“Voter fraud defamation case heard at NC Supreme Court could have implications for 2024 elections”

April 12, 2024, 7:18 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WRAL: A timely constitutional question, as the 2024 elections ramp up: Should people who falsely accuse North Carolina voters of committing voter fraud be immune from being sued for defamation, if they go through the state’s formal process for making… Continue reading

“GOP leaders pursue new lawsuits over 2024 election rules – including attacking methods of voting they want supporters to use”

April 11, 2024, 7:00 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

CNN: Republican leaders are encouraging their supporters to vote by mail in this year’s consequential presidential election, even as their party pursues lawsuits and legislation that would make it harder for those votes to count. The Republican National Committee and… Continue reading

“Americans will find voting easier — or harder — depending where they live”

April 8, 2024, 7:23 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: Voting in Michigan will be easier for many people this fall than it was four years ago. There will be nine days of early voting. All mail ballots will have prepaid return postage. And every community will have at… Continue reading

“Voter ID and absentee-ballot limits: the South tightens key voting laws ahead of election”

April 6, 2024, 2:36 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

USA Today: Since 2020, states have tightened who can vote absentee and who can turn in absentee ballots. They’ve passed or stiffened voter identification laws. And, under pressure from Republicans who falsely claim the 2020 election was stolen through fraud,… Continue reading

“North Carolina election law attorney, nominated 4 times to US District Court judgeship, dies at 69”

April 3, 2024, 7:36 amelection law bizRick Hasen

Fox News: Thomas Farr, a longtime North Carolina redistricting and election law attorney who regularly defended Republican interests but whose 2018 federal judgeship nomination was scuttled by two GOP senators, has died, a legal colleague said Tuesday. He was 69.… Continue reading

New OMB race/ethnicity categories

March 28, 2024, 10:38 pmredistricting, Voting Rights Actcensus, raceJustin Levitt

Justin here. This is a really big deal: the federal government’s got new standards for collecting data on race and ethnicity. The Office of Management and Budget has a sneak preview today of tomorrow’s update of “Statistical Policy Directive No.… Continue reading

“South Carolina latest state to use congressional map deemed illegal”

March 28, 2024, 8:05 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Patrick Marley for WaPo: In a scenario that has played out in three states in recent years, a federal court ruled Thursday that time had run out to draw a new congressional district in South Carolina and that the state… Continue reading

“Federal court rejects congressional redistricting challenge as state lawsuit awaits Florida Supreme Court”

March 28, 2024, 10:04 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Tributary: A three-judge federal panel unanimously upheld a controversial congressional map backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, despite accusations he and the Legislature discriminated against Black voters. The judges agreed that the plaintiffs failed to show the Legislature was discriminating… Continue reading

Amid SCOTUS’s Continued Silence, Federal District Court in South Carolina Racial Gerrymandering Case Will Allow Congressional Election to Go Forward Under District It Held Illegal

March 28, 2024, 7:28 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here is the order: The present circumstances make it plainly impractical for the Court to adopt a remedial plan for Congressional District No. 1 in advance of the military and overseas absentee ballot deadline of April 27, 2024 mandated under… Continue reading

LDF 8th Circuit Amicus Brief in North Dakota Indian Country Case Argues that Section 1983 Gives Private Right of Action to Sue to Enforce Section 2 of VRA

March 26, 2024, 8:29 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Important brief given earlier developments.

Very Strong Brief from Plaintiffs in South Carolina Racial Gerrymandering Case Opposing Getting Last Minute SCOTUS Intervention

March 26, 2024, 7:44 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

You can find it here. Still amazed that the state of South Carolina tried to rely on Purcell here.

“How a Former Democratic Operative Is Testing the Limits of What a Newsroom Can Be”

March 25, 2024, 6:42 amcheap speechRick Hasen

Maggie Severns for Notus: Thousands of North Carolinians — mostly women — were targeted with Facebook and Instagram ads shortly before the last midterm elections that shared a dire message: A little-watched race could determine whether abortion would remain legal… Continue reading

“South Carolina Republicans ask justices to let district ruled a racial gerrymander go forward”

March 21, 2024, 11:47 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Amy Howe for SCOTUSBlog: Telling the justices that if they do not intervene they will create “confusion and uncertainty over this year’s elections,” a group of Republican lawmakers from South Carolina came to the Supreme Court this week, asking the… Continue reading

“Suggested Principles for State Statutes Regarding Ballot Marking and Vote Tabulation”

March 18, 2024, 6:47 pmvoting technologyRick Hasen

New: This letter, signed by 20 election cybersecurity experts, was addressed to the Pennsylvania State Senate Committee on Government in response to a request for policy advice, but it applies in any state — especially those that use Ballot … Continue reading

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