Monthly Archives: February 2019

“Court rejects settlement in Michigan gerrymandering suit”

February 2, 2019, 9:17 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Detroit News: A lawsuit alleging partisan gerrymandering by Michigan’s Republican-led Legislature is heading toward trial next week after a three-judge panel rejected a settlement proposed by Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and plaintiffs. Benson does not have the authority… Continue reading

“Botched election for Georgia House must be redone yet again”

February 1, 2019, 4:09 pmelection administration, recountsRick Hasen

AJC: A judge on Friday ordered a rare second do-over election for a northeast Georgia House seat, finding that four voters didn’t live in the district, throwing its outcome into doubt.The new election means that voters will return to … Continue reading

“Mueller Could Have More Than Russia on His Mind: There were foreign nationals from many countries surrounding the Trump campaign, argues Brennan Center fellow Ciara Torres-Spelliscy.

February 1, 2019, 3:51 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Interesting.

“To Fight Democrats’ First Bill, GOP Calls in Discredited Advocates of Voter Suppression”

February 1, 2019, 3:50 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ari Berman reports for Mother Jones.

“Raskin Introduces ‘Shareholders United’ Bill to End Corporate Political Spending without Shareholder Consent”

February 1, 2019, 1:27 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Release: Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) introduced the Shareholders United Act, H.R. 936, to control billions of dollars in corporate political spending and put power back in the hands of the shareholders. The Shareholders United Act would prevent… Continue reading

“Judge: Kansas’ Largest County Violated Law By Not Specifying Rejected Ballots”

February 1, 2019, 10:01 amelection administrationRick Hasen

AP: A judge has ruled that election officials in Kansas’ largest county violated open records law by refusing to provide names of hundreds of people whose provisional ballots were not counted in last August’s primary. Davis Hammet, president of… Continue reading

ProPublica and Lexington Herald-Leader Publish Third of 3 Devastating Articles on Kentucky Secretary of State Grimes

February 1, 2019, 9:40 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

The Curious Case of a Kentucky Cybersecurity Contract: In the months after the 2016 elections, state election administrators spent millions of dollars investigating and addressing the cyber intrusions that had penetrated voting systems in dozens of states. Kentucky Secretary… Continue reading

“Republicans Rewrote Voting Laws for 8 Years. Now Democrats Say It’s Their Turn.”

February 1, 2019, 9:22 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Michael Wines for the NYT.

Today’s Must-Read from Alexa Ura: “‘Someone did not do their due diligence.’ How an attempt to review Texas’ voter rolls turned into a debacle”

February 1, 2019, 9:07 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Texas should have (and likely did) know better. Great reporting from Alexa Ura of the Texas Tribune.

Trump’s Presidential Fundraising May Be Unprecedented So Early Before Election, But So Is His Massive Campaign Spending

February 1, 2019, 8:04 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Robby Mook: Wow. Does Trump’s campaign have an 85% burn rate?! How is that possible?"The latest fundraising disclosures bring the total haul for Trump's reelection effort to more than $129 million…The campaign had more than $19.2 million in cash… Continue reading

“Adelsons pumped $500K into Trump aides’ legal defense fund”

February 1, 2019, 7:58 amcampaign finance, Plutocrats UnitedRick Hasen

Politico: Billionaire Republican donors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson gave $500,000 to a legal defense fund set up to help aides to President Donald Trump that are involved in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The Adelsons each contributed $250,000 on Oct.… Continue reading

“America Isn’t Really Set Up For Third-Party Presidential Bids”

February 1, 2019, 7:54 amthird partiesRick Hasen

538 reports.

“Former Texas Secretary of State Believes Inaccurate Voting List Should Be Rescinded”

February 1, 2019, 7:52 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Texas Monthly: On a day that Governor Greg Abbott downplayed apparent inaccuracies in a voting list that his secretary of state compiled of potential non-citizens, a former secretary of state said the list should be rescinded.“I think they… Continue reading

Texas: “State: All 366 on local list of potential noncitizen voters are citizens”

February 1, 2019, 7:32 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Waco Tribune: By the time local elections officials downloaded a list of 366 registered voters the Texas Secretary of State’s Office initially said may not be citizens, the office had called to tell them to disregard the list, Elections… Continue reading

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