Category Archives: election administration

“The Price of Free Elections”

August 26, 2021, 2:40 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

Mike Parsons has posted this draft on SSRN (Vanderblit L. Rev En Banc). Here is the abstract: How much does an election cost? For a democracy as old as ours, the answer is surprisingly unclear.As election officials prepared to hold… Continue reading

“The Cybersecurity 202: Election officials are tearing into the Maricopa County audit”

August 26, 2021, 10:49 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Election administrators from both parties are making their case that the audit of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County, Ariz., was partisan and ham-handed, even before it’s released.They’re hoping to halt the momentum for efforts at similar audits… Continue reading

“He Was the ‘Perfect Villain’ for Voting Conspiracists”

August 24, 2021, 3:33 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, voting technologyRick Hasen

NYT Magazine deep dive: Eric Coomer had an election-security job at Dominion Voting Systems. He also had posted anti-Trump messages on Facebook. What happened next ruined his life.

“How to Double Voter Turnout and Increase Representation during Local Elections”

August 23, 2021, 9:26 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Release: Low and uneven turnout is a serious problem for local democracy. However, simply moving off-cycle, local elections to be held on the same day as statewide and national contests doubles voter turnout and leads to an electorate that… Continue reading

“Judge strikes down part of Georgia voting law that banned photography”

August 22, 2021, 8:58 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AJC: A federal judge ruled against a broad ban on photographing voted ballots Friday, throwing out a part of Georgia’s new election law while allowing the rest of it to stand.The decision is the first time a judge has invalidated… Continue reading

“As Cyber Ninjas prepare report on Maricopa County election results, Arizona elections officials rip audit”

August 22, 2021, 8:56 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: Two agencies that oversee Arizona elections went on the offensive Thursday to debunk and discredit the soon-to-be released results of the Senate’s unconventional and partisan review of Maricopa County’s 2020 general election.Two reports released by Maricopa County Recorder… Continue reading

High Turnout Wide Margins Podcast

August 21, 2021, 9:40 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Brianna Lennon passes along the following: Local election officials faced unprecedented challenges while administering elections in 2020, from widespread disinformation to COVID-19 safety precautions. Unlike in previous election cycles, though, the global pandemic prevented officials from connecting in person to… Continue reading

“Seven Reasons Why 2020’s Election Was One for the Record Books”

August 18, 2021, 8:31 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Lindsay Nielson blogs on the EAVS data.

Georgia: “State Appoints Bipartisan Panel To Review Fulton Election Board’s Actions”

August 18, 2021, 7:54 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Stephen Fowler for GPB: The Georgia State Election Board has appointed a bipartisan three-member panel to initiate a performance review of Fulton County’s elections board, the latest step in a lengthy process allowed under a new GOP-backed state law… Continue reading

“‘Center of the maelstrom’: Election officials grapple with 2020’s long shadow”

August 18, 2021, 7:00 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Zach Montellaro for Politico: The nation’s secretaries of state used to be little-known, wonky bureaucrats who operated in near-anonymity. But after the 2020 election, they are now on the frontlines of the battle over trust in American democracy.Since the last… Continue reading

“Will your write-in vote in California’s recall election count? Maybe not”

August 18, 2021, 6:47 amelection administration, recall electionsRick Hasen

LAT: Mail-in ballots for California’s gubernatorial recall election are going out now, and notably absent from the roster of candidates to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom are any prominent Democrats. That’s because Newsom urged his fellow Democrats not to enter … Continue reading

From Mesa County, Colorado: “Decertified election equipment could prove costly to county “

August 15, 2021, 4:49 pmelection administrationDerek Muller

Thanks again to Rick for allowing me to take the helm for a couple of weeks. It’s now back over to him for the daily grind. My last update for the weekend comes from Mesa County. The latest, after Monday… Continue reading

“Elections supervisor imposes vaccine mandate for all poll workers in Broward special congressional election”

August 14, 2021, 3:48 pmelection administrationDerek Muller

One more thing to watch in election administration in the months ahead. From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Broward Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott has told poll workers that they must be vaccinated for COVID-19 if they wish to work… Continue reading

Hoover report: “Evaluating Look Ahead America’s ‘The Georgia Report’ On Illegal, Out-Of-State Voting In The 2020 Election”

August 14, 2021, 8:30 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadDerek Muller

New report from Justin Grimmer, Andrew B. Hall, and Daniel M. Thompson out at the Hoover Institution: Given the critical importance of safeguarding the American electoral system, it is vital to evaluate the evidence offered for specific claims of fraud… Continue reading