Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Democratic attorneys general sue Trump over elections executive order”

April 3, 2025, 6:34 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Votebeat: Democratic attorneys general in 19 states are together suing Trump over his sweeping executive order on elections, saying that it is an illegal attempt to usurp state control of electionsthat “would cause imminent and irreparable harm” if the… Continue reading

Ben Ginsberg: “Echoes of Gore’s Florida recount in Griffin’s attempt to toss ballots”

April 1, 2025, 6:27 amBush v. Gore reflections, chicanery, judicial elections, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ben Ginsberg in the Carolina Journal: Jefferson Griffin’s attempts to invalidate 60,000 North Carolina voters bear haunting parallels to what Al Gore supporters tried to do late in the 2000 Florida recount to take away George W. Bush’s victory. I… Continue reading

“Democrats sue Trump administration over elections executive order”

April 1, 2025, 6:25 amElection Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: Several Democratic groups — including the Democratic National Committee — along with Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) on Monday sued the Trump administration over President Donald Trump’s executive … Continue reading

Michael Rosin: “In VRA1970 Congress Intended Election Day to Be a Floor, Not a Ceiling, for Receipt of Mail In Ballots”

March 31, 2025, 1:33 pmacademic freedom, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Michael Rosin: Rick Hasen recently criticized Trump’s March 25 Executive Order for attempting to end the counting of mail in ballots received after election day. He noted that “the EO would try… Continue reading

The Yale Journal Has Just Published My New Feature Article: “The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law”

March 31, 2025, 7:38 amelection subversion risk, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I am delighted that the Yale Law Journal has published my new Feature, The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law, 134 Yale L.J. 1673 (2025). I consider this among the most important work I’ve… Continue reading

My New One at MSNBC Opinion: “Trump’s executive order on elections is a blatant power grab; It seems especially dangerous to take power away from the states when there are many threats to our democracy.”

March 26, 2025, 2:51 pmauthoritarian threats in US, election administration, Election Assistance Commission, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this piece for MSNBC Opinion. It begins: By design, presidents have no power over the conduct of federal elections. President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on election administration aims to flip that, trying to take power… Continue reading

President Trump Issues Dangerous Executive Order That Would Shift to Presidency More Power Over the Conduct of Federal Elections and Potentially Disenfranchise Millions of Voters

March 25, 2025, 2:03 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, Election Meltdown, election subversion risk, Elections Clause, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I am still making my way through this new Trump executive order on election administration (helpfully posted by Chris Geidner). There is a lot in here, but let me make four initial points as I still digest this. An executive… Continue reading

Election Litigation Hits Record, Increasing More than 14 Percent in the 2024 Election Cycle Compared to the 2020 Election Cycle, Despite End of Covid Pandemic

March 24, 2025, 7:58 amBush v. Gore reflections, legislation and legislatures, political polarization, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

As described in my forthcoming Essay, the results of updating my data on the rates of election litigation to include 2023 and 2024: The voting wars also brought a significant increase in litigation. The rate of election administration has… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video of Safeguarding Democracy Project Event, “What Do Documentary Proof of Citizenship Laws Accomplish?” (with Adrian Fontes, Walter Olson, & Nina Perales)

March 6, 2025, 4:26 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

You can watch this discussion, which took place on March 4, 2025 at UCLA Law, at this link:

“‘Election integrity’ still top of mind for some House Republicans”

March 5, 2025, 7:42 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Roll Call: After a cycle that delivered them full power in Washington, Republicans are still pushing to change federal election law — and some Democrats are sounding a renewed alarm. A proposal that aims to bar noncitizens from voting could… Continue reading

9th Circuit affirms limits on AZ proof of citizenship laws

February 25, 2025, 3:50 pmabsentee ballots, election administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting Wars, voter registrationproof of citizenshipJustin Levitt

Justin here. A 9th Circuit panel is out with 156 pages’ worth of opinion in Mi Familia Vota v. Fontes, the latest in the battles revolving around Arizona’s laws requiring documentary proof of citizenship to vote. There’s (obviously) quite a… Continue reading

“Georgia Republicans advance a plan to leave a bipartisan voter data group, despite warnings”

February 19, 2025, 7:38 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

AP: For years, Republicans echoing President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was ridden with voter fraud have pushed for states to leave a bipartisan group that lets officials share data to keep voter rolls accurate. Nine… Continue reading

“Wisconsin Supreme Court dismisses Racine voting van lawsuit”

February 19, 2025, 7:36 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

WPR: The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority has dismissed a lawsuit claiming a Racine mobile-voting van is illegal, ruling that the Republican man who filed the challenge didn’t have legal standing to do so. The battle over the voting van… Continue reading

Will Mitch McConnell Save America from the SAVE Act?

February 3, 2025, 7:49 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Votebeat: Lane, one of four congressional staff members on the panel, said the SAVE Act will be a priority for the House this time. He acknowledged a push to consider what a voter identification requirement would look like and… Continue reading