All posts by Rick Hasen

“There’s a fair way to ensure third-party candidates don’t ‘spoil’ the US election”

August 29, 2024, 7:01 amalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

David Daley Guardian oped: We need a modern fix that recognizes that third parties are here to stay, but also that a nation with a guiding principle of majority rule deserves winners who earn more than 50% of their fellow… Continue reading

Federal District Court Dismisses PILF NVRA Lawsuit Against the State of Louisiana on Standing Grounds

August 28, 2024, 2:43 pmNVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

The conservative group PILF claimed it could get access to Louisiana’s list of voters removed from the registration rolls under the NVRA. Today a federal district court dismissed the case on grounds that PILF had no standing.

Trump Explains to Dr. Phil His Comment About Christians Not Having to Vote Anymore After This Election

August 28, 2024, 11:45 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

From the interview: During their talk, Dr. Phil also pressed the former president about his comments at a gathering of Christians last month, during which he said that they wouldn’t “have to vote again” after 2024. Trump insisted he… Continue reading

“Voting Rights for Nebraska Felons in Flux as Election Day Approaches”

August 28, 2024, 10:32 amfelon votingRick Hasen

NYT: When the Nebraska Legislature voted 38 to 6 this year to allow people convicted of felonies to cast a ballot immediately after completing their sentences, it was a moment of bipartisan unity. That moment did not last. Just before… Continue reading

“Voting Rights Leaders Step Up Election Initiatives After Texas Raids”

August 28, 2024, 10:18 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: Republican officials in Texas in recent days have investigated a number of Latino voting activists and political organizers as part of an election fraud inquiry, conducting a series of raids that led one group to appeal to the federal… Continue reading

“Republican Donors, Do You Know Where Your Money Goes”

August 28, 2024, 10:12 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Juleanna Glover NYT oped: We long ago blew past any meaningful controls on political giving in American elections. Now we should focus on the rules governing political spending, which are in equally terrible shape. For that we can blame the… Continue reading

Colorado: “On Native Land, a New Push to Expand Voting Meets the Long Tail of State Violence”

August 28, 2024, 9:39 amvoter registration, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Bolts: Lorelei Cloud was born in 1967, three years before Native Americans living on tribal lands in Colorado were guaranteed the right to vote. Even once she turned 18, and for many years thereafter, she did not vote. Her polling… Continue reading

Video of My Appearance on MSNBC with Janai Nelson and Katie Phang Talking About Election Lawsuits and Certification Worries

August 28, 2024, 8:17 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Watch here.

“How the Federal Cases Against Trump Came Sputtering Back to Life”

August 28, 2024, 6:58 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: The two federal criminal cases against former President Donald J. Trump sputtered back to life this week after periods of delay and major legal setbacks. With 10 weeks left until Election Day, prosecutors in the office of the special… Continue reading

“Lawsuits Fly Over Election Rules and Who Gets to Vote”

August 28, 2024, 6:54 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

WSJ roundup.

“Scarred by 2020 smears, voting companies and election officials brace for November”

August 27, 2024, 4:08 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Marshall Cohen for CNN: Weeks before the 2022 midterms, a stranger showed up at the Denver headquarters of Dominion Voting Systems. He didn’t have an appointment, so the front desk asked him to leave. But staffers noticed him lingering outside,… Continue reading

“Trump indicted again in election subversion case brought by Jack Smith”

August 27, 2024, 2:36 pmelection subversion risk, UncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., has reindicted Donald Trump on four felony charges related to his effort to subvert the 2020 presidential election. The 36-page indictment, secured Tuesday by special counsel Jack Smith, is an… Continue reading

“Pennsylvania county broke law by refusing to tell voters if it rejected their ballot, judge says”

August 27, 2024, 12:52 pmabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

AP: A Republican-controlled county in Pennsylvania violated state law when election workers refused to tell voters that their mail-in ballot had been rejected and wouldn’t be counted in last April’s primary election, a judge ruled. As a result, voters in… Continue reading

“Republicans sue over partisan breakdown of election workers in Detroit”

August 27, 2024, 10:19 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Detroit News: The Republican National Committee and the Michigan Republican Party have launched a lawsuit that contends officials in Detroit, a Democratic stronghold, are failing to appoint enough GOP election workers to comply with state law. The Republican lawsuit asked… Continue reading