All posts by Rick Hasen

“Schumer withholds Senate orientation invite from McCormick”

November 11, 2024, 7:30 amrecountsRick Hasen

Politico: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will not allow Sen.-elect Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) to participate in Senate orientation this week because he doesn’t consider the race to be resolved yet. Though the Associated Press projected Thursday that McCormick defeated Democrat … Continue reading

“Who wins when? Election timing and descriptive representation”

November 11, 2024, 7:10 amcampaigns, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Zoltan L. Hajnal, Vladimir Kogan, and G. Agustin Markarian have written this article for AJPS. Here is the abstract: We examine how the timing of local elections affects the success of minority candidates, who remain woefully underrepresented in… Continue reading

“Meta’s Threads is ‘overrun’ with liberal election fraud conspiracies”

November 9, 2024, 5:19 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Taylor Lorenz: Over the past several days, Meta’s Threads has become inundated with liberal election fraud conspiracies. The conspiracies range from skepticism about vote tallies in key swing states, to allegations of a criminal coverup by Biden to force the… Continue reading

“Iranian Agents Plotted to Kill Trump, U.S. Says in Unsealed Charges”

November 9, 2024, 5:07 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Friday that Iranian plotters had discussed a plan to assassinate Donald J. Trump before he was re-elected as president this week. One of the plotters said that he was assigned in September to… Continue reading

“Trump Holds Up Transition Process Over Ethics Code”

November 9, 2024, 5:06 pmconflict of interest lawsRick Hasen

NYT: President-elect Donald J. Trump has not yet submitted a legally required ethics pledge stating that he will avoid conflicts of interest and other ethical concerns while in office, raising concerns that his refusal to do so will hamper the… Continue reading

“Elon Musk Is Positioning X Behind the New Trump Presidency”

November 9, 2024, 5:04 pmcheap speech, Plutocrats UnitedRick Hasen

NYT: Since Donald J. Trump won the presidential election, Elon Musk has gone all in on X to promote the incoming administration. Mr. Musk, who owns X, posted on the platform about politics more than 400 times between Tuesday and… Continue reading

“Why California is still counting votes and how long it may take”

November 9, 2024, 5:00 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

WaPo: For most of the country, predictions that Election Day would morph into election week or election month did not come topass. Then there’s California, where millions of ballots remain uncounted. The most populous state in the union has one… Continue reading

“Ohio’s chief of elections eyes top cyber role under Trump”

November 9, 2024, 4:55 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is seeking the top cybersecurity and elections role in the incoming Trump administration, according to four people who have spoken to those in LaRose’s orbit. LaRose, a Republican, has told colleagues in… Continue reading

“Ballot measures to upend state election systems failed across the country”

November 8, 2024, 2:05 pmalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

NPR: Statewide efforts to adopt open and nonpartisan primaries, as well as ranked choice voting, failed in this year’s election, delivering a stinging setback to the election reform movement. The measures sought to reduce political polarization in U.S. politics. And… Continue reading

“Trump said lots of noncitizens would attempt to vote illegally, but it didn’t happen”

November 8, 2024, 1:59 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NPR reports.

“Special counsel Jack Smith calls for a halt in Trump prosecution”

November 8, 2024, 9:47 amDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

Politico: Special counsel Jack Smith has moved to cancel a series of deadlines in his Washington, D.C. criminal case against Donald Trump for seeking to subvert the 2020 election. It’s the first public acknowledgment by Smith’s team that the case… Continue reading

Open Secrets Lays Off Researchers, in Blow to All of Us Who Work with Their Excellent Data

November 8, 2024, 9:06 amelection law bizRick Hasen

Very sad to see this. Their work is indispensable. There needs to be adequate funding for nonpartisan entities like this doing such important work. They are providing a key public good. And of course on a personal level I… Continue reading

“Despite claiming victory, McCormick challenging provisional ballots in Philly” (Now Updated with McCormick’s Filings)

November 8, 2024, 7:13 amprovisional ballots, recountsRick Hasen

Philadelphia Inquirer: Republican Dave McCormick may have declared victory in his U.S. Senate race over incumbent Democrat Bob Casey, but in court, the race is still very much an ongoing concern. McCormick filed a pair of lawsuits Friday morning… Continue reading

“Pennsylvania counties counted mail ballots faster this year than in 2020”

November 8, 2024, 7:10 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Votebeat: Mail ballots in Pennsylvania were counted much faster in this year’s election than in 2020 By 3 a.m. Wednesday, 54 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties had counted 90% or more of their mail ballots, according to data released by the… Continue reading