[EL] Establishment of New AALS Section on Election Law

[Josh Douglas]

Dear Election Law Professors,

(Note:  this email is relevant only to full-time faculty at AALS-member
schools.)

Attached is a copy of the final petition we plan to submit to AALS for the
creation of a new Section on Election Law.  AALS requires hard copy
signatures.  You can sign it at the Annual Meeting -- there is an Open
Session on the creation of this section scheduled for Saturday, January 4,
at 8:30.  We'll also have it at the Section on Legislation's program (which
is about election law issues this year).

Alternatively, if you will not be at the AALS Annual Meeting, you can print
and sign the petition and mail it back to me.  My address is below.  If
there are other people at your school who might be willing to sign the
petition, please gather those signatures first and then mail it back to me.
 The only requirement is that the professor must teach Election Law or that
the professor's teaching "touches" upon the topic.  (Thus, Con Law
professors who teach Bush v. Gore or Citizens United would qualify).

We will also be submitting proposed initial bylaws for the section.

Please let me know if you have any questions.  We need as many signatures
as possible to put the best effort forward.

Thanks!

Josh

-- 
Joshua A. Douglas
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Kentucky College of Law
620 S. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40506
(859) 257-4935
joshuadouglas at uky.edu


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Josh Douglas <joshuadouglas at uky.edu> wrote:

> Dear Fellow Election Law Professors,
>
> Dan Tokaji and I have been exploring the possibility of creating a new
> AALS Election Law Section.  We're writing to see if there are any other
> professors who would like to be involved.
>
> The process for creating a new section requires the collection of at least
> 50 signatures from professors from at least 25 schools, which is generally
> done in person at the annual meeting.  The AALS has informed us that they
> will give us a time slot in the program for the 2014 meeting to accomplish
> this, but if want to do this we need to let them know by the end of the
> month.
>
> A part of what the AALS will look to in determining whether to certify a
> new section is a commitment of scholars in the field to be involved in the
> section on an ongoing basis.  We’re therefore writing to get a sense of
> your willingness to make such a commitment.  Although Dan and I are both
> interested in the creation of a new Election Law section, we both think
> that it’s important to have a substantial number of people who are willing
> to commit some of their time to it in coming years, if we’re to move
> forward.
>
> If you have an interest in being a part of this effort, could you please
> email back (please do not reply all to the whole election law list)?  Also
> let me know if you plan on being at the 2014 Annual Meeting in New York.
>  AALS has informed us that we should try to have well above 50 signatures
> on our petition, so we'd also like to have a sense of whether we'll be able
> to secure enough signatures.  We’d appreciate hearing back from you by June
> 21.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
>
> --
> Joshua A. Douglas
> Assistant Professor of Law
> University of Kentucky College of Law
> 620 S. Limestone
> Lexington, KY 40506
> (859) 257-4935
> joshuadouglas at uky.edu
>
>


-- 
Joshua A. Douglas
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Kentucky College of Law
620 S. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40506
(859) 257-4935
joshuadouglas at uky.edu
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