Category Archives: ELB Podcast

ELB Podcast, Season 4, Episode 2: Moore v. Harper and Potential Threats to American Democracy

September 18, 2022, 5:43 amELB Podcast, legislation and legislatures, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

New ELB Podcast: What is the “independent state legislature theory,” and does a potential Supreme Court embrace threaten American democracy?Will use of the doctrine raise the risk of election subversion or stolen elections?How far could the theory go in… Continue reading

ELB Podcast, Season 4, Episode 1: Fixing the Electoral Count Act to Stop Future Stolen Elections

September 1, 2022, 2:14 pmELB Podcast, election subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

New ELB Podcast: Will Congress pass bipartisan legislation to fix the Electoral Count Act, that Donald Trump tried to exploit in 2020?Is the new Electoral Count Reform Act the right way to go to stop election subversion?Are there ways… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 3:8: Wendy Weiser: Assessing the State of American Elections and Democracy

April 27, 2022, 1:15 pmELB Podcast, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

New ELB Podcast: Why has it gotten harder rather than easier to vote in the United States over the past decade?What can be done about the risk of stolen elections in the United States?How have the Supreme Court’s decisions… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 3:7: Mike Haas: The Mess with Wisconsin’s Elections

March 28, 2022, 6:12 pmELB Podcast, election administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

New ELB Podcast: How did Wisconsin go from the gold standard for election administration in the United States to its laughing stock?What does the partisan investigation into the 2020 election say about how to once again achieve bipartisan cooperation… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 3:6: Deuel Ross: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Alabama Voting Rights Redistricting Case But Were Too Confused to Ask

February 22, 2022, 7:51 amELB Podcast, redistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

New ELB Podcast: ELB Podcast Episode 3:6: Deuel Ross: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Alabama Voting Rights Redistricting Case But Were Too Confused to AskWhy did the Supreme Court put on hold a federal district court order… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 3:5: Bart Gellman, Jessica Huseman, and Margaret Sullivan: What Can (and Should) Journalists Do to Prevent Election Subversion and Another January 6?

January 27, 2022, 7:35 amELB Podcast, election subversion riskRick Hasen

On Season 3, Episode 5 of the ELB Podcast: How can journalists best report on stories about the risks to election integrity in the United States?Should journalists be taking sides between the forces of those supporting and opposing free… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 3:3: Guy Charles: Race and Election Law in Today’s United States

October 11, 2021, 3:47 pmELB Podcast, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

On Season 3, Episode 3 of the ELB Podcast: Is the Voting Rights Act effectively dead as a superstatute? Is the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act the best way to protect minority voters in the United States? Are… Continue reading

ELB Podcast, Season 3, Episode 2: “Brad Raffensperger and Isabel Longoria: The Risk of Election Subversion”

September 28, 2021, 5:08 pmELB Podcast, election administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

On Season 3, Episode 2 of the ELB Podcast: Is the United States at risk of election subversion and stolen elections?Is the key to secure American elections having people of integrity running them?What role can law play in protecting the… Continue reading

“Big Picture: Professor Says Insiders Win”

August 25, 2021, 7:21 amELB Podcast, redistrictingRick Hasen

Bloomberg Government: Since redistricting this time around has a shorter timeline because of the Census delays, Stanford Law professor Nate Persily says the edge goes to “insiders over outsiders” and “those who are adept at the redistricting process over those… Continue reading

Reminder: ELB Podcast, Episode 3.1: “Nate Persily: A Redistricting Season Like No Other”

August 22, 2021, 9:32 amELB Podcast, redistrictingRick Hasen

Have a listen on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If you like what you hear, please like the podcast and leave a review on one of these services.

ELB Podcast, Episode 3.1: “Nate Persily: A Redistricting Season Like No Other”

August 18, 2021, 6:30 pmELB Podcast, redistrictingRick Hasen

I’m thrilled to announce the launch of Season 3 of the ELB Podcast. The first season was 2015-16 and the second on in 2017-18. You can find all the old episodes at this link. And you can subscribe on… Continue reading

Coming Soon: Season 3 of the ELB Podcast

August 18, 2021, 7:13 amELB PodcastRick Hasen

Very excited about our upcoming first episode! I plan on about one episode per month, so send in your interview ideas. Subscribe on Apple PodcastsListen at SoundCloud You can find Seasons 1 and 2 of the ELB Podcast at … Continue reading

ELB Podcast, Season 2, Episode 3: Kristen Clarke: Voter Protection in the 2018 Midterms

October 17, 2018, 12:58 pmELB Podcast, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Is the state of Georgia going to disenfranchise voters over missing hyphens on voter registration cards? What can be done about new strict voting rules, such as the North Dakota residential address rule that may disenfranchise Native American voters? Will… Continue reading

ELB Podcast, Season 2, Episode 2: Bob Bauer: Unpacking the Trump Campaign Finance Allegations, From Michael Cohen to Trump Tower

August 23, 2018, 9:58 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicanery, ELB PodcastRick Hasen

Does Michael Cohen’s guilty plea to campaign finance violations implicate the President in criminal campaign finance activity? What about the defenses that the President has raised to these charges? Did Trump or the Trump campaign violate the prohibition on soliciting… Continue reading

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