Category Archives: election law biz

Texas: “Gov. Greg Abbott names new secretary of state months after botched voter roll review”

August 19, 2019, 8:43 pmelection administration, election law biz, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: After losing his last chief election officer over a botched review of the state’s voter rolls, Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday appointed a new secretary of state: Ruth Ruggero Hughs.Ruggero Hughs is moving from the Texas Workforce… Continue reading

“Fulton reduces early voting as cities complain about election costs”

July 19, 2019, 10:36 amelection administration, election law bizJustin Levitt

We get the election mechanics we pay for.

“Kamala Harris Picks Perkins Coie as Firm Ramps Up Work for Democrats”

July 16, 2019, 10:44 amelection law biz, primariesJustin Levitt

The National Law Journal reviews the law firms behind the presidential contenders.

Thad Hall to get ballots to the bottom of the Grand Canyon

July 16, 2019, 10:44 amelection law bizJustin Levitt

Former election professor Thad Hall is practicing what he preaches, moving to become the Director of Elections in Coconino County, Arizona, from a similar gig in Richland County, South Carolina. Among other attributes, Coconino is “the second largest geographic… Continue reading

Election Law Academics Update

July 6, 2019, 2:44 pmelection law bizRick Hasen

Here’s my yearly roundup of election law academic hires, promotions moves, visits, accolades: Yasmin Dawood was named a Member of the Royal Society of Canada College. Derek Muller was promoted to full professor and will be visiting at Notre Dame… Continue reading

Texas: “Failed secretary of state nominee David Whitley back on Gov. Greg Abbott’s payroll”

June 2, 2019, 5:09 pmelection law bizRick Hasen

The Dallas Morning News reports.

Sign of Democratic Power in Texas: “David Whitley resigns as end-of-session deadline nears”

May 27, 2019, 8:17 pmelection law biz, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Austin-American Statesman: Shortly before the Senate’s closing gavel ended his term as Texas secretary of state, David Whitley delivered his letter of resignation, “effective immediately,” to Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday afternoon.Whitley needed Senate confirmation by the end of… Continue reading

“Texas’ embattled elections chief on brink of losing job”

May 26, 2019, 9:21 pmelection law bizRick Hasen

AP: Texas’ embattled elections chief who wrongly questioned the U.S. citizenship of tens of thousands of voters was on the brink of losing his job Sunday, while Republican lawmakers prepared to head home hoping to save their own in… Continue reading

John Copeland Nagle, RIP

May 19, 2019, 10:23 amelection law bizRick Hasen

I am very sad to report that Notre Dame law professor John Nagle passed away after a brief illness. John wrote primarily in the area of environmental law, but he wrote occasionally in the field of election law and legislation.… Continue reading

North Carolina: “State Board of Elections to oust executive director”

May 10, 2019, 8:54 amelection law bizRick Hasen

WRAL: The state’s new Democratically controlled Board of Elections will move to oust its longtime executive director, a Republican appointee, next week.Kim Strach, originally appointed by Republican Gov. Pat McCrory in 2013, has technically been on borrowed time… Continue reading

“Not giving up, embattled Texas Secretary of State David Whitley asks Senate Dems for another chance”

April 29, 2019, 4:48 pmchicanery, election law bizRick Hasen

Dallas Morning News: Acting Secretary of State David Whitley, whose confirmation has been stalled in the Texas Senate after a bungled advisory from his office questioned the citizenship of nearly 100,000 voters, has asked to meet with Senate Democrats… Continue reading

Remembrances of Judges Damon Keith, Who Just Passed Away, from Guy Charles and Sherrilyn Ifill

April 28, 2019, 6:56 pmelection law bizRick Hasen

Guy Charles: As some may have heard, Judge Damon J.Keith, who was a federal judge on the 6th Circuit & prior to that a district court judge, has died. Judge Keith was a civil rights icon. I clerked for… Continue reading

What is Mike Roman, A Trump Fixer, Doing for the RNC for $20,000 a Month?

April 21, 2019, 4:19 pmelection law bizRick Hasen

I’ve linked earlier to a Politico story about Mike Roman, The mysterious oppo researcher working in the White House lawyer’s office. It wasn’t clear what the opposition researcher was doing in the White House working for Don McGahn. (On… Continue reading

“Trump campaign punishes Don McGahn’s law firm”

April 19, 2019, 3:28 pmelection law bizRick Hasen

Politico: The Trump campaign has hired its own in-house attorney for its 2020 reelection bid — shifting future business away from Jones Day, the law firm, that has represented Trump since his first run for president.Campaign officials and advisers… Continue reading