Monthly Archives: October 2018

Pa. Supreme Court Considering Whether Law Barring Fusion Candidacies Violates the State Constitution

October 18, 2018, 4:26 pmthird partiesRick Hasen

Missed this Francis Fox Piven/Miles Rapoport piece from last month: If the court should rule for the plaintiffs, it would make a stunning gift to American democracy at a time when such is truly needed. It would provide an… Continue reading

Nice TPM Profile of Anita Earls, Voting Rights Lawyer Running for NC Supreme Court

October 18, 2018, 4:22 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Worth a read.

“Three secretaries of state are refereeing the election while running in the field”

October 18, 2018, 3:41 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

McClatchy reports.

“Fake intern who recorded McCaskill campaign had access to voter info, campaign says”

October 18, 2018, 3:33 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

KC Star: A conservative activist with Project Veritas posed as an intern with U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill’s campaign and had access to voter information, according to a stack of documents McCaskill’s lawyer delivered to Attorney General Josh Hawley’s office Friday.… Continue reading

“Florida bends voting rules in counties pummeled by Hurricane Michael”

October 18, 2018, 3:26 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

Good news: Florida eased restrictions Thursday on vote-by-mail ballots in eight counties ravaged last week by Hurricane Michael, while also giving elections supervisors more time to conduct early voting. Secretary of State Ken Detzner, the state’s top election official, said… Continue reading

“Kavanaugh, Court Could Bury Partisan Gerrymandering Challenges”

October 18, 2018, 3:20 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Kimberly Robinson for Bloomberg Law.

“The Elections Performance Index: Past, Present, and Future”

October 18, 2018, 2:42 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

Charles Stewart has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper presents an intellectual history of the Elections Performance Index (EPI), originally produced by the Pew Charitable Trusts, now produced by the MIT Election Data and Science… Continue reading

Federal Court Appoints UCI Prof. Bernie Grofman to Redraw Virginia House Districts

October 18, 2018, 2:29 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Federal court appoints UC Irvine Prof Bernie Grofman as special master to assist court in redrawing Virginia house of delegates map. Order here: https://t.co/UChOmzvJlf #fairmaps 1/ pic.twitter.com/WHUaIuGcS6 — Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) October 18, 2018

Video on Early Voting from Ga. SOS Kemp’s Office Shows Black Female Denied Regular Ballot Because of Voter ID But White Male Allowed Regular Ballot

October 18, 2018, 9:57 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Newsweek: A video aimed at promoting early voting released by Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s office two years ago features children showing how to vote early and what documents are required. The video, produced in six different languages… Continue reading

“Democracy is on the Ballot”

October 18, 2018, 9:49 amdirect democracyRick Hasen

Eliza Newlin Carney for TAP.

“Kris Kobach Is Desperate To Block The Release Of His Damaging Depo Video”

October 18, 2018, 9:23 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

TPM reports. [Corrected link.]

“Cost of 2018 election to surpass $5 billion, CRP projects”

October 18, 2018, 9:21 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Open Secrets: This year’s midterm election cycle is slated to become the first and only member of the $5 billion club. The Center for Responsive Politics projects that more than $5 billion will be spent during the 2018 election, making… Continue reading

Local South Carolina Candidate Seeks Injunction to Bar Allegedly False Statements on Facebook by Fake Democratic Group Supposedly Supporting Him

October 18, 2018, 8:40 amcampaignsRick Hasen

This is very interesting, though I don’t give it much chance (for example, it doesn’t cite to a single law that the allegedly false speech violates).

“Liberals Must Embrace a Bankrupt Judicial Philosophy to Have Any Chance of Winning at the Supreme Court”

October 18, 2018, 7:35 amScalia, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: It’s a great time for liberals to brush up on their knowledge of originalism and textualism. These judicial theories, which say that judges should interpret constitutional provisions or statutes by looking… Continue reading

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