Monthly Archives: July 2020

Big CLC Complaint Against Trump Campaign Using Parscale Firm to Hide Recipients of Campaign Expenditures

July 28, 2020, 8:04 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Start here: NEW: We filed an FEC complaint alleging that the Trump campaign violated the law by laundering nearly $170M in spending through conduits controlled by Brad Parscale and other senior Trump officials, hiding the ultimate recipients of the… Continue reading

“Five Steps Colleges Must Take To Ensure Student Voting Rights Are Protected”

July 28, 2020, 7:59 amvotingRick Hasen

Marc Elias is right to be concerned about student voting, especially in the pandemic.

Latest Republican COVID Relief Bill Contains NO New Money for Additional COVID-Related Election Costs for November

July 27, 2020, 9:15 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Common Cause: The Senate proposal also fails to provide any additional funding for cash-strapped state and local election officials who exhausted their budgets holding primary elections during a public health crisis. The right to vote and vote safely should… Continue reading

“Georgia Senator Is Criticized for Ad Enlarging Jewish Opponent’s Nose; Senator David Perdue, a Republican, drew a quick rebuke from his Democratic opponent, Jon Ossoff, who said the Facebook ad employed the ‘least original anti-Semitic trope in history.’”

July 27, 2020, 9:02 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“At least 77% of American voters can cast ballots by mail in the fall”

July 27, 2020, 9:00 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

New Franita and Foley Podcast: “What Would John Lewis Think?”

July 27, 2020, 8:54 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Listen here: How can we continue the fight of civil rights leader John Lewis, and the many who came before him, in the context of free and fair elections? Election scholars Ned Foley (OSU Moritz College of Law) and… Continue reading

“Gov. Greg Abbott extends early voting for November election by six days, starting Oct. 13”

July 27, 2020, 1:52 pmabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday extended the early voting period for the November election by six days, citing continued challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.Early voting for the Nov. 3 election will now begin Oct. 13 instead… Continue reading

“Wealthy donors pour millions into fight over mail-in voting”

July 27, 2020, 1:47 pmabsentee ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: Deep-pocketed and often anonymous donors are pouring over $100 million into an intensifying dispute about whether it should be easier to vote by mail, a fight that could determine President Donald Trump’s fate in the November election.In the… Continue reading

New Poll Finds American Public About Evenly Divided on Whether Voter Fraud or Denying Eligible Voters the Ballots is a Bigger Problem; Deep Partisan Split

July 27, 2020, 12:57 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

This YouGov poll confirms what we’ve seen elsewhere. Huge problem.

“The Supreme Court’s Pro-Partisanship Turn”

July 27, 2020, 7:29 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Georgetown Law Journal Online has published the final version of my article, The Supreme Court’s Pro-Partisanship Turn. Here is the abstract: The United States Supreme Court’s conservative majority has taken the Court’s election jurisprudence on a pro-partisanship turn, which… Continue reading

Two Trump-Appointed 11th Circuit Judges Who Sat on Florida Supreme Court When It Heard Oral Argument Over Meaning of Florida Disenfranchisement Amendment Won’t Recuse in Disenfranchisement Case Current Before the 11th Circuit

July 27, 2020, 7:21 amfelon votingRick Hasen

Here is the order. The judges left the Florida court before it issued the opinion, and the judges claim that the cases are not related enough to merit recusal. Mark Joseph Stern made the case earlier that this is wrong:… Continue reading

Republicans and Democrats Fight Over Green Party Ballot Access in Montana

July 27, 2020, 7:06 amballot access, chicanery, third partiesRick Hasen

The issue is in the hands of a judge, with Republicans wanting the Green Party on the ballot (to siphon votes from Democrats) and Democrats seeking to kick the Green Party off.