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Adam Sopko for The Conversation

Adam Sopko for The Conversation

Adam Sopko is a staff attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Adam joined the Initiative following a clerkship with Chief Justice Stuart J. Rabner on the Supreme Court of New Jersey. He graduated from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Northwestern University Law Review.

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State courts are fielding sky-high numbers of lawsuits ahead of the midterms

By: and - October 27, 2022

The run-up to Election Day is often a contentious time. In recent years, it has also become a litigious time — parties increasingly turn to courts to resolve disputes about the rules for voting. This year, our research shows a significant uptick of those lawsuits occurring in the state court system and challenging every step […]