Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Michigan: “Benson refuses to testify at House hearing, says committee ‘wounding our democracy'”

December 17, 2020, 12:23 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Detroit Free Press: Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has refused an invitation to testify before a House legislative committee, arguing the committee’s previous hearings with Rudy Giuliani and others show lawmakers are focused more on politics and undermining election… Continue reading

Ned Foley: “Is Texas v. Pennsylvania an obituary for Bush v. Gore?”

December 12, 2020, 4:12 pmBush v. Gore reflections, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The following is a guest post by Ned Foley, on the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Bush v. Gore: On the evening before the twentieth anniversary of Bush v. Gore, one of the most infamous Supreme Court… Continue reading

“Wisconsin Supreme Court shows divisions as it hears Trump lawsuit seeking to overturn state’s election”

December 12, 2020, 3:59 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Patrick Marley: he state Supreme Court showed deep divisions Saturday as it contemplated a final push by President Donald Trump to throw out Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow win in Wisconsin. The arguments — a rarity on a weekend — came amid… Continue reading

VoteBeat: “The coming fight over the future of voting”

December 9, 2020, 7:49 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Votebeat: The extraordinary 2020 election served as a grand experiment in voting and tested local governments in myriad ways. The next general elections likely won’t take place during a pandemic, but some expanded access to the vote could be here… Continue reading

“Republicans Pushed to Restrict Voting. Millions of Americans Pushed Back.”

December 5, 2020, 2:35 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Important NYT report: The shifts that led to this year’s surge in voting, in particular the broad expansion of voting options and the prolonged period for casting ballots, could forever alter elections and political campaigns in America, providing a… Continue reading

Running List of Reasons the Trump Campaign’s Latest Pennsylvania Lawsuit Won’t Succeed and Won’t Affect the Election Outcome

November 10, 2020, 7:56 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

I’ve been getting a lot of press queries about the latest Trump filing in Pennsylvania, this one in federal court, seeking to delay the certification of the vote. I don’t have time to write up a full analysis, but I’m… Continue reading

“Democracy Worked This Year. But It is Under Threat”

November 8, 2020, 9:01 amElection Meltdown, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Emily Bazelon in the NYT Magazine: America’s pandemic election was a remarkable, unlikely feat. “The challenges and obstacles were perhaps the highest in history, or at least since the Spanish Flu in 1918, and we saw fewer problems than… Continue reading

“Trump Says He Will Keep Fighting as Aides Doubt Path Forward; President’s advisers point fingers over campaign’s legal strategy”

November 6, 2020, 3:22 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

WSJ: President Trump said Friday he would continue to fight election results that showed him on the cusp of losing to former Vice President Joe Biden. Privately, people familiar with the conversations say, advisers are urging him to prepare… Continue reading

Lawsuit to Watch If It Comes Down to Pennsylvania

November 3, 2020, 8:41 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Hamm v. Boockvar, a state court case attacking some PA Secretary of State curing procedures. Hearing on Wednesday. Keep your eye on this one, and the other suit I wrote about earlier today.

“As Voting Ends, Battle Intensifies Over Which Ballots Will Count”

November 2, 2020, 4:35 pmElection Meltdown, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: With the election coming to a close, the Trump and Biden campaigns, voting rights organizations and conservative groups are raising money and dispatching armies of lawyers for what could become a state-by-state, county-by-county legal battle over which ballots will… Continue reading

“So Far, Trump’s ‘Army’ of Poll Watchers Looks More Like a Small Platoon”

November 2, 2020, 10:13 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jessica Huseman: Donald Trump Jr. looked straight into a camera at the end of September as triumphant music rose in a crescendo. “The radical left are laying the groundwork to steal this election from my father,” he said. “We… Continue reading

“How Trump-appointed judges have made it harder to vote”

November 2, 2020, 7:18 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Josh Douglas at CNN: In at least 18 cases this year, federal trial courts ruled in favor of plaintiffs and put on hold various election rules, often due to the challenges of voting during the pandemic, only to see federal… Continue reading