Monthly Archives: November 2017

“How to Reverse the Degradation of Our Politics”

November 10, 2017, 9:41 amalternative voting systems, political polarizationRick Hasen

Larry Diamond in The American Interest: The most promising change is ranked choice voting, sometimes called “the instant runoff.” Imagine that Arizona’s voters had serious options beyond a Democrat and a Republican, and that instead of voting for a single… Continue reading

Quote of the Day

November 10, 2017, 8:10 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Counselor, there is no confusion. The confusion has been created by these trolls who are trying to change the conversation. I am not aware of any time in the history of the state where any individual has been denied the… Continue reading

“Here’s What Could Happen With Roy Moore And The Alabama Senate Ballot”

November 10, 2017, 8:06 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Paul Blumenthal for HuffPost: Allegations that Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, sexually assaulted a 14-year-old and sought or maintained relationships with other teenage girls when he was in his early 30s has prompted calls from his fellow… Continue reading

“Russia Twitter trolls rushed to deflect Trump bad news”

November 10, 2017, 8:01 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

AP: Disguised Russian agents on Twitter rushed to deflect scandalous news about Donald Trump just before last year’s presidential electionwhile straining to refocus criticism on the mainstream media and Hillary Clinton’s campaign, according to an Associated Press analysis of… Continue reading

“Excused Menendez Juror: He’s Not Guilty”

November 9, 2017, 4:03 pmbriberyRick Hasen

AP: A juror who was excused from the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez on Thursday gave a glimpse into deliberations, saying most jurors favor acquittal and that she would have cast a not-guilty vote for the New Jersey Democrat… Continue reading

“Gerrymandering suit can proceed, Pa. Supreme Court rules”

November 9, 2017, 3:59 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Philly.com: In a case that could force the redrawing of congressional maps before the 2018 elections, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Thursday ordered a Commonwealth Court judge to hear a gerrymandering lawsuit by the end of the year. …The high court’s… Continue reading

Should Alabama Republican Party Get to Replace Roy Moore on Senate Ballot If He Withdraws?

November 9, 2017, 10:39 amstatutory interpretationRick Hasen

With allegations that Republican candidate for Senate in Alabama Roy Moore initiated sexual contact with a 14-year-old when he was 32, there is already talk about him withdrawing from the race. Derek Muller reports that Alabama law would not allow… Continue reading

Blockbuster from Gizmodo on Crosscheck: “Even a Novice Hacker Could Breach the Network Hosting Kris Kobach’s Bogus Voter Fraud Program”

November 9, 2017, 10:05 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Big from Gizmodo on Crosscheck: A program overseen by the head of President Trump’s so-called “election integrity” commission—which is now largely a tool for driving conspiracy theories about “massive voter fraud” in the United States—is placing the personal data of… Continue reading

J. Christian Adams, Members of Pence-Kobach Fraudulent Fraud Squad, Suggests von Spakovsky Was Right to Suggest Keeping Democrats Off Commission

November 9, 2017, 8:50 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Hans von Spakovsky, in a released email a while back, suggested that Pence-Kobach should keep all Democrats off the sham voting commission. Now, in light of news that Maine SOS Matt Dunlap, one of the few Democratic members of… Continue reading

“How states can fix the Electoral College and prevent future Trumps”

November 9, 2017, 7:47 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Ned Foley for USA Today: This point is different from the one about Hillary Clinton winning almost 3 million more votes nationally than Trump. That much-mentioned truth is irrelevant to how the Electoral College is supposed to work. It would… Continue reading

NM: “Judge: State workers can take paid leave to vote in most elections”

November 9, 2017, 7:31 amvotingRick Hasen

The New Mexican reports.

LDF Files Response to Alabama’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Alabama Photo Voter ID Law Case

November 9, 2017, 7:23 amThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here.

Breaking: Maine SOS Dunlap, Democratic Member of Pence-Kobach Voter Fraud Commission, Sues Commission in Federal Court

November 9, 2017, 7:01 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Add to the many lawsuits against the sham voting commission this new complaint filed by one of its own members, Maine, Secretary of State Matt Dunlap. The law and good conscience require Secretary Dunlap to participate meaningfully in the work… Continue reading

“Potential chaos ahead as control of Virginia House of Delegates hangs in balance”

November 8, 2017, 7:57 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

WaPo: Republicans, who held 66 of 100 seats in the lower house of the state legislature, saw their majority melt away Tuesday in a Democratic wave that felled at least 12 GOP incumbents and flipped three open seats to the… Continue reading