“The Constitutional Underpinnings of the ECRA”
Larry Schwartzol at Lawfare.
All posts by Rick Hasen
“How Ranked Choice Voting Could Improve Presidential Elections”
Rob Richie for the National Civic League.
HaHaHa: Elon Musk’s Lawyer Says His Potentially Illegal Lottery for Registered Voters is Not “Random” But is “By Chance”
My goodness:
from Philly courtroom —Musk lawyer says his $1m giveaway is NOT a lottery. "There is no prize to be won" and winners "are not chosen at random," Musk lawyer Chris Gober said. Instead, the $1m is a salary… Continue reading
My New One at Slate: “Thousands of Pennsylvania Ballots Will Be Tossed on a Technicality. Thank SCOTUS.”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Last week, the Supreme Court allowed Virginia to conduct a last minute voter purge to remove potential non-citizens from the rolls despite a federal law that seemed to bar the practice.… Continue reading
“Vote-counting rules in battleground states complicate when a winner is likely to be named”
Seema Mehta for the LA Times.
“On Telegram, a Violent Preview of What May Unfold on Election Day and After”
NYT:
Groups backing former President Donald J. Trump recently sent messages to organize poll watchers to be ready to dispute votes in Democratic areas. Some posted images of armed men standing up for their rights to recruit for their cause.… Continue reading
“Trump escalates false claims of fraud, setting stage to cry foul if he loses”
WaPo:
Donald Trump, who blamed his 2020 defeat on false claims of vast election malfeasance, has spent much of the final week of his third presidential campaign trying to discredit the legitimacy of this year’s election.
His latest… Continue reading
“Elon Musk’s misleading election claims have been viewed more than 2 billion times on X, analysis finds”
Marshall Cohen for CNN:
In the run up to the high-stakes 2024 presidential election, Elon Musk has posted a blizzard of false and misleading claims about the election on his social media platform that have generated more than two billion… Continue reading
Adam Unikowsky Obliterates Fifth Circuit Opinion on Mississippi Accepting Ballots Timely Mailed by Election Day That Arrive After Election Day
Worth a read if only to see how absurd Judge Oldham’s opinion is.
Breaking: Supreme Court Will Hear Louisiana Racial Gerrymandering Case, with Implications for Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
The Court noted probable jurisdiction both the state’s and the LDF’s appeals. The cases are consolidated for argument. It will present another opportunity for the Court to address the “race or party” problem endemic in these racial gerrymandering cases.
“Fraud, lawsuits, chaos: how Trump is preparing to contest the 2024 election”
Sam Levine for The Guardian.
“Republicans bring back fake electors in battlegrounds”
Politico:
Many of the people preparing to cast votes for Donald Trump in the Electoral College in 2024 were involved in his plot to subvert the election in 2020.
Some are even facing criminal charges for it.
Of the 93… Continue reading
“This election night, the media can better explain how results work”
Kevin Johnson and Nick Penniman at The Fulcrum.
“Iowa can challenge ballots of 2,000 voters on flawed noncitizen list, judge says”
Des Moines Register:
A federal judge has ruled that Iowa poll workers may continue challenging the ballots of more than 2,000 Iowans who are on a flawed list of possible noncitizens, denying a request to order counties to allow those… Continue reading