Research

Dangerous Imbalance: Why Law Schools Graduate an Army of Activist Lawyers

September 2026 — The Public Interest Legal Foundation studied each ABA-accredited law school in the country, scoring left versus right biases among election law professors. Too many schools offer zero instruction. Among those that do, they are overwhelmingly biased....

Ian Andre Roberts’ Unredacted Voter File Shows Maryland’s Need for SAVE Database

DECEMBER 2025 -- The Public Interest Legal Foundation issued a public letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Jared DeMarinis of the Maryland State Board of Elections after Ian Andre Roberts' unredacted voter registration file was disclosed to PILF. Read the full...

2025 California Voter Roll Study

September 19, 2025 – The Public Interest Legal Foundation alerts California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. to apparent flaws within the voter roll. Topline findings include: Deceased Registrants from Statewide Sample: 94,516 Interstate Duplicate...
2025 New Jersey Voter Roll Study

2025 New Jersey Voter Roll Study

July 16, 2025 – The Public Interest Legal Foundation alerts New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way to apparent flaws within the voter roll. Topline findings include: Interstate Duplicate Registrants: 14,059 Placeholder/Fictitious Dates of Birth: 15,655 Same-Address...

2025 Maine Voter Roll Study

2025 Maine Voter Roll Study

July 8, 2025 – The Public Interest Legal Foundation alerts Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to apparent flaws within the voter roll. Topline findings include: Deceased Registrants: 18,453 Same-Address Duplicate and Triplicate Registrants: 1,498 Interstate...

Serve and Observe: Detroit

Serve and Observe: Detroit

May 2025 -- The Public Interest Legal Foundation deployed seasoned election observers to the Detroit metro on Election Day 2024. Serve and Observe is a new report series by PILF to catalog events witnessed in polls around the nation. The Detroit report marks the first...

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