The American Prospect‘s May special report, “The New Ballot Box,” concerns Oregon’s vote by mail system and the spread of mail voting across the country. We invited six election law experts and advocates to respond to the report and to debate the merits of all-mail voting. What follows is the first round of the exchange, kicked off by two initial responses to the report by two skeptics of vote by mail: Curtis Gans of American University and Daniel P. Tokaji of Ohio State University.

  • An Accident Waiting to Happen: An initial response to “The New Ballot Box,” by Curtis Gans

  • Don’t Give Up On HAVA: An initial response to “The New Ballot Box,” by Daniel P. Tokaji

  • On Turnout and Tampering: Four responses to Gans and Tokaji, by Stuart Comstock-Gay, Phil Kiesling, Adam J. Smith, and Tova Andrea Wang

  • A Quick Fix, and Dangerous, Too: Responding to comments, by Curtis Gans

  • A Step Backwards: Responding to comments, by Daniel P. Tokaji