Category Archives: Election Meltdown

“It’s Time To End Election Night In America”

May 6, 2020, 12:51 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

Paul Blumenthal for HuffPost: Election night is supposed to be a night of hyper cable news hosts, color-coded Magic Walls, flickering needles and overwrought homilies to U.S. democracy that ends, maybe in the wee hours, with the American People making… Continue reading

C-SPAN’s “Book TV” Will Be Airing Conversation with Ned Foley, Jeff Rosen, and Me About Our Election Books and Voting in the Pandemic Era

May 6, 2020, 7:48 amElection MeltdownRick Hasen

The first airing is May 9 at 8 pm eastern on CSPAN-2; there are other airings and it will eventually be posted on C-SPAN’s website. Author Discussion on Presidential Elections Law professors Richard Hasen and Edward Foley offer their thoughts… Continue reading

“Report counsels reforms to guard against election meltdown”

May 5, 2020, 9:13 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

Wisconsin Examiner: Political polarization and intense partisanship in media and social media have laid the groundwork for distrust about the fairness of the 2020 elections, and the COVID-19 pandemic seems likely to escalate those problems.Those are the conclusions of… Continue reading

“‘The Nightmare Scenario’: How Coronavirus Could Make the 2020 Vote a Disaster Trump can’t cancel the presidential election. Here’s what you should really be worrying about.”

April 28, 2020, 9:20 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

Zack Stanton does a Q and A with me for Politico Magazine.

“How can California improve confidence in elections? Count the vote faster”

April 28, 2020, 9:00 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

John Wildermuth of the SF Chronicle: A ballot count that lasts for weeks, an unintended feature of California voting, can undermine confidence in the results, according to a new report about conducting elections during the coronavirus pandemic and other troubled… Continue reading

Fair Elections During a Crisis: Bipartisan and Diverse Blue-Ribbon Group of Scholars and Thinkers Releases Report on Urgent Changes Needed for November U.S. Elections

April 28, 2020, 8:00 amabsentee ballots, election administration, Election MeltdownRick Hasen

Release from me: Fair Elections During a Crisis: Bipartisan and Diverse Blue-Ribbon Group of Scholars and Thinkers Releases Report on Urgent Changes Needed for November U.S. Elections Ad Hoc Committee for 2020 Election Fairness and Legitimacy Issues Recommendations in Law,… Continue reading

“Biden Steps Up Warnings of Possible Trump Disruption of Election”

April 24, 2020, 2:55 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

NYT: For months, Joseph R. Biden Jr. has argued that under pressure and political duress, President Trump may pursue increasingly extreme measures to stay in power.In November, Mr. Biden said he feared that “as the walls close in on him… Continue reading

Video of Ned Foley, Jeffrey Rosen and Me at National Constitution Center: “How to Fix Presidential Elections in 2020 and Beyond”

April 23, 2020, 9:16 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

Watch: As the 2020 presidential campaign begins, join two of America’s leading election law experts, Richard Hasen and Edward Foley, for a discussion on how to fix presidential elections, in 2020 and beyond. Building on Foley’s Presidential Elections and … Continue reading

National Constitution Center Virtual Event April 23 with Ned Foley, Jeff Rosen and Me: “How to Fix Presidential Elections in 2020 and Beyond”

April 20, 2020, 11:03 amElection MeltdownRick Hasen

The in-person version of this event in Philadelphia got cancelled, but looking forward to doing this program virtually on April 23, at 7 PM ET (CLE credit available): As the 2020 presidential campaign begins, join two of America’s leading election… Continue reading

“Coronavirus Intensifies Legal Tussle Over Voting Rights; Pandemic adds twist to some long-simmering controversies playing out during 2020 election cycle”

April 19, 2020, 8:26 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

Brent Kendall and Alexa Course for the WSJ: Intense court battles over voting rights and election security always promised to be part of the 2020 election cycle, but the coronavirus has added new urgency to the cases, which are… Continue reading

“What Happens in November if One Side Doesn’t Accept the Election Results? How coronavirus could contribute to a 2020 election meltdown.”

March 30, 2020, 8:13 amelection administration, Election MeltdownRick Hasen

I have written this new big piece for Slate. Some snippets: The November 2020 presidential election won’t be run perfectly—we have never had a perfect election conducted in this country or elsewhere—but the unique challenges posed by the coronavirus… Continue reading

Watch Archived Talk with Tova Wang of Harvard’s Ash Center on My Book Election Meltdown, and Voting in the Era of the Virus

March 25, 2020, 7:45 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

Here on You Tube:

Reminder: I’m Doing a Live Event at 12 PM Eastern Today with Tova Wang of the Harvard Ash Center Talking About My Book, Election Meltdown, and the Current Covid Crisis

March 25, 2020, 8:28 amElection MeltdownRick Hasen

Watch Via Zoom.

“Election Meltdown: How to Ensure Voting Integrity in 2020”

March 19, 2020, 7:06 amElection MeltdownRick Hasen

I did a Q and A with Carl Smith of Governing magazine, about issues raised in my book, Election Meltdown.

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