Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“State courts are fielding sky-high numbers of lawsuits ahead of the midterms – including challenges to voting restrictions and to how elections are run”

October 27, 2022, 7:03 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Miriam Seifter and Adam Sopko with some interesting data on a shift from federal to state courts in terms of election litigation: In 2020, election litigation reached a new record high, with hundreds of lawsuits filed around the presidential… Continue reading

“How votes are cast and counted is increasingly decided in courtrooms”

October 26, 2022, 7:25 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Patrick Marley for the NYT: In the United States, election season has turned into lawsuit season.One legal challenge in Michigan seeks to remove thousands from the voter rolls. Two lawsuits in Wisconsin seek to have more absentee ballots counted, even… Continue reading

“Trump Allies Challenging Georgia Voters To Suppress Midterm Turnout”

September 25, 2022, 11:27 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld: On August 29, eight cartons of notarized paperwork challenging 25,000 voter registrations were delivered by pro-Donald Trump “election integrity” activists to Gwinnett County’s election offices in suburban Atlanta. They were accompanied by additional paperwork claiming that 15,000… Continue reading

“The Fight Against an Age-Old Effort to Block Americans From Voting”

September 13, 2022, 6:42 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

ProPublica: Even though federal law guaranteed the two women the right to have someone help them vote, Coley-Pearson knew too well that this right was under attack. For all of the recent uproar over voting rights, little attention has… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 3:8: Wendy Weiser: Assessing the State of American Elections and Democracy

April 27, 2022, 1:15 pmELB Podcast, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

New ELB Podcast: Why has it gotten harder rather than easier to vote in the United States over the past decade?What can be done about the risk of stolen elections in the United States?How have the Supreme Court’s decisions… Continue reading

“Voter ID, mail voting rollback ballot questions likely dead after court rulings”

April 26, 2022, 2:22 pmdirect democracy, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Nevada Independent: A pair of Carson City judges struck what appeared to be fatal blows to proposed GOP-backed voting initiatives on Monday, invalidating efforts to roll back the Democrat-backed universal vote by mail law passed in 2021 and… Continue reading

My New Essay Posted in the Harvard Law Review Forum: “Identifying and Minimizing the Risk of Election Subversion and Stolen Elections in the Contemporary United States”

April 20, 2022, 7:55 amelection subversion risk, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Harvard Law Review Forum has posted my new Essay, Identifying and Minimizing the Risk of Election Subversion and Stolen Elections in the Contemporary United States (see also this more readable version). Here is the Introduction: The United States… Continue reading

“What the New Yorker Article Got Wrong About Marc Elias’s Litigation Strategy”

April 18, 2022, 8:08 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

The author of this post sends along this follow-up: This week’s New Yorker profile of Marc Elias was another entry in the ongoing media coverage about the role of the court system in resolving very live disputes concerning voting and… Continue reading

“Fighting Trump, Dems launch plan to elect thousands of local election supervisors”

April 18, 2022, 6:55 amelection subversion risk, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: A Democratic candidate recruiting group is pitching donors on an ambitious three-year program to find, train and support 5,000 candidates for local offices in charge of election administration, a sprawling national effort intended to fight subversion of future… Continue reading

“With Biden’s voting rights push stalled, Georgia activists regroup”

April 11, 2022, 7:12 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: For months, Georgia voting rights advocates and faith leaders warned that a new state law would drastically suppress minority turnout and pleaded with Congress to enshrine protections.But with no signs of progress in President Biden’s push for voting rights… Continue reading

“Georgia voting rights trial to begin after years of heated elections”

April 11, 2022, 6:54 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

AJC: One of the most prominent voting rights cases in years is going to trial Monday, testing allegations that Georgia’s election policies illegally obstructed voters from casting their ballots.The long-awaited trial will highlight complaints about voting problems in the… Continue reading

“Frustrated Michigan clerks call for election reforms: ‘Now is the time'”

March 1, 2022, 6:35 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Detroit News: Two organizations that represent hundreds of Michigan clerks called on state lawmakers Monday “to set aside their agendas” and make bipartisan improvements to voting policies ahead of the November statewide election. Mary Clark, president of the… Continue reading

“Michigan Initiatives Clash on How to Stop GOP’s Election Deniers”

February 28, 2022, 10:17 amdirect democracy, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld: A new front is opening in Michigan’s voting wars that raises fundamental questions about how far defenders of fact-based elections and representative government must go to protect voting rights in an era marked by Republicans who deny results… Continue reading

Must-Read Politico: “Dems fear for democracy. Their big donors aren’t funding one of its main election groups.”

February 22, 2022, 6:51 amelection subversion risk, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: Democratic secretaries of state say they’re at the vanguard of protecting democracy, pushing back against election disinformation and attempts to suppress the vote.But while the party’s base has largely rallied behind them, its biggest donors have not.During the… Continue reading