All posts by Rick Hasen

Scholars of Democratic Backsliding File Amicus Brief in 4th Circuit Warning About Judge Griffin’s Attempt to Overturn the Results of the 2024 North Carolina Supreme Court Election

election subversion risk
From the introduction to this brief: Democracies do not necessarily live forever. Sometimes, they die. Amici’s scholarship shows that they often erode from within, through the degradation of free and fair elections and the capture of independent courts or electoral… Continue reading

“Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office taking over voter registration fraud investigation in Lancaster County”

chicanery, voter registration
WGAL: The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office provided the following breakdown of ballots that were reviewed. Detectives from the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office reviewed 1,203 applications. Applications were provided by the Lancaster County Voter Registration Office. 367 applications were… Continue reading

“In blow to GOP, NC Supreme Court won’t fast-track lawsuit seeking to throw out 60,000 ballots” (Divided opinions suggest an ultimate possible 3-3 tie in this case)

judicial elections
Will Doran of WRAL: North Carolina’s Republican-majority state Supreme Court ruled partially against the Republican candidate seeking to join its ranks, rejecting his effort to fast-track a lawsuit seeking to throw out more than 60,000 people’s 2024 ballots. The case… Continue reading