Monthly Archives: March 2020

“The Support-or-Advocacy Clauses”

March 9, 2020, 8:54 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Richard Primus and Cameron Kistler have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming Fordham Law Review). Here is the abstract: Two little-known clauses of a Reconstruction-era civil rights statute are a potentially powerful weapon for litigators seeking to protect the integrity… Continue reading

I Talked “Election Meltdown” on KQED Forum, Starting with How Coronavirus May Affect 2020 Campaigns, Conventions, and Voting

March 9, 2020, 1:00 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

You can listen here.

“Democrats hate the GOP so much they’re hurting themselves in congressional races”

March 9, 2020, 12:51 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Ray LaRaja WaPo oped: Democrats are eager to depose not just President Trump, but his congressional enablers and defenders, too. And they’re opening their wallets to prove it. In Kentucky, Amy McGrath, the retired fighter pilot who hopes to challenge… Continue reading

“How the Trump Campaign Took Over the GOP”

March 9, 2020, 12:35 pmpolitical partiesRick Hasen

NYT: President Trump’s campaign manager and a circle of allies have seized control of the Republican Party’s voter data and fund-raising apparatus, using a network of private businesses whose operations and ownership are cloaked in secrecy, largely exempt from… Continue reading

“Political Advertising, Digital Platforms, and the Democratic Deficiencies of Self-Regulation”

March 9, 2020, 12:01 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Rob Yablon has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Minn. L. Rev. Headnotes). Here is the abstract: Amid ongoing concerns about foreign electoral interference and fake news, digital platforms like Facebook, Google, and Twitter have been rolling out new political… Continue reading

“Voting in the Time of Coronavirus: Gloves, Rumors and Disinfectant”; NYT Quoting Me on Need for Congressional Legislation to Deal with Possible Delays in Election 2020 Vote

March 9, 2020, 7:49 amelection administrationRick Hasen

NYT: Just how big a public health emergency the virus will become remains unknown. But the virus is already affecting the primaries in complications for voters overseas, canceled party fund-raisers and polling places that opened late on Super… Continue reading

“The Technology 202: Twitter’s first ‘manipulated media’ flag on Trump aide ignites fact-checking debate”

March 9, 2020, 7:47 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Social media sites are once again at the center of a debate over online speech after Twitter applied its new “manipulated media” label for the first time yesterday to a deceptively edited video of former vice president Joe… Continue reading

“Watchdog warns of election security issues this year and chides federal agency”

March 9, 2020, 7:45 amelection administrationRick Hasen

WaPo: Just as the presidential primary season began, a government watchdog warned the Trump administration that it “urgently needed” to address problems with election security infrastructure.The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), part of the Department of Homeland Security,… Continue reading

“The media is blowing its chance to head off an Election Day debacle”

March 8, 2020, 9:08 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

Margaret Sullivan for WaPo: If Election Day 2020 turns into a full-blown disaster, no one can say there weren’t plenty of warning signs.There were the Iowa caucuses, when glitches with an untested new app delayed the state’s election results for… Continue reading

“Florida Woman Changed Voters’ Party Affiliations, Officials Say”

March 8, 2020, 9:04 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: A Florida woman was charged on Thursday after officials said she filled out 10 voter registration forms with false information, at least six of which enrolled Democratic and independent voters in the Republican Party without their consent.The woman, Cheryl… Continue reading

Daniel Moskowitz Reviews “Election Meltdown”

March 8, 2020, 8:53 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

Here, in the Wash. Times.

Initial Round of Election Meltdown Interviews, Opeds, and Podcast Episodes

March 7, 2020, 3:19 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

I have now had a chance to update this page related to Election Meltdown appearances and discussion. Podcasts, Interviews and Opeds Interviews NPR Fresh Air Politics and Prose (with Pam Fessler)Patt Morrison, Los Angeles TimesPod Save the People… Continue reading

“Dallas County asks for Super Tuesday recount after discovering it missed some ballots”

March 7, 2020, 2:07 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Dallas County officials are seeking a recount of the March 3 primary results after discovering that an unknown number of ballots were not initially counted.In a petition filed late Friday in state district court, Dallas County election administrator… Continue reading

“The Election Meltdown Paradox, and Broader Questions About the Health, Stability, and Future of American Elections and Democracy” (My Response to Balkinization Symposium on Election Meltdown)

March 7, 2020, 12:17 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

[cross posted from Balkinization]: The Election Meltdown Paradox, and Broader Questions About the Health, Stability, and Future of American Elections and Democracy Guest Blogger For the symposium on Richard L. Hasen, Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat … Continue reading

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