Monthly Archives: May 2016

“Petition urges investigation into US election agency led by former Kobach appointee”

May 4, 2016, 7:07 pmelection administration, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

AP: More than 116,000 people have signed an online petition urging the inspector general to investigate what it calls voter suppression at a federal government agency entrusted with making voting more accessible.

“The Distillery: Resurrecting Political Equality”

May 4, 2016, 7:01 pmcampaign finance, Plutocrats UnitedRick Hasen

Johanna Kalb at the Brennan Center: In May, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online will publish a series of essays examining the role that political equality could play in the Supreme Court’s campaign finance jurisprudence. The authors in this… Continue reading

“Judge challenges attorneys as campaign finance trial wraps up”

May 4, 2016, 6:58 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Alaska Dispatch News: A weeklong trial in a lawsuit challenging the state’s campaign contribution limits came to a close Tuesday, with U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess asking probing questions of attorneys defending the state’s limits on nonresident contributions and… Continue reading

“Wichita man pleads guilty in Kansas voter fraud case”

May 4, 2016, 6:54 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

Wichita Eagle: The Wichita man accused of voting twice in the 2012 and 2014 elections pleaded guilty Wednesday to three misdemeanors. Ron Weems, 77, won’t face jail time or probation, his attorney Jim McIntyre said, but agreed to pay… Continue reading

“The South Florida voter-fraud case that went nowhere”

May 4, 2016, 6:52 pmabsentee ballots, chicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Miami Herald: It seemed like the rare, slam-dunk case of voter fraud. Two men stood accused of unlawfully handling four other people’s mail-in ballots in the 2013 Homestead mayoral election, filling at least one of them for precisely the… Continue reading

“Donald Trump Won’t Self-Fund General-Election Campaign”

May 4, 2016, 6:40 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WSJ: Donald Trump won’t self-fund his general-election campaign, and will instead create a “world-class finance organization,” the presumptive Republican nominee said in an interview on Wednesday. For a campaign expected to cost more than $1 billion, “I’ll be putting up… Continue reading

“How Few Votes It Takes to Become a Presumptive Nominee”

May 4, 2016, 6:38 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Rob Richie at FairVote.

“A Program in Legislation”

May 4, 2016, 2:38 pmpedagogyRick Hasen

Rudesill, Walker, and Tokaji in JLE: This Essay urges that Legislation be conceived of not just as a single course, but as a set of curricular and extracurricular offerings that collectively constitute an integrated program of instruction. The three of… Continue reading

“The man billed as the first atheist who could be bound for Congress isn’t actually an atheist at all”

May 4, 2016, 2:31 pmelection law bizRick Hasen

WaPo on election law prof (and congressional candidate) Jamie Raskin.

“Legislation and Regulation in the Core Curriculum: A Virtue or a Necessity?”

May 4, 2016, 2:29 pmpedagogyRick Hasen

Jim Brudney has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Journal of Legal Education). Here is the abstract: The first-year curriculum at American law schools has been remarkably stable for more than 100 years. Many would say ossified. At Harvard, the… Continue reading

“Election 2016 Newsletter: Voting Law Challenges Head to Court”

May 4, 2016, 2:26 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Brennan Center roundup.

“Federal lawsuit: Louisiana voter registration requirement discriminates against naturalized citizens”

May 4, 2016, 2:24 pmNVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Release: Louisiana is discriminating against naturalized citizens by requiring them to provide citizenship documents when registering to vote – a requirement that is not asked of other potential voters who must simply swear they are U.S. citizens, according to… Continue reading

“Secretary of State to Bucher: ‘No need’ for election to replace judge”

May 4, 2016, 2:16 pmelection administration, judicial electionsRick Hasen

Palm Beach Post: The stage was set Monday for a bruising legal battle over the selection of a Palm Beach County judge when Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner made it clear that Gov. Rick Scott, not voters, should pick… Continue reading