“Local Initiatives to Improve the Voting Experience”
New report from the Fair Elections Center.
All posts by Rick Hasen
“West Virginia’s top election official embraces conspiracy theories and election denial”
NBC News:
The National Association of Secretaries of State Winter Conference is usually a cordial affair. It’s one of two occasions every year in which top election officials from most states gather to commiserate and share nonpartisan advice. But at… Continue reading
“Election Deniers Seek to Rewrite the Law”
NYT:
In the conspiracy-soaked aftermath of the 2020 election, far-right activists clamored to inspect ballots based on elaborate — and false — theories.
In Georgia, election deniers pushed for a review that might detect counterfeit ballots because they were not… Continue reading
“What Recalls Tell Us About Regular Elections”
Joshua Spivak in Governing;
Most people, including elected officials, seem to believe that a recall held on a special election date is much more likely to result in removal. Their logic is clear: The recall proponents would have motivated voters,… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with Erwin Chemerinsky on My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote” at the Hammer Museum
You can watch here:
A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American DemocracyNow available from Princeton University Press!Read the Kirkus ReviewNEW! Book tour informationWatch book discussion on Morning JoeOrder at … Continue reading
Andrew Albright: “Opportunities for IE Reform in California Law in a Post-Citizens United World”
The following is a guest post from Andrew Albright:
In Citizens United, as we all know, the Supreme Court held that independent expenditures (IEs) cannot be a source of quid pro quo corruption so long as the persons or entities publishing the IEs… Continue reading
“US appeals court to decide if Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with wrong date still count”
AP:
A federal appeals court must decide if Pennsylvania voters need to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in ballots for the votes to count, a dispute with implications for this year’s presidential contest.
The 3rd… Continue reading
“At worst [Douglas Mackey’s tweets containing false information about how to vote] were calculated to cause voters to send futile text messages and then stay home on election day.”
Pretty remarkable statement in Douglas Mackey’s reply brief in his criminal appeal before the Second Circuit. To me, the “at worst” it seems pretty bad!
As a reminder, Protect Democracy and the Yale Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic filed … Continue reading
“Chief Justice Roberts is right. We need to fix ballot access at the front end”
Mark Brown oped in Cleveland Plain Dealer.
“California and New York allow for preregistration at 16. Data show neither state is fulfilling the promise of these laws.”
Laura Brill at her Substack.
ELB Podcast 5:6: Rick Hasen and Erwin Chemerinsky: A Real Right to Vote
New ELB Podcast:
Why doesn’t the U.S. Constitution contain an affirmative right to vote?
Can constitutional reform promote political equality, defuse the voting wars, and thwart election subversion?
How can we get a constitutional right to vote, if we can’t… Continue reading
“Florida man arrested for alleged Kansas election fraud in No Labels party petition”
KC Star:
A Florida man accused of forging signatures on petitions to get a new political party officially recognized in Kansas has been arrested. George Andrews, 30 of Dade City, Florida, was arrested on Feb. 10 and has been charged… Continue reading
“Supreme Court allows sanctions against Trump-allied lawyers over 2020 election lawsuit”
NBC News:
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected appeals brought by Trump-allied lawyers who faced legal sanctions for baselessly alleging in court that the 2020 election in Michigan was fraudulently won by President Joe Biden.
By rejecting the appeals, the… Continue reading
“DNC intervenes in GOP effort to nullify Arizona election manual”
Politico:
The Democratic National Committee is looking to jump into a pair of Arizona election lawsuits Tuesday morning, another salvo in the sprawling legal battle over the country’s election procedures ahead of November.
The DNC and Arizona Democratic Party, with… Continue reading