Monthly Archives: November 2018

Florida: “Nelson campaign files new lawsuit over unconventionally marked ballots”

November 13, 2018, 11:06 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

The Hill: Sen. Bill Nelson‘s (D-Fla.) campaign filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to bar Florida’s top elections official from rejecting unconventionally marked ballots. The lawsuit, filed in federal court by both Nelson and the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm… Continue reading

“Facing Defeat, Maine Republican Sues To Block State’s Ranked-Choice Voting Law”

November 13, 2018, 10:57 amalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

NPR reports.

“As recount politics heat up, two Florida election officials are the targets of online harassment”

November 13, 2018, 10:55 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Several pro-Trump Facebook pages and one Twitter account on Monday posted the home address and phone number of the Broward County, Fla., election supervisor who has been the target of blistering criticism from the president and other Republicans amid… Continue reading

“Common Cause, North Carolina Democratic Party, Individual Voters Sue in North Carolina State Court Over Partisan Gerrymandering of North Carolina General Assembly”

November 13, 2018, 10:31 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Release: Today, Common Cause, the North Carolina Democratic Party, and a group of individual North Carolina voters are suing the state of North Carolina over the partisan gerrymandering of legislative maps for both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly.… Continue reading

“Ranked choice voting may affect partisan outcomes, but it always helps voters”

November 13, 2018, 7:37 amalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

Rob Richie blogs.

Federal Court Orders Gwinett County, Georgia to Accept Absentee Ballots with Omitted or Incorrect Birth Year

November 13, 2018, 7:35 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Order.

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Bethune-Hill Racial Gerrymandering Case Again from Virginia, Raises Question About Standing

November 13, 2018, 7:10 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

From today’s order list: APPEAL — JURISDICTION POSTPONED 18-281 VA HOUSE OF DELEGATES, ET AL. V. GOLDEN BETHUNE-HILL, ET AL. Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is postponed to the hearing of the case on the merits. In… Continue reading

“Redistricting Reform in a Democratic House”

November 13, 2018, 6:23 amUncategorizedNicholas Stephanopoulos

Here’s a post of mine in the HLR Blog on redistricting legislation that the newly Democratic House could and should pass. I’ll have another post soon on voting rights reform in Congress. Lastly, is it politically realistic for the House… Continue reading

Headlines from 2000 Dep’t: “Inside the Republican Strategy to Discredit the Florida Recount”

November 12, 2018, 8:41 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: The concerted effort by Republicans in Washington and Florida to discredit the state’s recount as illegitimate and potentially rife with fraud reflects a cold political calculation: Treat the recount as the next phase of a campaign to secure the… Continue reading

Breaking: Federal Court, Citing Evidence of Vulnerabilities of Georgia Voter Registration Database, Issues TRO Giving Some Voters Casting Provisional Ballots Chance to Have Vote Counted Before Kemp-Abrams Race Results Certified

November 12, 2018, 8:12 pmprovisional ballotsRick Hasen

You can find the 56 page opinion in Common Cause v. Kemp at this link. From the order: Plaintiff Common Cause Georgia filed this action against the Georgia Secretary of State1 seeking emergency injunctive relief to ensure that provisional ballots… Continue reading

“Republicans Are Casting Doubt On Normal Election Processes For The Sake Of Winning”

November 12, 2018, 7:31 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

HuffPost reports.

Chuck Lane: “Voters took on gerrymandering. The Supreme Court doesn’t need to.”

November 12, 2018, 7:28 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Charles Lane WaPo column. Even though I’ve been ambivalent about whether courts should intervene to stop gerrymanders on federal constitutional grounds, I find very unpersuasive the argument that a wave election shows that federal intervention is unnecessary.

“Republican Gov. Rick Scott Was Just Sued Over His Role In The Florida Recount”

November 12, 2018, 4:36 pmconflict of interest laws, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

BuzzFeed: Republican Gov. Rick Scott has filed at least five lawsuits since Thursday against county election officials and instructed state police to investigate them for “fraud.” But on Monday, a group of Florida voters and organizations filed their own lawsuit… Continue reading

I Talked About the 2018 Florida Recounts and the Escalation of the Voting Wars on Slate’s What’s Next Podcast

November 12, 2018, 4:31 pmrecounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Take a listen.

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