“Whom will Newsom appoint to fill Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat? What we know”

September 29, 2023, 7:38 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

LA Times: With the death Friday morning of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Gov. Gavin Newsom now must decide who will fill her U.S. Senate seat until the next election. Who will it be? Here is a breakdown of what we… Continue reading

Fifth Circuit Grants Rehearing En Banc in Case That Struck Down Mississippi Felon Disenfranchisement Law

September 28, 2023, 6:47 pmfelon votingRick Hasen

Raffi Melkonian with the order. Here’s my earlier coverage of the 2-1 panel ruling.

Fifth Circuit Panel, on Party Line Vote, Delays Louisiana Voting Rights Act Congressional Redistricting Case, Potentially Pushing Any Remedy to 2026

September 28, 2023, 5:01 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Michael Li with the details on what he terms a “terrible ruling:” https://twitter.com/mcpli/status/1707483620514927098

“Biden Issues a Blistering Attack on Trump”

September 28, 2023, 4:55 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: President Biden issued a broad and blistering attack against former President Donald J. Trump on Thursday, accusing his predecessor and would-be successor of inciting violence, seeking unfettered power and plotting to undermine the Constitution if he returns to office… Continue reading

“Republican Group Running Anti-Trump Ads Finds Little Is Working”

September 28, 2023, 4:51 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: A well-funded group of anti-Trump conservatives has sent its donors a remarkably candid memo that reveals how resilient former President Donald J. Trump has been against millions of dollars of negative ads the group deployed against him in two… Continue reading

“After two rejections, is Ohio attorney general slow-walking anti-gerrymandering amendment?”

September 28, 2023, 9:43 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Ohio Capital Journal: One might think that a movement associated with a former state Supreme Court chief justice could draft a petition summary that passes legal muster. But twice already, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has rejected summaries of a… Continue reading

“Judge Denies Trump’s Request That She Recuse Herself in Election Case”

September 28, 2023, 6:28 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: The judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s trial on charges of seeking to overturn the 2020 election denied on Wednesday his attempt to disqualify her from the case for supposedly being biased against him. In a strongly worded… Continue reading

“Media network paid by GOP groups is behind deluge of election records requests”

September 28, 2023, 6:22 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Votebeat: In North Carolina, Local Labs wanted obscure voter records that would take weeks, or even months, to prepare. In Georgia, the company requested a copy of every envelope voters used to mail in their ballots. And in dozens of… Continue reading

“Redistricting redux: North Carolina lawmakers to draw again new maps for Congress and themselves”

September 28, 2023, 6:08 amredistrictingRick Hasen

AP: With a new state budget completed, North Carolina legislators now turn their attention yet again to mapping the state’s congressional and General Assembly districts. The House and Senate redistricting committees scheduled hearings this week — the last one… Continue reading

Kirkus Reviews Calls My Forthcoming Book, A Real Right to Vote, “A persuasive, up-to-date proposal that deserves widespread attention.”

September 27, 2023, 7:44 amReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

My book, A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy, is out February 20 from Princeton University Press. (You can preorder now at Amazon, Bookshop, Barnes and Noble. There is also… Continue reading

“Voter Suppression, New York Style; Few states make it harder to participate in primary elections, which frequently determine the eventual winner.”

September 27, 2023, 7:36 amprimariesRick Hasen

Howard Husock for City Journal.

“Pluribus AM: All redistricting, all the time”

September 27, 2023, 7:13 amredistrictingRick Hasen

From Reid Wilson’s indispensable morning newsletter on news around the states: In Politics & Business We should just rename this section “Today in Redistricting Litigation” ALABAMA: The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Alabama’s bid to keep a U.S. House district map that… Continue reading