political science professor; state politics scholar (direct democracy, voting, elections); cynic, skeptic, & part-time africanist; personal musingshttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3mkq5rflcw22uhttps://theconversation.com/gerrymandering-is-unpopular-with-florida-voters-my-recent-survey-shows-why-desantis-pushed-it-through-anyway-28179230 Apr 2026 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq5rflcw22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3mkgrwq3pm22jLeader-Motivated Behavior: Voting by Mail in the 2020 General Election https://academic.oup.com/poq/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/poq/nfag018/866111427 Apr 2026 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgrwq3pm22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3mkatp5yh2s2gGov. DeSantis' mid-decade redistricting Special Session starts next week. How palatable are new congressional lines to Florida voters? https://electionsmith.substack.com/p/principle-or-partisanship24 Apr 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkatp5yh2s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3mkatkftu5c2gGov. DeSantis' mid-decade redistricting Special Session starts next week. How palatable are new congressional lines to Florida voters? https://electionsmith.substack.com/p/principle-or-partisanship24 Apr 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkatkftu5c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3mk4wzepse22ohttps://open.substack.com/pub/electionsmith/p/principle-or-partisanship?r=1t2zqx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true23 Apr 2026 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4wzepse22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3mjxbwdwn4k2aFlorida’s Hispanic Electorate: A Dramatic Shift in Party Alignment https://open.substack.com/pub/electionsmith/p/floridas-hispanic-electorate-a-dramatic?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web20 Apr 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxbwdwn4k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3mbu7le5x7k2dHow will Trump Running Venezuela Play in the U.S.? https://open.substack.com/pub/electionsmith/p/how-will-trump-running-venezuela?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email07 Jan 2026 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbu7le5x7k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3mall54zns22xNice to see this out! Open access @plosone.org https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.033717622 Dec 2025 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mall54zns22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3m6i3qy3w522gWell, it's finally out... https://watermark02.silverchair.com/qqaf107.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAA2kwggNlBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggNWMIIDUgIBADCCA0sGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQM-xyBa0h6d4ijASr9AgEQgIIDHHHTUU4cKAZKcmXkz1IZyf1cbylVwn9KfIK0O3vb5pikUaEfIZGli8UBlc4nl75eyFUNtEF7bSitEv1bnnNkavfuMWAcsv7-DFRxluIeQ1ee2or37_gYIZoGlhq4Cq5lpzzsMfuLMCyF9KZWjevHvElmt8_3gBn5A-mUEjp2124cFN9HxcsOq6zu4IxjnJxiVTR7avNbQlv1CyRorvQ4eB7LTGMzkKk00YyX6EQXfwQ2wOT0pdJmCS2xnq41YJEcvKIWREzNy4gc58Ka4m9BMJ4Vd-m1GEQfwaTrQOs7U2Dbp2tnbSM2OWdun7vf42ks7CJfkcq6nKsYBrX5HSpQHJVPQxUu8pxd5NVTEiGvzVukkLlTQfMMvPVB2u5qRGDz43fgMPV202UJufpqyRAsji68FDAUCQ3azIRcalpTWY8HYEo8Jw787_iQVM7Gwiscn9qMMKjrfygFr17dIoEdm_P_3NYSe5D7wBEOzUh516DJxefgxFNcSCVQMpB_Q9-QmGJuDcGMSwU1mhbGqF0AtF97mLfejB52EBFHuJPiAcHL8S2KxN-QoJtOKwLpx_uJaRzXkMpdzSmcv3NIA2EIMGozoixZ6hxhmHhglouMhOAP-4cnOXfu5E495yq2BWV5nPpvF-qeO19e3eUAoiwLWjGKDy28sKwlhAYMCMPbrIXEd5E8Dkb9dW78Aiq_kfwv0CA8w9UWMoWeZ7q729tvGZ9fur0e6WXQ9M0KVqTsAbvEsy_fssT2JsxhQX0kWJeuO8UX8dz-hxo6czaAMVX8ikRwEghfHFkh6Sv82rGwiSR6kMYtQBHDPA-YFbvGn1xE8Yydgb9R53ar236XzH3_ciPyONOkrz0MnYeb_XTjfoQZFo5yRuMBZcWFgvHupvOx_1uzgPmqfCUxNc48m9xMMzuj-fu_VoZ7Un6zPEWiH7Q6DE_bLyZ97-2cod3fX--rMmFGVVmV2U8Lool5ZX1bmHTMCmXGa-8ORZzvLeeEF5Dn6P_RaaqaIoUzIa0lDInQIpvQ6zMvqgfhxKub5WtnGkwPArDVmYVqtUFr-x425 Nov 2025 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6i3qy3w522ghttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3lyzvzdkmzc2t"Assisting the vote? Disability as a cost of voting" is now out at Electoral Studies https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S026137942500103917 Sep 2025 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzvzdkmzc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3lxknm6z5b22qhttps://open.substack.com/pub/electionsmith/p/welcome-to-the-free-state-of-florida-e4f?r=1t2zqx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true29 Aug 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxknm6z5b22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3lwynlwy2dc2fhttps://open.substack.com/pub/electionsmith/p/news-flash-restricting-voter-registration?r=1t2zqx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true22 Aug 2025 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwynlwy2dc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3lwpp6w7t7k2shttps://open.substack.com/pub/electionsmith/p/trump-and-mail-voting?r=1t2zqx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true19 Aug 2025 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwpp6w7t7k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3ltuidgifwk2xContinue to be awed by my old man, now in his 90th year, Emeritus prof at Penn State, who founded the field of sport history. Walter Byers and the NCAA | University of Tennessee Press https://share.google/8aBlmclCEJhCyzuZO13 Jul 2025 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltuidgifwk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3lo2k5rv4ac2cTo all those who celebrate #InternationalJazzDay a little of George Gershwin's Embraceable You by Jim Snidero and friends at the Bird's Eye Jazz Club in Basel30 Apr 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo2k5rv4ac2chttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3lnfxfv3uuk2kNow out at State Politics and Policy Quarterly https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/state-politics-and-policy-quarterly/article/not-a-teammate-and-not-a-fan-probing-the-identities-of-unaffiliated-registered-voters/FC99BA54D271BBE4CED9ECAA30E8E539?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=bookmark https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/state-politics-and-policy-quarterly/article/not-a-teammate-and-not-a-fan-probing-the-identities-of-unaffiliated-registered-voters/FC99BA54D271BBE4CED9ECAA30E8E539#22 Apr 2025 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnfxfv3uuk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3lmruf42g7s2nIn light of the latest ICE crackdown in Miami, I’m ungating my Substack analysis from a couple weeks ago on the support for Trump in Doral. https://open.substack.com/pub/electionsmith/p/will-the-deportation-of-venezuelans?r=1t2zqx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false14 Apr 2025 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmruf42g7s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3llh2mt7pr224https://open.substack.com/pub/electionsmith/p/will-the-deportation-of-venezuelans?r=1t2zqx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false28 Mar 2025 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3llh2mt7pr224https://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3llgylki2mk2chttps://open.substack.com/pub/electionsmith/p/what-do-we-know-about-cuba-born-registered?r=1t2zqx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true28 Mar 2025 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgylki2mk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3llboguxcfc2x26 Mar 2025 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3llboguxcfc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3llbnlields2x26 Mar 2025 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3llbnlields2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3llbmwzz7rk2cCongratulations, Michael Wines, on your retirement from the @nytimes.com. And thank you for breaking this bellwether story back in 2021 on the crackdown on faculty free speech at UF. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/us/florida-professors-voting-rights-lawsuit.html26 Mar 2025 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3llbmwzz7rk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3llat74q6x22ahttps://electionsmith.substack.com/p/what-do-we-know-about-cuba-born-registered26 Mar 2025 03:18 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3llat74q6x22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3ll5vibuu2k27"Federal authorities in South Florida have recently detained at least 18 Cubans." My next Substack post for subscribers will be a deep dive into changes in party registration & turnout of the more than 460K Cuban-born registered voters in FL, 305K in Miami-Dade https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article302373304.html#storylink=cpy24 Mar 2025 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5vibuu2k27https://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3lkvxwtj3xk2shttps://open.substack.com/pub/electionsmith/p/will-the-deportation-of-venezuelans?r=1t2zqx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true21 Mar 2025 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkvxwtj3xk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3lkrozyo3tk2cAnd also pleased to see this decision by a Federal District Court Judge in Ohio concerning the rights of citizens to amend the state constitution via the initiative process. Several direct democracy scholars and I submitted an amicus brief on behalf of the plaintiffs. electionlawblog.org?p=149008 https://electionlawblog.org/?p=14900820 Mar 2025 02:53 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkrozyo3tk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3lkrop3uuns2cHighlighting some good news on the legal front. Proud to have served as an expert for the HAUL plaintiffs, working with the amazing attorneys at NAACP LDF, to successfully challenge SB 1 in TX. https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/federal-court-strikes-down-restrictive-suppressive-texas-voting-measures-in-s-b-1-that-limited-voting-assistance/20 Mar 2025 02:47 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkrop3uuns2chttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3lkbmpyxcmk2nFrom the Nathan Thurm School of Law... https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5326015/dhs-deputy-secretary-troy-edgar-discusses-arrest-of-protest-leader-deportations13 Mar 2025 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbmpyxcmk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3ljsham4xus2iThis is insane: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/addressing-risks-from-perkins-coie-llp/07 Mar 2025 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsham4xus2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/electionsmith.bsky.social/post/3ljlsz2ahbs2zIn honor of the passing of Robert Clark https://open.substack.com/pub/electionsmith/p/in-honor-of-the-passing-of-robert?r=1t2zqx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false05 Mar 2025 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:f5gfx2t6at2p7wojt4dum7sz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljlsz2ahbs2z