All posts by Rick Hasen
“These Voters Share Almost No Political Beliefs, but They Agree on One Thing: We’re Failing as a Nation”
NYT:
There are few things that Republicans and Democrats agree on. But one area where a significant share of each party finds common ground is a belief that the country is headed toward failure.
Overall, 37 percent of registered voters… Continue reading
“Judge partially strikes down Georgia ban on giving voters food and water in polling lines”
Ned blogged about a different aspect of this decision last week.
From CNN:
A federal judge on Friday narrowed a section of Georgia election law that banned the practice of handing out food and water to voters waiting… Continue reading
“New district lines will scramble key New York House races”
Politico:
Candidates are eager to run in competitive House seats in New York next year. There’s just one problem: They have no clear sense of where to campaign.
The interminable legal fight over redistricting in New York will likely leave… Continue reading
“The Manhattan Democratic Party broke state law during its judicial nominating convention”
Thanks to Ned Foley
for blogging last week and a few other weeks over the summer, and especially for his comprehensive coverage of the 14th Amendment, section 3 issue with Trump.
I’m now back on pretty much full time as primary ELB blogger through… Continue reading
“‘I could sell golf’: How DeSantis and aides courted lobbyists for campaign cash”
WaPo:
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took office in 2019, his political team made a list of the state’s top 40 lobbyists and about 100 of their “Suggested Clients to target” for political contributions, according to a fundraising document reviewed… Continue reading
“Searcy County Arkansas switches to hand-marked paper ballots”
Andrew Appel:
Almost all Arkansas counties have been using ballot-marking devices (BMDs) in their elections. Searcy County has just chosen to switch to hand-marked (fill-in-the-oval) paper ballots, which will be counted by machine (for an unofficial, immediate count) and then… Continue reading
“Georgia GOP’s Endless Fight Over 2020 Could Help Biden in 2024”
WSJ:
Donald Trump’s indictment has reignited infighting among Georgia Republicans, stoking fears within the party that the division may tip the state to Joe Biden in 2024.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s expansive racketeering case, which alleges… Continue reading
Wisconsin: “Conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley rips Janet Protasiewicz for not recusing on redistricting case”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
The outcome of a challenge to Wisconsin’s legislative maps is “predetermined” by the court’s liberal majority, conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley wrote in a dissent issued Tuesday.
The court is considering taking up lawsuits filed directly with it, bypassing… Continue reading
“What the Heck Happened in Coffee County, Georgia?; A detailed look back at the computer intrusion that features prominently in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s election interference indictment”
Lawfare deep dive by Anna Bower:
Days before the forensics team sets foot in Douglas, which is about 130 miles southwest of Savannah, voters had arrived at the elections office to mark their ballots in the state’s runoff election for… Continue reading
“Fani Willis Takes on Trump; How bluster became a criminal conspiracy to disenfranchise Black voters.”
I spoke with Mary Curtis for the Slate “What Next” podcast. Listen here.
My New One at Slate: “Why the Fulton County Indictment Is Different From Jack Smith’s Case”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
If the recent federal indictment of Donald Trump on charges related to his attempt to subvert the 2020 presidential election was a streamlined surgical strike aimed at assuring a clean case… Continue reading
“Trump, 18 others indicted for trying to overthrow 2020 Georgia election”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Former President Donald Trump orchestrated a sweeping criminal enterprise, committing more than a dozen felonies, as he tried and failed to overturn his defeat in Georgia’s 2020 election, according to an indictment handed up Monday by a… Continue reading