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“Overcoming Racial Harms to Democracy from Artificial Intelligence”

April 10, 2024, 4:58 pmUncategorizedAI, Artificial Intelligence, bias, deepfake, pluralismSpencer Overton

I posted this paper to SSRN, which will be published in the Iowa Law Review. The abstract is below: While the United States is becoming more racially diverse, generative artificial intelligence and related technologies threaten to undermine truly representative democracy.… Continue reading

“Why Trump’s ‘hush money’ case is bigger than hush money; The judge indicates that this might be another case of election interference. Could it have affected the outcome?”

April 10, 2024, 7:44 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Aaron Blake for WaPo: But that last shorthand might not be totally apt, if a Monday letter from the judge in the case is any measure. Indeed, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan seems to indicate that what we… Continue reading

Ned Foley Blogging the Weeks of April 15 and April 22

April 10, 2024, 7:30 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

As we get closer to the end of the spring semester and into the summer, ELB contributors will be taking one or two week stints as ELB primary bloggers. This gives me a chance to get a bit of a… Continue reading

“At least 104 Southern California voters mailed their ballots on time. They weren’t counted”

April 9, 2024, 4:41 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Press Enterprise: On or before the March 5 primary, 104 voters in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties mailed their ballots. Legally, those ballots should have been counted, barring a problem like a ballot envelope signature not matching… Continue reading

“California State Appeals Court Rules that Lower Court Was Correct to Let Candidate Run for Two Offices Simultaneously”

April 9, 2024, 11:01 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

BAN on the Vince Fong case.

“Trump-endorsed senate candidate claims nursing home residents shouldn’t be able to vote”

April 9, 2024, 7:15 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

The Independent: A Wisconsin senate candidate, who has been endorsed by 77-year-old Donald Trump, has suggested that nursing home residents are too old to vote, new audio has revealed. Republican Eric Hovde, 60, recently appeared on the conservative Guy Benson … Continue reading

Honored to Give the 50th Anniversary David W. Peck Lecture & Dinner: “How Can We Safeguard American Democracy” (Wabash College, April 18)

April 9, 2024, 7:09 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Honored to be speaking next week: 50th Anniversary David W. Peck Lecture & Dinner April 18, 2024 Senior Peck Medal Recipient and Lecturer Professor Richard Hasen UCLA Law School “How Can We Safeguard American Democracy?” Americans are up in arms… Continue reading

“Jack Smith: False elector scheme saves Trump obstruction charges”

April 9, 2024, 6:57 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: Donald Trump’s effort to assemble false slates of presidential electors in 2020 may wind up shielding special counsel Jack Smith’s case from a Supreme Court ruling that could sharply narrow the obstruction law at the heart of the indictment… Continue reading

Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar April 16: Fireside Chat with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Safeguarding Democracy Project Director Rick Hasen

April 8, 2024, 8:03 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Looking forward to this online event: (free registration required) Apr 16, 2024 12:30 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join us for a Fireside Chat with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Safeguarding Democracy Project Director Rick Hasen discussing the preservation… Continue reading

“Americans will find voting easier — or harder — depending where they live”

April 8, 2024, 7:23 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: Voting in Michigan will be easier for many people this fall than it was four years ago. There will be nine days of early voting. All mail ballots will have prepaid return postage. And every community will have at… Continue reading

American Law Institute: “Guidance for Insurrection Act Reform Issued by Bipartisan Group”

April 8, 2024, 7:12 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Release: Today, a bipartisan group led by Bob Bauer (NYU School of Law and former White House Counsel to President Obama) and Jack Goldsmith (Harvard Law School and former Assistant Attorney General in the George W. Bush administration) issued “… Continue reading

“Local election officials say the Biden administration needs to do more to keep them safe”

April 5, 2024, 11:09 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NBC News reports.

“There’s a 30,249-vote tie in this California Dem primary. You read that right.”

April 5, 2024, 11:06 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: If you ever doubted your vote counted, ask the Democrats running to replace California Rep. Anna Eshoo. One month and six lead changes after the March 5 primary, state lawmaker Evan Low and Santa Clara Supervisor Joe Simitian find… Continue reading

“‘Unconstitutional’ New York primary write-in rule takes center stage in Second Circuit”

April 5, 2024, 11:01 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Courthouse News: A provision of New York State’s election law is “an unconstitutional infringement” on residents’ right to vote, according to a local elected official, who pleaded to a Second Circuit panel on Thursday to revive her suit challenging the… Continue reading

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