Edward B. Foley: Difference between revisions

'''Edward B. Foley''' (also known as '''Ned Foley''')<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Members |url=https://www.ali.org/members/member/335369/ |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=American Law Institute |language=en |quote=Edward (Ned) B. Foley}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Prof. Edward B. Foley |url=https://fedsoc.org/contributors/edward-foley |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Federalist Society |quote=Professor Foley (known as “Ned”)}}</ref> is an American lawyer, law professor, election law scholar, and former [[Ohio Solicitor General]].<ref name="moritzUC">{{Cite web|title=Edward Foley |url=https://ucom.osu.edu/for-media/faculty-experts/a-m/foley-edward.html|access-date=August 15, 2020|website=[[Ohio State University]]}}</ref> He is the theorist of the [[Blue shift (politics)|blue shift]], a phenomenon in American politics in which in-person votes overstate overall percentage of votes for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] (whose color is red), while [[Provisional ballot|provisional votesballots]], (which are counted after election day,) tend to overstate overall percentage of votes for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] (whose color is blue). When the provisional votes are counted after the election, there is often a shift in totals toward the Democrat, or blue, candidate.<ref name="liAGP2020">{{cite journal|last1=Li|first1=Yimeng|last2=Hyun|first2=Michelle|last3=Alvarez|first3=R. Michael|title=Why Do Election Results Change After Election Day? The "Blue Shift" in California Elections|url=https://preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/article-details/5e7bce380e55c30019685cca|journal=American Government and Politics|year=2020|doi=10.33774/apsa-2020-s43xx|s2cid=242728072 }}</ref><ref name="wegmanNYT11aug2020">{{Cite news|last=Wegman|first=Jesse|date=August 11, 2020|title=Opinion {{!}} Vote Counts Change. Please Don't Panic.|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/opinion/voting-mail-election-night.html|access-date=August 15, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>