Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Indispensable Resource from Federal Judicial Center: “Emergency Election Litigation in Federal Courts: From Bush v. Gore to Covid-19”

December 8, 2023, 9:27 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

It’s hard to overstate how rich a resource this Federal Judicial Center book is going to be. It is totally free online; a hard copy will be available for sale soon: Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine… Continue reading

“Voter advocates, conservative activists brace for 2024 election showdown”

December 7, 2023, 2:19 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Reuters: A year before voters choose the next U.S. president, groups of all stripes are already working to prepare for what they see as the greatest threat to the 2024 election: attacks on voters’ rights for some, potential electoral… Continue reading

“Top Wisconsin Republicans give mixed reviews on abolishing elections commission”

December 7, 2023, 7:35 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin’s top Republican on Capitol Hill this week indicated support for a new proposal to dissolve the state’s bipartisan elections commission and give its powers to the secretary of state’s office with oversight from the GOP-controlled legislature. … Continue reading

“In win for Cooper and Democrats, NC judges block GOP-backed elections law ahead of 2024”

December 3, 2023, 5:49 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

WRAL: A panel of judges on Thursday granted Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s request to block a new elections law before voters head to the polls in 2024. The ruling from the three judges — two Republicans and one Democrat —… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with Joshua Sellers and Mark Updegrove at James Baker Institute About Legal Issues Facing the 2024 Election

December 3, 2023, 5:40 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Our panel is the first after the introductions in this YouTube recording of the event.

“One year out: how a free and fair 2024 presidential election could be under threat”

November 3, 2023, 9:28 amelection subversion risk, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Deep dive by Zachary Roth: The last time America elected a president, it led to a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol and a failed coup that gravely damaged the political system and marred the peaceful transfer of power for… Continue reading

“Republicans Will Encourage Voting Before Election Day”

September 23, 2023, 2:51 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Walter Olson at Cato: A more systematic benefit is that campaigns can save money and target their resources more effectively if supporters vote early. If a household is already recorded in the state database two weeks before Election Day as having… Continue reading

Wisconsin: “Senate Republicans fire elections chief, setting the stage for a legal fight heading into the 2024 elections”

September 14, 2023, 2:54 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Fueled by lingering outrage over the 2020 election within the Wisconsin GOP, Senate Republicans voted Thursday to fire the state’s top election official — a move that catapulted Wisconsin’s election agency into a legal battle over who oversees… Continue reading

We’ve Issued a Major New Report, “24 for ’24: Urgent Recommendations in Law, Media, Politics, and Tech for Fair and Legitimate 2024 Elections”

September 13, 2023, 7:34 amabsentee ballots, election administration, election subversion risk, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights Act, voting technologyRick Hasen

Back in March, the UCLA Law Safeguarding Democracy Project held a conference, Can American Democracy Survive the 2024 Elections? Following the conference some of the participants met as an ad hoc committee to consider recommendations in law, politics, media, and… Continue reading

Wisconsin: “Senate elections committee votes against keeping elections chief Meagan Wolfe”

September 12, 2023, 7:32 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Republicans who control the state Legislature took a step Monday toward firing Wisconsin’s top election official, setting the stage for a court battle over who leads this battleground state’s system of elections just months before voters begin casting… Continue reading

“Houston-area elections office dismantled as contentious Texas law takes effect”

September 4, 2023, 7:03 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

CNN: The election administrator’s office in Texas’ most populous county – Harris County, which is home to Houston – has been dismantled to comply with a new state law passed by Republican legislators that officially takes effect Friday. The law,… Continue reading

“After long legal battle, voter ID arrives in NC. But could it be gone again by 2024?”

August 27, 2023, 7:45 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

WRAL: After a decade of false starts — and millions of dollars spent fighting over the issue at the ballot box and in the courtroom — North Carolina voters are now required to show photo identification to cast a ballot… Continue reading

“Why Tribalism Took Over Our Politics”

August 27, 2023, 7:43 ampolitical polarization, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WSJ: Ahead of his arrest on Thursday in Georgia, Donald Trump repeatedly told his supporters about the legal peril he faced from charges of election interference. But the danger wasn’t his alone, he said. “In the end, they’re not coming after… Continue reading

“Virginia becomes the latest state to leave nonpartisan election security pact”

August 11, 2023, 7:11 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NBC News: Virginia formally withdrew from an election information-sharing pact Thursday, becoming the latest state under Republican control to leave the nonpartisan program, which became the subject of conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 presidential election. “Virginia’s resignation from ERIC is… Continue reading

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