Category Archives: recounts

“Election 2012 Recounts”

November 2, 2012, 4:17 pmrecounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Brennan Center: PUBLICATIONS By Lawrence Norden – 11/02/12 With the polls deadlocked just a few days before Election Day, state recount laws once again take on national significance. It is no exaggeration to say that these laws could determine who… Continue reading

“What If There’s No Winner? Presidential Campaigns And Their Lawyers Prepare”

November 2, 2012, 1:38 pmelection administration, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pam Fessler reports for NPR.

“The Mother of All Election Recounts?”

November 2, 2012, 1:15 pmelection administration, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Mother Jones reports.

“The Counting Rules for Overtime–Materiality”

November 2, 2012, 8:43 amelection administration, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Justin Levitt has written this guest post at Moritz. He’s also written They’re aliiiiive! (Really. They’re alive.) for Summary Judgments.

“Our Next Long National Nightmare: A North Dakota Recount”

November 1, 2012, 8:32 amelection administration, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Sasha Issenberg writes for Slate.

“Who Decides a Post-Election Dispute?”

October 31, 2012, 9:04 pmcampaigns, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Josh Douglas: “This post highlights a chart containing information about who would decide a post-election challenge in each of the fifty states, broken down by type of election. To access the chart, click here. For a summary and… Continue reading

“Lawyers Gird for Possible Recounts”

October 28, 2012, 10:32 amcampaigns, election administration, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico reports.

“Recounts: Elections in Overtime”

October 28, 2012, 10:00 amelection administration, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Timely reading from Ned Foley. He’s also written a smart piece on why an election going into “extra innings” does not equal a crisis.

“Resolving an Election In Extra Innings”

October 25, 2012, 4:14 pmelection administration, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Steve Huefner: As the prospects of a close Presidential election this fall show no signs of abating, it is worth reflecting on what might – and should – happen after Election Day in the event of an election that… Continue reading

“Bill Daley Asks: Is Obama Campaign Ready for Recounts?”

July 23, 2012, 8:40 amelection administration, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Daily Beast reports. What would a 2012 presidential election overtime look like? I argue in the last chapter of The Voting Wars that it would be much worse than Florida 2000.

Ninth Circuit Holds that Individual Aggrieved by Local Election Recount Procedures Has No Private Right of Action Under HAVA section 301

April 26, 2012, 11:05 pmelection administration, recountsRick Hasen

See the opinion in Crowley v. State of Nevada.

“Minnesota’s election system after two recounts”

April 25, 2012, 12:26 pmcampaigns, election administration, recountsRick Hasen

Eric Black reports on yesterday’s Bipartisan Policy Center/Humphrey School event.

“Prosser’s recount got ample funding; Lawyer who worked on justice’s behalf has case pending before court”

August 13, 2011, 8:01 pmcampaign finance, judicial elections, recountsRick Hasen

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. In all, he raised $272,887 for his recount efforts. The fundraising was conducted in April and May. More than $75,000 went to the Troupis Law Office, which is headed by Jim Troupis and has a… Continue reading

Buy and Read Jay Weiner’s “This is Not Florida: How Al Franken Won the Minnesota Senate Recount”

July 28, 2011, 12:10 pmrecountsRick Hasen

As part of my work on the Voting Wars, I just had the pleasure of reading Jay Weiner’s book on the Coleman-Franken contest. It reads like a turn-pager of a novel, and is full of inside information on the key… Continue reading