation’s leading experts on election law and constitutional democracy. Together, they discuss the decentralized U.S. election sys…

What Does the Supreme Court Decision in Louisiana v. Callais Mean for Multiracial Democracy? | S2 E11

In this episode of Law & Democracy, hosts Tony Gaughan, Ned Foley, and Anne Ralph sit down with leading election law expert Professor Josh Douglas. Recorded just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court released its 92-page opinion in Louisiana v. Callais, the panel breaks down the immediate …

Recapping Oral Argument in Watson v. RNC (with Michael Morley)

Co-hosts John Fortier and Don Palmer are joined by Michael Morley, Sheila M. McDevitt Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Election Law Center at Florida State University’s College of Law. Show Notes: Watson v. Republican National Committee Brief of Professor Michael T. Morley and Florida …

Voting Rights with Ned Foley

An in-depth discussion on this essential topic with law professor Ned Foley of Ohio State, the leading scholar in this area. https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/edward-b-foley-ba-jd

Can Race and Politics Be Disentangled? Inside Allen v. Milligan

On June 2, 2026, the Supreme Court handed Alabama a major win in its long-running redistricting fight — letting the state use a congressional map with just one Black-majority district, even after a lower court found the map intentionally discriminates against Black voters. Just 48 hours lat…

Has the Voting Rights Act Reached Its End? | S2 E13

Is the Voting Rights Act still standing? After the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais, that’s no longer a rhetorical question—and few people are better positioned to answer it than Dan Tokaji. Tokaji—Dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School, a leading election law schola…

Inside NRSC v. FEC and Watson v. RNC: The Supreme Court’s New Verdicts on Money and Ballots

How will the Supreme Court’s latest blockbusters reshape the financial and procedural landscape of American elections? In the final episode of season two of Law & Democracy, hosts Tony Gaughan, Steve Huefner, and Ned Foley break down the National Republican Senatorial Committee v. FEC, a ma…

Trump's election meddling kicks into gear as the midterms loom

Donald Trump's election meddling is kicking into full gear as he threatens states over voter roll access. Plus, the latest on a deadly ICE shooting in Maine and the reasons behind the wildfire smoke impacting air quality across the country. Professor of election law at Ohio State Ned Foley, Democra…

Senate Bill 395 and Consensus Choice Voting in Ohio: A Conversation with Senator Louis Blessing

hio State Senator Louis W. Blessing, III joins Law & Democracy to make the case for Senate Bill 395, the first bill in any state legislature to propose a form of Consensus Choice voting. The bill would replace Ohio’s partisan primaries with a single primary open to every voter, send the top…