Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Billionaires help bankroll legal funds used by parties to challenge election rules”

November 4, 2024, 10:17 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Issue One: Even before the results of the presidential election are tabulated, partisan actors are busy behind the scenes filing lawsuits seeking clarification about existing election rules and, in the most extreme cases, taking aim at the processes governing… Continue reading

My New One at Slate: “Thousands of Pennsylvania Ballots Will Be Tossed on a Technicality. Thank SCOTUS.”

November 4, 2024, 7:30 amabsentee ballots, election administration, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: Last week, the Supreme Court allowed Virginia to conduct a last minute voter purge to remove potential non-citizens from the rolls despite a federal law that seemed to bar the practice.… Continue reading

“Why Pennsylvania’s unusual voting laws make it ripe for rigged election claims”

November 3, 2024, 10:48 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jane Timm for NBC News: With Pennsylvania expected to be a close and crucial state in the 2024 race for the presidency, it’s unusual election laws are again under the microscope. First, there’s the counting. The state doesn’t have… Continue reading

Please Stop Wishcasting the Supreme Court into a Decisive Election Role

November 2, 2024, 12:19 amBush v. Gore reflections, election administration, election law and constitutional law, Election Meltdown, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, votingJustin Levitt

Justin here. There’s a tsunami of election litigation cascading through the legal system right now. It’s producing a lot of public anxiety, in part because it’s designed to produce a lot of public anxiety. But none of the current litigation… Continue reading

“Republican battleground-state legal blitz falters ahead of election”

October 27, 2024, 8:51 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Reuters: Donald Trump’s Republican allies have suffered a string of courtroom setbacks in battleground U.S. presidential election states as Election Day draws closer, losses which could boost voter turnout and speed certification of the eventual winner. In the past three… Continue reading

“Democrats Ready Thousands of Lawyers for Final Days of Race”

October 27, 2024, 8:37 amelection law biz, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WSJ: Remus, a partner at Covington & Burling, is a Yale Law graduate with a diverse résumé, including a clerkship to conservative Justice Samuel Alito. Her inner circle includes Bob Bauer, a personal lawyer to Biden and White House counsel… Continue reading

“Republican Legal Challenges to Voting Rules Hit a Rough Patch”

October 26, 2024, 9:47 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: The legal wars over election rules are raging even as voters around the country cast ballots. And several recent efforts by groups aligned with former President Donald J. Trump to challenge voting rules have been coming up short in… Continue reading

“RNC is leading the legal charge for Trump amid echoes of 2020 election chaos”

October 25, 2024, 7:35 amelection law biz, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Lawrence Hurley for NBC News: When a local Republican official in Georgia filed a lawsuit this year declaring that election boards did not have a duty to certify results, the lawyer she turned to was part of the legal team… Continue reading

“The Fight Over Ballots Has Already Begun in Wisconsin”

October 20, 2024, 8:47 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“Republicans and Democrats are both preparing for long legal battles over the 2024 election results”

October 20, 2024, 7:39 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP reports.

“More Than 165 Lawsuits Are Already Shaping the 2024 US Presidential Election”

October 15, 2024, 4:42 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Very helpful and detailed analysis by Bloomberg of the shape of litigation today. My anecdotal sense so far is that while the volume is high, the substantive significance and chances of success of many of the late filed suits is… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video of Safeguarding Democracy Project Conversation with Lisa Manheim and Derek Muller: “Finding Common Ground in Election Law”

October 10, 2024, 1:09 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

This was a great conversation with Derek and Lisa, the Reporters on ALI’s new project on election litigation. Watch here:

“Why the Supreme Court May Not Decide the 2024 Election After All”

October 10, 2024, 8:39 amSupreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: Some have speculated that the Supreme Court has kept its fall schedule light in case it decides to take up litigation that could affect the outcome of the 2024 presidential… Continue reading

“Voting Wars Open a New Front: Which Mail Ballots Should Count?”

October 9, 2024, 7:20 amabsentee ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Michael Wines for the NYT: As Pennsylvania voters begin casting perhaps two million-plus mail ballots, Democrats and Republicans are in furious legal combat over a once-overlooked aspect of voting remotely: which ballots are counted, which are rejected as defective and… Continue reading