All posts by Rick Hasen

You Can Now Preorder the Audiobook of “A Real Right to Vote” (Along with Hard Copy and Kindle Versions)

January 3, 2024, 7:23 amReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

Over here at Amazon: The release date is Feb. 20. Read the Kirkus ReviewBook tour information to come.You can also preorder at Barnes and Noble, Bookshop.

How Much of Low Youth Voter Turnout is Due to Difficulty in Voter Registration

January 3, 2024, 7:22 amvoter registrationRick Hasen

Laura Brill makes the case that it’s a lot of the story.

“A right-wing tale of Michigan election fraud had it all – except proof”

January 3, 2024, 7:06 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: The story had all the elements of a blockbuster crime saga: burner phones, semiautomatic weapons, silencers and bags of prepaid cash cards. “NOW WE HAVE PROOF!” blared the headline on the right-wing websiteGateway Pundit. “Massive 2020 Voter Fraud Uncovered… Continue reading

“Opinion: New uncertainty about the Trump disqualification question further weakens our democracy”

January 3, 2024, 7:02 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Austin Sarat in The Hill: Moreover, in a 2022 CNN poll, “about half of Americans, 48%,” said “they think it is at least somewhat likely that in the next few years, some elected officials will successfully overturn the results of… Continue reading

“Trump appeals Maine ruling that he’s ineligible for 2024 primary ballot”

January 2, 2024, 2:00 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NBC News reports.

Federal District Court Rejects Claims that True the Vote Intimidated Voters in Georgia Election Challenges in Violation of Federal Law; Finds Its Challenge List “Utterly Lacked Reliability”

January 2, 2024, 1:51 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

You can find the court’s 145-page opinion at this link. The court did find that some of TTV’s Catherine Engelbrecht’s testimony was not credible, and that “TTV’s [voter challenge] list utterly lacked reliability. Indeed, it verges on recklessness.” But it… Continue reading

Jeff Wice: “John Flateau: Election and Redistricting Pioneer Passes”

January 2, 2024, 10:33 amelection law bizRick Hasen

The following is a remembrance from Jeff Wice: New York and the nation lost a voting rights pioneer and leader last week. Dr. John L. Flatueau, a professor at CUNY’s Medgar Evers College, passed away suddenly on December 30th.… Continue reading

Michael Morse on Voter List Maintenance in BU Law Review with Doug Spencer Response

January 2, 2024, 10:31 amelection administration, voter registrationRick Hasen

Michael Morse has written Democracy’s Bureaucracy: The Complicated Case of Voter List Maintenance (B.U. L. Rev.): This Article calls attention to the development and derailment of a novel cross-governmental bureaucracy for voter registration. It focuses specifically on voter registration lists… Continue reading

“Trump paid me to find voter fraud. Then he lied after I found 2020 election wasn’t stolen.”

January 2, 2024, 8:08 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Ken Block USA Today oped: Can a steady diet of lies and innuendo overcome the truth? In November 2020, former President Donald Trump asserted that voter fraud had altered the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. The day after the election,… Continue reading

“Republican loyalty to Trump, rioters climbs in 3 years after Jan. 6 attack”

January 2, 2024, 7:47 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: Three years after the Jan. 6 attack, Republicans are more sympathetic to those who stormed the U.S. Capitol and more likely to absolve Donald Trump of responsibility for the attack than they were in 2021, according to a Washington … Continue reading

“Trump lays ground for 2024 election fraud claims with New Years message slamming ‘radical left misfits thugs'”

January 2, 2024, 7:45 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

It’s amazing how we’ve become blase about this sort of dangerous talk: Donald Trump is laying the ground to claim election fraud again in 2024, baselessly suggesting in his New Year’s message that the Biden administration is allowing immigrants to… Continue reading

“Trump set to appeal Colorado 14th Amendment ballot disqualification case”

January 2, 2024, 7:30 amballot access, election subversion riskRick Hasen

ABC News: Former President Donald Trump‘s legal team as early as Tuesday could appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court the Colorado Supreme Court decision barring him from the GOP primary ballot under the 14th Amendment. Trump’s team has already… Continue reading

“After Section 3 Comes Section 2”

January 2, 2024, 7:21 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Michael Meltsner in TAP: Attention in recent days has been paid to the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that Donald Trump can be barred from the presidential ballot for participating in an insurrection as ordered by Section 3 of the … Continue reading

Richard Bernstein: “Denying Trump Immunity Is Crucial To Future Presidential Elections”

January 2, 2024, 7:00 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Richard Bernstein: The most important 2024 case for future presidential elections will likely be the final decision on appeal about whether former President Trump has immunity from criminal prosecution for his efforts to… Continue reading