Monthly Archives: October 2017

“A Tale Of Two Efforts To Improve Confidence In U.S. Elections”

October 23, 2017, 7:51 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pam Fessler for NPR: Efforts to boost public confidence in U.S. elections are proceeding on two parallel tracks right now. One is moving slowly, but steadily. The other is hardly moving at all. Most of the attention has gone to… Continue reading

“Mueller Now Investigating Democratic Lobbyist Tony Podesta”

October 23, 2017, 7:32 amlobbyingRick Hasen

NBC: The sources said the investigation into Podesta and his company began as more of a fact-finding mission about the ECMU and Manafort’s role in the campaign, but has now morphed into a criminal inquiry into whether the firm violated… Continue reading

“He Didn’t Vote in a Few Elections. In the Next One, Ohio Said He Couldn’t.”

October 23, 2017, 7:28 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Adam Liptak’s Sidebar column on the upcoming Husted oral argument at the Supreme Cour.t

“Congress’s New Bill Can’t Eliminate Russian Influence Online”

October 23, 2017, 7:25 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Wired reports. See my earlier Politico piece, Why Banning Russian Facebook Ads Might Be Impossible.

“Louisiana hires controversial law firm to block fix for racist judicial elections”

October 23, 2017, 7:17 amjudicial electionsRick Hasen

Facing South reports.

Bloomberg View: Honest Ads Act “Whole Inadequate” but “Entirely Necessary”

October 23, 2017, 7:14 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Editorial.

The North Carolina Gerrymandering Trial

October 22, 2017, 9:54 pmUncategorizedNicholas Stephanopoulos

While the world waits for the Supreme Court’s decision in Whitford, another partisan gerrymandering trial wrapped up last week in Greensboro, North Carolina. This case, LWVNC v. Rucho, involves North Carolina’s congressional map, and is just the second of… Continue reading

“Trump’s secretive voter fraud panel is keeping own members in the dark”

October 22, 2017, 12:31 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: A commissioner from Alabama, Jefferson County probate judge Alan L King, said he sent a similar letter late last week. He said the only information he had received since the September meeting was an email informing him of the… Continue reading

NAACP, with New President, to Switch to 501c4 to Become More Political

October 22, 2017, 11:41 amcampaigns, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

AP: Johnson has been the face of the NAACP since then as the organization has refocused its work on supporting its local chapters and tried to retool in the face of rising organizations like Black Lives Matter. Currently as a… Continue reading

“Does Chief Justice Roberts fear gobbledygook? Or is that just baloney?”

October 22, 2017, 11:38 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Nice Bob Barnes at WaPo.

“States Take On Election Hacking. Washington Ignores It.”

October 20, 2017, 10:13 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT editorial.

“Financial disclosure shows unusual campaign setup for Pence chief of staff”

October 20, 2017, 5:01 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Politico: Nick Ayers, a senior adviser to Pence during the presidential race and now his chief of staff, joined the 2016 team as a volunteer and never took a dime in salary from the Trump-Pence campaign even as he crisscrossed… Continue reading