Monthly Archives: August 2020

“Trump Campaign Sues Nevada Over Bill Expanding Mail-In Voting for General Election”

August 5, 2020, 7:35 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Nevada Independent: President Donald Trump’s campaign has sued Nevada over a contentious bill recently approved in the ongoing special session of the Nevada Legislature that expands mail-in voting for the 2020 general election, saying it would make voter fraud “inevitable.”The… Continue reading

“Hackers Get Green Light to Test U.S. Voting Systems; After years of keeping security researchers at bay, election-equipment makers open their devices to testing”

August 5, 2020, 7:26 amvoting technologyRick Hasen

WSJ: Election Systems & Software LLC, the top U.S. seller of voting-machine technology, is calling a truce in its feud with computer-security researchers over the ways they probe for vulnerabilities of the company’s systems.With the U.S. presidential election less than… Continue reading

“Trump lets on that his attack on voting-by-mail is fake”

August 5, 2020, 7:13 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Jennifer Rubin WaPo column.

Kansas Files Supreme Court Cert Petition in Schwab v. Fish (Formerly Fish v. Kobach), Seeking Right to Require Voters to Prove Their Citizenship with Birth or Naturalization Certificate Before Registering to Vote

August 5, 2020, 7:06 amelection administration, Election Meltdown, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The cert. petition is here. I wrote extensively about this case, and the lack of evidence that such a law is justified by a problem with noncitizen voting, in Election Meltdown.

“Conducting Safe Elections During a Pandemic What are states’ voting policies? And how can they prepare for a COVID-19 election?”

August 5, 2020, 7:01 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

The RAND Corporation is out with analyses in this series: REPORTAn Assessment of State Voting Processes: Preparing for Elections During a PandemicTo conduct elections safely this fall, states need registration and voting options that can happen remotely or… Continue reading

“An Election Like No Other”

August 5, 2020, 6:55 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Axios canvasses the landscape.

“U.S. has two weeks to get mail voting right to avoid a mess on Election Day, expert says”

August 4, 2020, 8:59 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NBC News: On June 23, Suraj Patel challenged incumbent Rep. Carolyn Maloney in New York’s Democratic primary. Six weeks after Election Day, Patel is still a candidate — because there are so many absentee ballots uncounted that officials have… Continue reading

“Trump notes GOP governor when asked why he backs mail-in voting in Florida”

August 4, 2020, 8:57 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

The Hill: President Trump on Tuesday elaborated on his sudden support for mail-in voting in the state of Florida by noting the state is run by a Republican governor.The president earlier in the day offered a qualifier to his… Continue reading

Is Same Lawyer Representing Trump Campaign and Kanye West Campaign in Wisconsin?

August 4, 2020, 8:53 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Ben Jacobs: Lane Ruhland, the Wisconsin lawyer who dropped off Kanye West's presidential filing at the Wisconsin Board of Elections represented Donald Trump's presidential campaign exactly one week before in federal court pic.twitter.com/RHajkRDiMO— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) August 5, … Continue reading

“Kris Kobach Loses Kansas Senate Primary, Easing Republican Worries”

August 4, 2020, 8:45 pmelection law bizRick Hasen

NYT: Kansas Republicans on Tuesday soundly rejected the Senate bid of Kris W. Kobach, a polarizing figure in state politics and a staunch ally of President Trump’s, choosing instead to nominate a conservative congressman from rural Kansas who… Continue reading

WaPo Editorial Endorses Idea of Bipartisan or Nonpartisan Election Commission to Weigh in on 2020

August 4, 2020, 8:42 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Editorial: It would help lower the temperature if a highly visible, authoritative commission were ready to observe and evaluate alleged irregularities — to clarify that voting officials in Georgia are counting votes, not stuffing ballot boxes, or that postal workers… Continue reading

“NC must give voters a chance to fix mail-in ballots before they’re thrown out, judge rules” (Link to ruling)

August 4, 2020, 8:37 pmabsentee ballots, court decisions, election administrationRick Hasen

News & Observer: Fears of coronavirus endangering voters in North Carolina this fall — or potentially lowering voter turnout — aren’t enough to force the state to change many of its elections laws, a federal judge has ruled.However, U.S.… Continue reading

“Bice: Wisconsin Republicans help Kanye West in his attempt to get on state presidential ballot”

August 4, 2020, 8:33 pmballot access, chicaneryRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: The rapper’s campaign turned in a number of signatures on Tuesday in a bid to get on the November presidential ballot in Wisconsin. He is making similar attempts in Ohio, Arkansas and West Virginia.Reid Magney, spokesman for… Continue reading

“Voter suit aims to block mask mandate at Minnesota polling places”

August 4, 2020, 6:08 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

The Star Tribune reports.

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