Category Archives: election administration

“Can Faith in Elections Be Restored? It’s Worth Trying”

October 23, 2024, 6:47 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Francis Wilkinson for Bloomberg Opinion: Ginsberg couldn’t have known then that the worst was yet to come. The fallout from Trump’s perfidy, including his attempted overthrow of the constitutional order, continues to rend the nation’s civic, political and moral fabric.… Continue reading

“Virginia city’s preelection fight over certification shows how local procedures have become a flashpoint”

October 23, 2024, 6:27 amchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: A lawsuit from two Republican officials in Waynesboro, Virginia, that threatened not to certify the 2024 election results attracted a counter lawsuit Monday from voters in the Shenandoah Valley city who are seeking a court order that would force the board to formalize… Continue reading

“Putting Conspiracy Theories in a Legal Complaint Doesn’t Make Them True; Election deniers are filing lawsuits now in attempts to lay the groundwork for challenging the results later.”

October 22, 2024, 5:26 pmelection administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Eliza Sweren-Becker for the Brennan Center

“Natural Disasters, Terrorist Disruptions and Presidential Elections”

October 22, 2024, 8:51 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Jerry Goldfeder at Just Security: One take-away from watching Mother Nature cause havoc in the southeastern United States as voters began casting ballots is the glaring absence of a uniform response to handle even such limited election interruption. The affected… Continue reading

“The Fight Over Ballots Has Already Begun in Wisconsin”

October 20, 2024, 8:47 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“Voters distrust delayed election results, but a prebunking message inoculates against distrust”

October 17, 2024, 7:30 amelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Important new paper from Mackenzie Lockhart, Jennifer Gaudette, Seth J. Hill, Thad Kousser, Mindy Romero, and Laura Uribe. Here is the abstract: Counting and certifying election results in the United States can take days and even weeks following election day.… Continue reading

Breaking: More Controversial New Georgia Election Board Rules That Were Going into Effect for This Election, Including the “Reasonable Inquiry” Rule Before Certification, Blocked By Georgia State Court

October 16, 2024, 3:56 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

Read the 11-page opinion and order (via Stephen Fowler. who also notes the case was brought by a Republican state law maker and a Republican election official). The primary basis for the ruling is that the new rules… Continue reading

Votebeat Investigation of Arizona County Rejection of Mail-In Ballots for Signature Mismatches Finds Fault in Use of Signatures Captured on Electronic Pads at DMV, Hurts Younger, Older Voters

October 16, 2024, 9:42 amabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

Great Votebeat investigation: That’s especially true in Maricopa County, the largest county in Arizona and a focal point of false claims about election fraud. Under a more stringent review process, the number of ballots rejected in the county for… Continue reading

“More Than 165 Lawsuits Are Already Shaping the 2024 US Presidential Election”

October 15, 2024, 4:42 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Very helpful and detailed analysis by Bloomberg of the shape of litigation today. My anecdotal sense so far is that while the volume is high, the substantive significance and chances of success of many of the late filed suits is… Continue reading

“Judge questions new Georgia hand-count rule. Why not hold off?”

October 15, 2024, 2:50 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

AJC: A judge voiced skepticism Tuesday of a last-minute requirement for a hand count of the number of ballots on election night, suggesting it might be better to ensure “nonchaotic, stable, predictable, fair and transparent” elections. Fulton County Superior Court… Continue reading

“Election certification in Georgia is mandatory, judge says”

October 15, 2024, 7:44 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

AJC: Certifying elections is a required duty of county election boards in Georgia, and they’re not allowed to refuse finalizing results based on suspicions of miscounts or fraud, a Fulton County judge ruled Tuesday. Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney rejected… Continue reading

“Republicans face backlash for lawsuits targeting overseas and military voting”

October 15, 2024, 7:40 amelection administration, military votingRick Hasen

WaPo: Republican lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan and North Carolina challenging the legitimacy of overseas ballots have prompted a backlash among military personnel, their spouses, veterans and elected officials. Scores of veterans and active-duty members of the armed forces have posted… Continue reading

“Greg Abbott Boasted That Texas Removed 6,500 Noncitizens From Its Voter Rolls. That Number Was Likely Inflated.”

October 15, 2024, 7:34 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

ProPublica: An investigation by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat, however, found that the governor’s claims about noncitizens on the rolls appear inflated and, in some cases, wrong. The secretary of state’s office identified 581 people, not 6,500, as noncitizens,… Continue reading

“Election Administration Harms and Ballot Design: A study of Florida’s 2018 United States Senate race”

October 14, 2024, 5:02 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

Michael Morse (Penn Law), Marc Meredith (Penn), Michael Herron (Dartmouth), Dan Smith (Florida), and Michael Martinez (Florida) have posted this draft on SSRN (AJPS). Here is the abstract: We introduce a typology of election administration harms and apply it to… Continue reading