Monthly Archives: February 2018

NC: “Wake-Mecklenburg maps stand as GOP drew them, with hours left before candidates file”

February 12, 2018, 1:29 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

News and Observer: A panel of judges rejected a request from Democrats and voters who filed the first lawsuit this decade challenging North Carolina lawmakers’ redistricting plans to provide relief from election districts in Wake and Mecklenburg counties they contend… Continue reading

“California Local Redistricting Project Releases New Tool to Facilitate Local Redistricting Reform”

February 12, 2018, 1:28 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Release: Today, the California Local Redistricting Project – a joint project of the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law’s Capital Center for Law & Policy and California Common Cause – announced the release of a new tool to… Continue reading

“Trump’s Controversial Pick to Run the 2020 Census Withdraws”

February 12, 2018, 12:23 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Ari Berman: The Trump administration’s controversial pick to run the 2020 census has withdrawn from consideration to be deputy director of the US Census Bureau, according to sources close to the bureau. In November, Politico reported that the administration planned… Continue reading

Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN

February 12, 2018, 8:25 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Here: Rank Paper Downloads 1. How Big Money Ruined Public Life in Wisconsin Lynn Adelman U.S. District Court – Eastern District of WI Date Posted: 14 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2017 148 2. What is Puerto Rico?… Continue reading

Speaking About Scalia Book in Boston, March 15 at Northeastern

February 12, 2018, 8:16 amScaliaRick Hasen

I’ll be interviewed by Dan Urman for their Lives in Law and Policy Speaker Series, on March 15 at 6 pm. The event is open to the public at 1135 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02120.

“DHS Statement On NBC News Coverage Of Election Hacking”—WOW

February 12, 2018, 8:00 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Oh my: Today, Jeanette Manfra, National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) Assistant Secretary for the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, released the following statement regarding the recent NBC news coverage on the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to combat election… Continue reading

“Election Security in All 50 States”–New CAP Report and Big Monday Event

February 11, 2018, 9:08 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Center for American Progress: By Danielle Root, Liz Kennedy, Michael Sozan, and Jerry Parshall In 2016, America’s elections were targeted by a foreign nation-state intent on infiltrating and manipulating our electoral system. On September 22, 2017, it… Continue reading

“The mysterious oppo researcher working in the White House lawyer’s office”

February 11, 2018, 8:55 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico on Mike Roman, of New Black Panthers and Koch Brothers fame.

Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Speaking Out on Judicial Issues in Ways Some Find Troubling

February 11, 2018, 8:51 pmcampaigns, judicial electionsRick Hasen

Fascinating Patrick Marley report in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Usually it is conservatives pushing the envelope on judicial campaign speech. But now there’s this: Tim Burns is doing what state Supreme Court candidates have long avoided — telling voters what he… Continue reading

Jeff Wice Letter to NYT Editor on NYC Redistricting

February 11, 2018, 8:43 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Here.

“Pa. Republicans have proposed a new congressional map. Democrats say it’s still gerrymandered.”

February 11, 2018, 9:35 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Philly.com: A proposed new map of Pennsylvania congressional districts may have sanded off some of the rougher edges of the current version, but it still amounts to a pro-Republican gerrymander, a chorus of Democrats complained Saturday as they urged Gov.… Continue reading

“Restrictive voter ID laws are no match for this group”

February 11, 2018, 9:33 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NBC News on the fantastic VoteRiders organization: As the midterm elections approach, a small army of organizers will be answering calls and knocking on doors in hotly contested districts around the country with a simple question: Do you have what… Continue reading

“We the People, or We the Voters?”

February 11, 2018, 9:05 amvotingRick Hasen

Joey Fishkin: Our Constitution, as amended, requires that every ten years the federal government reallocate seats in the House of Representatives to the states “according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons.” This provision leaves little room… Continue reading

“Top Republicans in Pa. House, Senate submit congressional map to Gov. Wolf”

February 10, 2018, 10:26 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Philly Inquirer: Facing a deadline imposed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the legislature’s two top Republicans late Friday submitted to the governor a new statewide map of congressional districts to replace boundaries the justices ruled were unconstitutional. If approved, the… Continue reading