All posts by Rick Hasen

“Trump’s invite to major donors prioritizes the committee paying his legal bills over the RNC”

March 21, 2024, 1:57 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: Donald Trump’s new joint fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee directs donations to his campaign and a political action committee that pays the former president’s legal bills before the RNC gets a cut, according to a fundraising invitation… Continue reading

“Ballot Measure May Scare Away the People Who Help Run Wisconsin Elections”

March 21, 2024, 11:52 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Bolts: For the past two years, Nick Ramos has volunteered his time to ensure more Wisconsinites can participate in elections: with a mobile printer in hand, he visits polling places in the Milwaukee area to help people who lack proper… 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

“Mathews: There should be a court just for elections”

March 21, 2024, 11:28 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Joe Mathews’ new column.

“Leonard Leo, Koch networks pour millions into groups prepping for potential second Trump administration”

March 21, 2024, 10:51 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Remember those “Leonard Leo is fighting with Donald Trump” stories? LOL. NBC News: Huge funding from influential conservative donor networks is flowing into groups affiliated with a conservative venture aimed at creating a Republican “government-in-waiting,” including over $55 million from… Continue reading

“Measuring a decade of improvements in election administration”

March 21, 2024, 9:14 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Electionline: Today, the MIT Election Data + Science Lab released the latest iteration of the Elections Performance Index (EPI). The index, which provides an objective measure of election performance in each state for federal elections, has now been updated… Continue reading

“The impact of voter confusion in ranked choice voting”

March 21, 2024, 7:50 amalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

Lonna Rae Atkeson, Eli McKown-Dawson, Jack Santucci, and Kyle L. Saunders in Social Science Quarterly. Abstract: Objectives Election observers have expressed concerns about voter “confusion” under ranked choice voting (RCV) since the 1890s. What is the… Continue reading

“Republicans Are Counting on Millionaires to Flip the Senate”

March 21, 2024, 7:46 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: Since his rise to the presidency, Donald J. Trump has claimed enormous wealth as proof that he is an anti-establishment ally of the working class, not beholden to corporate donors or special interests. The Republican Party, eyeing control of… Continue reading

“Cross-Border Influencers: Democracy and Externalities”

March 21, 2024, 7:38 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Saul Levmore has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The United States does not allow foreigners to influence U.S. elections by giving money to political parties or candidates, but many other countries do allow cross-border influencing. Indeed,… Continue reading

“Will we ever amend the Constitution again?”

March 21, 2024, 7:35 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Rick LaRue at The Fulcrum.

“Democrats Prepare Aggressive Counter to Third-Party Threats”

March 20, 2024, 5:20 pmballot access, third partiesRick Hasen

NYT: The Democratic Party, increasingly alarmed by the potential for third-party candidates to swing the election to former President Donald J. Trump, has put together a new team of lawyers aimed at tracking the threat, especially in key battleground states.… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with Wilfred Codrington for the Brennan Center on My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote”

March 20, 2024, 5:17 pmReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

This conversation was a real treat. Watch:

“Secure, Credible, and Accessible 2024 Elections”

March 20, 2024, 5:14 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

New report from the Conference Board: Conducting an election that is secure, credible, and accessible is essential not only to ensuring public trust in elections but also to the position of the US as a global beacon of democracy. A… Continue reading

“How a new way of electing the House can change our politics”

March 20, 2024, 5:11 pmalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

Drew Penrose and David Daley oped: The most meaningful change would put an end to winner-take-all, single-member districts and create a proportional House with larger, multimember districts and proportional voting. This might sound like a big lift, but it’s… Continue reading