Monthly Archives: April 2020

“How can California improve confidence in elections? Count the vote faster”

April 28, 2020, 9:00 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

John Wildermuth of the SF Chronicle: A ballot count that lasts for weeks, an unintended feature of California voting, can undermine confidence in the results, according to a new report about conducting elections during the coronavirus pandemic and other troubled… Continue reading

“Andrew Yang sues New York Board of Elections over canceled primary”

April 28, 2020, 8:51 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

CBS News reports.

“How one of America’s most important voting rights groups plunged into chaos just before it was needed most”

April 28, 2020, 8:24 pmelection law bizRick Hasen

Teddy Schleifer for ReCode: A voting rights group called Vote.org seems like precisely the type of nonprofit that should thrive in 2020, with fans from Barack Obama to Taylor Swift and a URL that can’t be beat.Its efforts to expand… Continue reading

“Let’s put the vote-by-mail ‘fraud’ myth to rest”

April 28, 2020, 1:21 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Amber McReynolds and Charles Stewart oped in The Hill: Vote fraud in the United States is exceedingly rare, with mailed ballots and otherwise. Over the past 20 years, about 250 million votes have been cast by a mail ballot nationally.… Continue reading

“2020 Election Sidebar: Can the Election Be Postponed?”

April 28, 2020, 1:19 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Jerry Goldfeder column.

“The legal team that overturned Pa. gerrymandering is suing to relax the state’s absentee ballot deadlines amid the coronavirus outbreak”

April 28, 2020, 12:30 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

“America’s Elections Won’t Be the Same After 2020 The chaos of this year could radically—and permanently—change how Americans vote.”

April 28, 2020, 12:28 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

The Atlantic reports.

Fair Elections During a Crisis: Bipartisan and Diverse Blue-Ribbon Group of Scholars and Thinkers Releases Report on Urgent Changes Needed for November U.S. Elections

April 28, 2020, 8:00 amabsentee ballots, election administration, Election MeltdownRick Hasen

Release from me: Fair Elections During a Crisis: Bipartisan and Diverse Blue-Ribbon Group of Scholars and Thinkers Releases Report on Urgent Changes Needed for November U.S. Elections Ad Hoc Committee for 2020 Election Fairness and Legitimacy Issues Recommendations in Law,… Continue reading

“New York Cancels Primary Election, Angering Sanders Supporters”

April 28, 2020, 7:42 ampolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

NPR: New York Democrats will not be casting primary votes for a presidential candidate this year.State election officials effectively canceled the presidential primary by removing every Democrat except the presumptive nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, from the primary ballot.According… Continue reading

Webinar on Wednesday: “Local Representation: RCV as a Voting Rights Remedy”

April 28, 2020, 7:37 amalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

Details here.

“The Cybersecurity 202: Ohio primary marks a major test for mail-in voting”

April 28, 2020, 7:22 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“‘Republicans need to get serious’: 2020 vote-by-mail battle heats up”

April 28, 2020, 7:17 amabsentee ballots, campaignsRick Hasen

Politico: Coronavirus has campaigns rushing to put voting by mail at the center of their general election strategies — and some Republicans worry they’ve already fallen behind, as President Donald Trump dismisses the method and drives doubt about mail… Continue reading

“Ohio’s Mail-in Ballot Brouhaha: A Sign of Coming Trouble?”

April 28, 2020, 7:13 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

CPI reports.

“Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Releases State Election Law Resource Easily Searchable Tables on Voter Registration, Absentee Balloting, In-Person Voting and More”

April 27, 2020, 11:52 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Release: Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights published an online resource that allows users to easily search information about every state’s election procedures. Complicated state level procedures for voting are often confusing and difficult to navigate in the best… Continue reading