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Why the Alaska Senate race could be so slow — and controversial — to decide
November 02, 2026
Derek Muller, an elections law professor at Notre Dame, said there’s a statute in Alaska law for a defeated candidate to contest an election in the event of misconduct, fraud or corruption to change the result of the election or “any corrupt practice as defined by law sufficient to change the results of the election.” That standard would likely be a high bar for a defeated candidate to meet with the courts, Muller said, while also noting that it was a different process entirely than the governor trying not to certify the election. If the governor refuses certification, Muller said, “the court can order somebody else to do it.”
The Guardian
How Trump and his allies seek to interfere in the US midterm elections
November 02, 2026
Many scholars are skeptical it would work. Derek T Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, has described the speculation about replacing the clerk of the House as “sophisticated disaster porn”.
Yahoo
People Use Crowdfunding to Show Compassion
November 02, 2026
Academy of Management Scholar Dean Shepherd of the University of Notre Dame said that crowdfunding has given the world a new way to help people whose lives have been upended by disasters and tragedies. "Another part of crowdfunding in addition to raising money was more like a social movement focused on how we prevent these things from happening again in the future," Shepherd said. "So in some ways, the platform provides a basis for which communities can come together and display compassion, by which we mean trying to alleviate the suffering of other people, but perhaps also create these social movements to try and change the legislation, trying to change laws to try and improve life for people," he said.
CNN
DOJ's Sullivan Probe Ramps Up Amid Alaska Dem Campaign Allegations
Video
October 30, 2026
Let's dig deeper on this with CNN Contributor Derek Muller. He's an election law scholar and a law professor at the University of Notre Dame. Derek, thanks for being with us.
PBS
What our final poll before Election Day says about midterms and Trump
October 29, 2026
Election law expert Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, wrote that the DOJ's legal argument "is one of the worst ones I've ever seen."
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