Monthly Archives: July 2019

“Federal Inquiry of Trump Friend Focused on Foreign Lobbying”

July 28, 2019, 6:13 pmlobbyingRick Hasen

NYT: As Donald J. Trump was preparing to deliver an address on energy policy in May 2016, Paul Manafort, his campaign chairman, had a question about the speech’s contents for Thomas J. Barrack Jr., a top campaign fund-raiser and close… Continue reading

“Has Congress already missed its chance to strengthen election security ahead of 2020?”

July 28, 2019, 4:13 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

KC Star: GOP leadership said Mueller’s testimony did little to persuade them of the need for legislation. Moreover, one of the only GOP lawmakers pushing election security reforms on Capitol Hill said states have effectively run out of time to… Continue reading

“Lawyers in Paper Ballot Case Accuse Georgia Officials of Destroying Evidence”

July 28, 2019, 4:09 pmchicanery, election administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

Law.com: A group of Georgia voters and a nonprofit election integrity organization seeking to force the state to use paper rather than electronic ballots in future elections have accused the secretary of state and governor of destroying evidence in… Continue reading

“Senate intelligence report adds to confusion over Russian elections hacking in Florida”

July 28, 2019, 4:07 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Miami Herald: Three months after Florida’s state government was blindsided by the release of previously classified information that two local elections offices were hacked ahead of the 2016 presidential elections, Gov. Ron DeSantis and members of Congress have been caught… Continue reading

“Notice, Due Process, and Voter Registration Purges”

July 28, 2019, 1:03 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Anthony Gaughan has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Cleveland State Law Review). Here is the abstract: In the 2018 case of Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, a divided United States Supreme Court upheld the procedures that Ohio election… Continue reading

“A Republican Wants Old Campaign Cash to Fund His Nonprofit. A Democrat Might Show the Way.”

July 26, 2019, 5:11 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

CPI reports.

“LDF Applauds Federal Court Remedy Ensuring Voting Rights in Louisiana”

July 26, 2019, 5:09 pmjudicial electionsRick Hasen

Release: Nearly two years after a federal trial court found that Louisiana’s use of at-large voting for electing five judges to a state court with jurisdiction over Terrebonne Parish violates the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution,… Continue reading

“Unlimited Donations to Candidates, Coming Soon? Former Solicitor General Paul Clement may get the Supreme Court closer to killing what’s left of campaign-finance limits.”

July 26, 2019, 6:17 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have written this piece for The Atlantic. It begins: During the George W. Bush administration, then–Solicitor General Paul Clement successfully defended the constitutionality of the 2002 McCain-Feingold law, which tightened electioneering and fundraising regulations. Can Clement now get traction… Continue reading

Senate Intelligence Committee Report: “Russia Targeted Elections Systems in All 50 States, Report Finds”

July 25, 2019, 10:41 pmchicanery, election administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

NYT: The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, an effort more far-reaching than previously acknowledged and one largely undetected by the states and federal officials at the time.But… Continue reading

“Despite A History Of Discrimination, Feds Won’t Oversee Redrawing Of Texas Political Districts”

July 25, 2019, 10:35 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Listen to my interview with Texas Standard on the 3-judge court decision to deny bail-in of Texas under the Voting Rights Act section 3c.

“Releasing Citizenship Data Threatens Representative Democracy”

July 25, 2019, 10:32 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Eliza Newlin Carney for TAP.

“Threats To U.S. Elections Aren’t Going Away. What Have The 2020 Democrats Proposed?”

July 25, 2019, 10:30 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NPR reports.

“IVP Sues California Secretary of State For Disenfranchising More Than 5 Million Voters”

July 25, 2019, 10:26 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Release: The Independent Voter Project (IVP), author of California’s nonpartisan statewide primary system, is one of 7 plaintiffs suing the California Secretary of State, claiming that the State is violating the state’s constitution by failing to conduct an open… Continue reading

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