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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The deadline is just a few days away! Please consider applying and/or sharing with your law and courts friends. I’m happy to answer any questions folks might have.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The University of Wyoming Department of Political Science welcomes applications for an Assistant Professor position in Law and Courts. Please share widely and feel free to reach out to me with any questions about the line! eeik.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Assistant Professor - SPPAIS Public Law

Join Our Campus Community! Thank you for your interest in joining the University of Wyoming.  Our community thrives on the contributions of talented and driven individuals who share in our mission, vi...

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My lunch date at the Denver airport.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Assistant Professor - SPPAIS Public Law

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Only 59 days until the midterms. Less than two months!

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

New open access piece at APR from me and some of my favorite coauthors! Opening the Gates or Guarding the Guardrails? An Access-Integrity Continuum Predicts Voting Rules Preferences journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Abstract
Election administration is under intense scrutiny, including scrutiny of the design of electoral systems.
But why do voters prefer some voting rules over others? We introduce a new construct we refer to as
the Access-Integrity Continuum. At its core, the Access-Integrity Continuum represents a voter's weighting of the relative importance of ease of voter access in an election versus the integrity of an
election. Utilizing data from a unique dataset of over 5,000 respondents from the 2022 election season, we measure the effects of the Access-Integrity
Continuum versus partisanship on respondent preferences for different voting rules. We show that the Access-Integrity Continuum explains considerable variance in those preferences beyond partisanship.

Conclusion
Designing electoral systems presents a series of choices with hefty consequences. With these voting rules, voters often must prioritize integrity or access.
This study significantly enriches our understanding of voting rules preferences by introducing the Access-Integrity Continuum. While traditional scholarship has predominantly focused on partisanship as the primary driver of voting rule preferences, our findings underscore the role of a prioritization of either access or integrity. In so doing, the Access-Integrity Continuum offers a more comprehensive framework for analyzing voting rules preferences that transcends simple partisan lines.
Importantly, the heterogeneity within party coalitions revealed by the Access-Integrity Continuum suggests that efforts to bridge divides over electoral policies must consider the broader values voters prioritize.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I haven’t received an email in 10 hours. I fear the oncoming deluge

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Of course Outlook is down on the first day of the semester. Why wouldn’t it be?

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Mayya Komisarchik @mayyakomis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

UR polisci is hiring in methods! Link below. I’m on the search committee and happy to answer any questions. Feel free to reach out! @rochesterpolisci.bsky.social apply.interfolio.com/192333

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Day ruined. Rest in peace to the greatest southerner of all time.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

“This book could use another chapter.” Me, about to do something I’ll regret

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I’m positively obsessed with this. I love it so much. Even if it doesn’t win I think I have to print this off and hang it up in my office.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I’ve never felt more seen when listening to a podcast.

Amy Poehler

You're talking to a person that I think rules are what make things fun.

I hear somebody laughing in this room. I don't know why that's funny.

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Charlie Hunt @charlesrhunt.com · 15/08/2026

Per my research, "he's not from around here" is a bad enough hit. But this is a good example of a downstream effect, which is that it makes it easier to form a narrative around place/space-related issues like data centers. "He's from LA, and thus wants to make where you live more like LA."

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

One of the most devastating things you can say about a candidate in Wyoming.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Respect your elders or Mothman might come after you

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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

And it turns out that may have been an optimistic estimate of turnout for today's primaries in Alabama. Woof.

A graphic showing 4.52% turnout in Alabama's Aug. 11 primaries.

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John Lovett @johnlovett.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Klobuchar knows ball when it comes to Minnesota.

Amy Klobuchar’s book about the Metrodome, “Uncovering the Dome”

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Over the course of 20 years, Klobuchar has never won less than 90 percent of the vote in a Democratic primary in Minnesota.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Best little picnic spot in Wyoming

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Now that I have tenure perhaps it’s time to pursue some other passions. I mean I’m still younger than LeBron after all.

Got $168 and a dream of playing pro basketball? Here's your chance.
Later this month the Grand Rapids Gold will hold tryouts at Metro State in Denver. The Nuggets' G League affiliate is looking for prospective local players with members of the Nuggets coaching and personnel staff present at the event to structure the tryout and evaluate each person. The group will be competing for a spot at the Grand Rapids Gold's training camp in October, with up to four players getting the nod.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

As Keith Poole used to always say, we’re doomed.

Summary
• DraftKings gave more than $34 million and FanDuel over $27 million this cycle
• Win for America routed more than $12 million into 34
Georgia legislative races, records showed
• Federal records exclude direct spending on state races and donations to dark money groups
NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) - DraftKings, FanDuel and other online sports betting companies have ramped up election spending on the U.S. midterms to at least $72 million so far, the latest campaign election data shows, as prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket bring fresh scrutiny. - and competition — to online betting.
The lucrative U.S. online sports gambling industry is confronting competition from what some see as a direct threat from a new breed of gambling across prediction markets, which the administration of President Donald Trump has embraced.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Only 99 days until the midterms. Down to double digits!

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Imagine trying to explain to someone a mere ten years ago that the Republican president wanted to raise taxes, eliminate the filibuster, and get the federal government more involved in elections.

DoJ urges supreme court to allow Trump order targeting mail-in voting

Emergency appeal comes after court upheld ruling blocking president's order ahead of November midterms

The Trump administration has asked the supreme court to clear the way for an executive order from Donald Trump that could dramatically change mail-in voting.

The emergency appeal comes after an appeals court upheld a ruling blocking the president's order in nearly half the country ahead of November's midterm elections.

Donald J. Trump
John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to "leave town" until it passes The Save America Act or, far better still, TERMINATES THE FILIBUSTER, where Republicans can then quickly pass everything they ever dreamed of, including a full and deep throated SAVE AMERICA ACT, the Budget, and the ever looming Debt Ceiling disaster, 1929! The Dumocrats will do it on day one, and can't believe how lucky they got with this Senate leadership. Remember, stupidity always brings LOSING & DEATH!
President DJT

New U.S. tariffs on 60 economies take effect Friday, in the latest recourse by President Donald Trump's Administration to impose alternative taxes on imported goods after the Supreme Court struck down most of his aggressive ones earlier this year.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced the new tariffs on Thursday, citing these economies' alleged failure to impose and "effectively" enforce a ban on the import of goods "produced with forced labor."

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The Maine postmortem showed that voters soured on Gideon in 20 because of the long campaign. So perhaps a shortened window isn’t a bad thing for Jackson. Maine is also the only state that split its senate and presidential vote in 20, and Collins knows how to win her state. In short, Maine is weird.

Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson formally clinched the Democratic nod to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in November, giving the party just 100 days to quickly turn the tides in the must-win race.

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Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

📢 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 Our department is hiring an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Political Science. We seek a scholar in AP, CP, PE, or IR who applies frontier methods of statistics and data science to substantive questions in their area of expertise. apply.interfolio.com/189477

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Ben and Tom are both friends of mine, and I feel lucky to have worked with them. They’re great stewards of elections, and I’m just devastated by this.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Ceaselessly amazed at how effective just going outside is at improving my mood.

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Our department has three calls for tenure track positions. IE is a fast growing group of scholars doing top-notch work, which offers very attractive conditions in a great European city. If you are looking for an academic job in Europe, definitely do consider applying.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Zuzu is actually a big Knicks fan

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The Knicks are merely trying to set up Mike Breen for the first ever triple bang

Given that Breen has specific parameters for a double bang, would he ever consider the triple bang?
"No, no," Breen said. "I was on Jalen Brunson's and Josh Hart's Roommates podcast and they asked me the same thing, and I told them. I said, 'Alright, if somebody hits a game-winning shot in a Finals game, maybe that will do it, but I don't know, I think that's a little much."
More specifically, Breen once told Pablo Torre that he would only consider the triple "if the Knicks ever make it into the NBA Finals.”

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Redistricting bad for democracy?? I feel like I’ve read something about that recently… www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

News snippet from Texas:
Voters Say Last Year's Redistricting Was Bad for Democracy 52-37%; Voters Favor Republicans on the Generic Congressional
Ballot 49-43%

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Alternatively, see one of my favorites comics:

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

She screams. She naps. She flirts. She’s got a little something for everyone.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Fresh out with @salilb.bsky.social at PRQ! We find that even after accounting for ideology, Republican primary voters are more likely to reject climate action while Democratic primary voters increasingly support it, making primary electorates more polarized. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Regular reminder that runoffs are stupid for several different reasons.

In 2024, primary runoffs cost states at least $7m and most runoff winners got fewer votes than in the finst round
December 17, 2024 - Every 2024 federal primary runoff had lower turnout than the first round, with turnout falling by a median of 63%, according to a new Fair Vote report. 81% of candidates who won runoffs received fewer votes in the runoff than they did in the first round, effectively negating the runoff's purpose. Ranked choice voting - also known as
"instant runoff voting" - is a better alternative, capturing the majority's preferences in a single election when turnout is highest.
The 2024 primary season saw the largest runoff turnout decline since FairVote began tracking runoffs in 1994. And these low-turnout elections come at a high cost to taxpayers - at least $6.9 million and likely $9-12 million this year, even though there were no statewide primary runoffs. A Kennesaw State University study found that the 2020 statewide U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia cost the state $75 million.

Southern states adopted primary runoffs to help maintain white Democratic control of politics.
In the Jim Crow South, white supremacists and segregationists manipulated electoral rules to ensure their continued dominance. Primary runoffs were one part of this. At the time, the Republican Party was virtually nonexistent in the South, so winning the Democratic primary was tantamount to winning the election. Having a runoff during the primary ensured that a candidate supported by the anti-civil rights majority would prevail.
As more and more Black Americans became voters in the South, the runoff system also helped to ensure they. were excluded from exercising real political power.
Under racially polarized voting - meaning voters of different races largely support different candidates - runoffs gave white voters a chance to defeat candidates supported by Black voters. Under a plurality system - where you just need the most votes to win, not necessarily a majority — candidates supported by Black voters could only win their primaries if the white vote was split between several candidates. By requiring a candidate to win a majority of the vote, however, the runoff system allowed white voters to consolidate around a single candidate to defeat the candidate supported by Black voters. Even as other aspects of Jim Crow were dismantled, the primary runoff system served to maintain the power of white Americans.

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Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Small town politics are always really interesting as an observed. A candidate wins with 4 votes barharborstory.substack.com/p/trenton-re...

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Only 168 days until the midterms.

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Journal of Election Administration Research & Practice @jearp-elections.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

In case you haven't yet heard, the latest issue (vol. 5, issue 1) of JEARP is now online and available for anyone and everyone to check out at: electioncenter.org/journal-of-e... This is the first edition featuring our new design. We hope you like it!

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Journal of Election Administration Research & Practice @jearp-elections.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Hi, friends. Just a quick reminder that you still have time to register to join us for our Elections à la Carte Zoom event. The discussion is scheduled for Wednesday, May 20, at noon Eastern. Register at this link: auburn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Still kinda shocked that this turned out even more true than I expected.

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