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“Election Data Is Vital to Voting Rights. So Why Is It So Hard to Track Down?”
Bolts:
And the problem extends far beyond New York. Precinct-level election data underpins a world of election analyses. It’s a foundation for Voting Rights Act lawsuits throughout the country. Proving how badly maps are gerrymandered is impossible without this data, since… Continue reading
Donald Trump and Mike Johnson Set for Announcement Today Supporting Some Bill To Prevent Non-Citizens From Voting, a Non-Problem in the U.S. Will It Be Pence-Kobach II, Allowing States to Require Documentary Proof of Citizenship Before Registering to Vote?
USA Today reported yesterday that Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is making a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago to join former President Trump to promoted a bill “aimed at preventing non-citizens from voting.” Details of the proposal so far are elusive.… Continue reading
“Why Criminal Recordkeeping Laws Are Justified, Including in the Case Against Trump”
Andrew Jennings blogs:
The People v. Donald J. Trump invites a deeper consideration of the normative and pragmatic bases for criminalizing recordkeeping-related conduct. In a new article, I observe that recordkeeping crimes are more than mere foot faults… Continue reading
“Overcoming Racial Harms to Democracy from Artificial Intelligence”
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?”
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
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”
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”
BAN on the Vince Fong case.
“Trump-endorsed senate candidate claims nursing home residents shouldn’t be able to vote”
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)
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”
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
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”
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