WaPo: Former president Donald Trump and his allies have filed hundreds of lawsuits, with more to come, seeking to tighten voting rules or disqualify voters. Security experts have gamed out how to restore order quickly if unrest at polling… Continue reading

Axios: Nearly one in five Republicans say that if Donald Trump loses the 2024 election, he should declare the results invalid and do whatever it takes to assume office, according to a new national survey. Why it matters: The growing… Continue reading

Politico: The man who may call the winner of the 2024 presidential election is ready to make a prediction for at least when the news will come. “The over/under is Saturday,” said Arnon Mishkin, the head of Fox News’ decision desk. “Which… Continue reading

Paul Finkelman has written this review of my book, A Real Right to Vote, for the Los Angeles Review of Books. A snippet: AS WE MAKE our way to the November election, Richard L. Hasen’s new book A Real Right… Continue reading

As we get closer to the election, we will see numerous about various ways partisan actors might try to corrupt the outcome. A recent essay Neal Katyal authored in the New York Times is a good illustration of these anxieties.… Continue reading

From the court’s order: Defendant claims that the “asymmetric release of charged allegations and related documents during early voting creates a concerning appearance of election interference.” Motion at 5. There is undoubtedly a public interest in courts not inserting themselves… Continue reading

See this filing, which is a precursor to asking the Third Circuit for a stay. Given the extremely late timing, I don’t give this much chance of success. (Update: I’ve since learned that West has already filed his appeal… Continue reading

Bolts: Voting rights advocates celebrated the court’s decision but they remain outraged at Evnen and Hilgers for the confusion and delays they created. The timing of the court’s decision gives advocates little opportunity to help people who might be confused… Continue reading

Here’s the new episode.

AJC: A judge stopped a planned hand count of ballots on election night in Georgia, ruling Tuesday that it would create “administrative chaos” if poll workers were required to conduct the manual review without being trained. Fulton County Superior Court… Continue reading

As we get closer to the election, a lot of misinformation about the all-important Electoral Count Reform Act (ECRA) is beginning to rear its head.  This is the statute that defines Congress’ role when it receives and counts the electoral… Continue reading

You can find Judge Ho’s opinion, and Judge Ramirez’s concurrence, at this link. Although the law is titled as against “vote harvesting” it seems a pretty clear violation of the First Amendment. The fact that the court relied on… Continue reading

NYT: A group of Republican donors and operatives has been the hidden hand behind some of this campaign’s most controversial advertisements attacking Kamala Harris and bolstering Donald J. Trump. Over $100 million was raised and spent over the past four… Continue reading

WSJ: A rising faction within the conservative legal movement is laying the groundwork for Donald Trump to appoint judges who prioritize loyalty to him and aggressively advocate for dismantling the federal government should he win a second term. The movement’s… Continue reading