All posts by Rick Hasen
“Ranked-Choice Voting Draws Bipartisan Ire”
TAP:
In an era warped by extreme partisan discord, ranked-choice voting has managed to unsettle Republican and Democratic politicians alike. Long fearful of African American voter strength and cross-racial coalitions that sometimes spring up, many white Republican political power brokers… Continue reading
“Georgia becomes first state to require election law training for police”
The Guardian:
Georgia is the first state to mandate training in election law in order for police to become state certified, a reflection of lessons learned in the aftermath of the state’s 2020 race.
The new requirement for police trainees… Continue reading
“Republican lawmakers working on sweeping changes to Ohio election administration”
Ohio Capital Journal:
Legislation in the Ohio House and Senate would make sweeping changes to the way Ohioans vote and how those votes are counted. Despite sterling post-election audits in Ohio and the arrival last year of strict new… Continue reading
“Trump raised so much last month he erased Biden’s cash advantage”
Politico:
Former President Donald Trump’s huge May fundraising haul erased President Joe Biden’s longstanding cash advantage as the two gear up for a rematch.
Trump’s campaign had $116.6 million in the bank at the end of May, compared to $91.6… Continue reading
“Timothy Mellon, Secretive Donor, Gives $50 Million to Pro-Trump Group”
NYT:
Timothy Mellon, a reclusive heir to a Gilded Age fortune, donated $50 million to a super PAC supporting Donald J. Trump the day after the former president was convicted of 34 felonies, according to new federal filings, an enormous… Continue reading
“Trump, GOP urge early and mail voting while continuing to raise specter of voter fraud”
It is Now Possible That the Supreme Court Will Rule on Trump’s Immunity Claim for Charges of Subverting the 2020 Election the Day Before, the Day of or the Day After the First Presidential Debate on June 27
I’ll Be Moderating: “Under the Gavel: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Most Recent Term in Review” July 10 at the UCLA Hammer Museum
Really looking forward to moderating this all-star panel at the UCLA Hammer Museum, co-sponsored by the Safeguarding Democracy Project (video of the event will be posted shortly after the event):
With rulings on major issues expected by the start of… Continue reading
“The Biden admin has no firm plan to call out domestic disinformation in the 2024 election”
NBC News:
The Biden administration has no firm plans to alert the public about deepfakes or other false information during the 2024 election unless it is clearly coming from a foreign actor and poses a sufficiently grave threat, according to current… Continue reading
“Va. 5th District vote count continues in closer-than-expected contest”
WaPo:
One rare area of agreement among observers chewing over the race: Almost everyone expects allies of 2020 election-deniers Good and McGuire to watch the counting and recounting like hawks.
“It’s not lost on us that these are two candidates… Continue reading
“Recommendations for Improving Election Data Transparency”
Gordon-Rogers, Liza, Michael Latner, and Christopher Williams. 2024. Recommendations for Improving Election Data Transparency. Cambridge, MA: Union of Concerned Scientists:
Many in the United States currently lack access to electoral information that could improve our ability to vote,… Continue reading
“The deceptive Biden G7 video was quickly debunked, but it kept going viral anyway”
David Ingram for NBC News:
Misleading videos and false claims that President Joe Biden wandered off aimlessly from the G7 conference last week continued to go viral despite debunkings and fact-checks that tried to correct the record.
Google recommended false… Continue reading
ELB Podcast 5:8: Renee DiResta: Invisible Rulers and the 2024 Elections
Season 5 Finale of the ELB Podcast:
What’s the difference between how Americans communicated about politics and policies 20 or 30 years ago and how we do it today?
What are the most effective ways to combat disinformation in elections… Continue reading