All posts by Rick Hasen

“Prosecutors Charge Man With Firing Shots Outside the Capitol on Jan. 6”

March 9, 2024, 11:57 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: A Trump supporter who prosecutors say fired a pistol into the air on the grounds of the Capitol as a mob stormed the building on Jan. 6, 2021, was charged on Friday with firearm offenses, trespassing and interfering with… Continue reading

“Supreme Court’s Delay Creates Uncertainty for South Carolina Election”

March 8, 2024, 4:15 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Jimmy Hoover for National Law Journal: New candidates are throwing their hats in the ring in Republican Rep. Nancy Mace’s South Carolina congressional district despite a court ruling last year striking down the GOP drawn map as an unconstitutional “racial… Continue reading

“No Labels Considering Georgia Republican Geoff Duncan to Lead ‘Unity’ Presidential Ticket”

March 8, 2024, 1:21 pmballot access, third partiesRick Hasen

WSJ: The centrist group No Labels is considering picking Geoff Duncan, the Republican former lieutenant governor of Georgia, to lead a “unity” presidential ticket, people familiar with the discussions said. The group’s delegates voted Friday to press forward with its… Continue reading

WGN: “Midday Fix – A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy”

March 8, 2024, 12:27 pmReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

Happy to chat with Paul Lisnek on WGN tv about my new book, A Real Right to Vote. Watch here.

“Trump ballot ruling raises new questions even as it answers others”

March 8, 2024, 7:51 amlegislation and legislatures, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Patrick Marley for WaPo: The Supreme Court quickly and unanimously resolved a case this week that had divided legal scholars for months, clearing a path for Donald Trump to remain on the ballot for president nationwide. But in doing so,… Continue reading

“Trump’s Man at the R.N.C. Will Face Pressure to Satisfy His Election Lies”

March 8, 2024, 7:48 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: After the 2020 election, one story out of North Carolina had a powerful effect on Donald J. Trump. A proactive Republican, the story went, had worked behind the scenes to stop Democrats from stealing the election in the state… Continue reading

“Huntington Beach on collision course with California over voter ID requirement”

March 8, 2024, 7:39 amvoter idRick Hasen

Cal Matters: Huntington Beach voters are poised to adopt a pair of measures pushed by local leaders seeking to remake the Orange County city into a bastion of resistance against liberal California — likely setting up a showdown with the… Continue reading

“Indiana Election Commission removed 3 Indianapolis candidates from May primary ballot”

March 8, 2024, 7:38 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WISH TV: There is little question that Chunia Graves is a Democrat. She is part of the Indiana Democratic Party’s 2023-24 class of emerging leaders, is the vice president of the Marion County Young Democrats and voted in last year’s… Continue reading

“Going Big on Election Reform: A Political Scientist’s Take on Rick Hasen’s Proposed Constitutional Amendment”

March 8, 2024, 7:36 amReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

Bruce Cain’s contribution to the Balkinization symposium on A Real Right to Vote: Over the decades, Rick has been a consistent advocate for extending political participation, depoliticizing election administration, and promoting equality of voice. What has changed is not Rick’s… Continue reading

“Troops aim to be made ‘first-class voters’ with new DARPA tech”

March 7, 2024, 4:58 pmmilitary votingRick Hasen

Military Times: U.S. service members deserve to cast a paper ballot on election night. That’s the premise behind a $6.8 million research effort headed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that aims to develop technology that could change the … Continue reading

Texas AG Ken Paxton Successfully Targeted Elected Judges Who Held He Did Not Have Authority to Prosecute Election Fraud

March 7, 2024, 8:12 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Houston Chronicle: The Court of Criminal Appeals upsets are much more clearly attributable to Paxton and his political allies, Jones said. At a campaign event for Marc LaHood in San Antonio in January, Paxton asked for a show of hands… Continue reading

What Does It Mean When Katie Porter Called the Primary “Rigged”?

March 7, 2024, 7:59 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Katie Porter, who did not make it into the top-two primary for the CA Senate race after coming in behind Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey put out a message saying “Because of you, we had the establishment running scared —… Continue reading

“Arizona investigators issue grand jury subpoenas as state’s 2020 Trump election probe accelerates”

March 7, 2024, 6:57 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: Arizona prosecutors in recent weeks issued grand jury subpoenas to multiple people linked to Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, a sharp acceleration of their criminal investigation into efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state. The new steps, first… Continue reading

“Give us (a lasting consensus on really protecting) the Right to Vote!”

March 7, 2024, 6:54 amReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

Emily Rong Zhang in the Balkinization symposium on A Real Right to Vote: I am reminded of the following aphorism as I read Rick’s new book: “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” If we can emerge from the… Continue reading