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28 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 229 (2020-2021)
Bush v. Gore's Uniformity Principle and the Equal Protection Right to Vote

handle is hein.journals/gmlr28 and id is 233 raw text is: Bush v. Gore's Uniformity Principle and the Equal Protection Right to Vote Michael T Morley* Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................230 1. Bush v. Gore's Uniformity Principle ...............................................235 11. Applying the Uniformity Principle ................................................248 A. Intentionally Treating Voters Differently........................................252 B. Delegating Discretion to Local Officials.........................................261 1. Voting Systems ................................................................................262 2. Election Procedures........................................................................273 3. Polling-Place Resources .................................................................281 4. Timing and Location Issues..........................................................282 C. Vague and Subjective Statewide Standards ....................................284 D. The Uniformity Principle Two Decades Later ................................290 111. Bush v. Gore and Judicial Relief in Election Cases.......................293 IV. The Uniformity Principle and the Selective Expansion of Voting Rights...........................................299 C on clu sion ......................................................................................................305 * Assistant Professor of Law, Florida State University College of Law. Climenko Fellow and Lec- turer on Law, Harvard Law School, 2012-14; J.D., Yale Law School, 2003. I appreciate valuable com- ments and suggestions from Ned Foley, Rick Hasen, Derek Muller, Rick Pildes, and Franita Tolson, as well as the helpful feedback 1 received at the 2019 Administration of Democracy Symposium hosted by the George Mason Law Review and the C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University. Special thanks to my research assistant, Hannah Murphy, for her attention to detail in helping to revise this Article. I am also especially grate- ful to Lea Schild, Kirk Bowersox, and the staff of the George Mason Law Review for their thorough and tireless editorial assistance.

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