Monthly Archives: April 2021

“How a Very Weird Quirk Might Let Michigan Republicans Limit Voting Rights”

April 13, 2021, 7:12 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: At first glance, the partisan battle over voting rights in Michigan appears similar to that of many other states: The Republican-led Legislature, spurred by former President Donald J. Trump’s lies about election fraud, has introduced a rash of proposals… Continue reading

“Nevada Republicans vote to censure SOS Cegavske over voter fraud allegations”

April 13, 2021, 7:05 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Nevada Independent: The Nevada Republican Party Central Committee has voted to censure the state’s GOP secretary of state, Barbara Cegavske, over claims that her office failed to do its job and “put the reliability of our elections in Nevada… Continue reading

“The great capitulation of Trump’s voter fraud crusade”

April 13, 2021, 7:00 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Aaron Blake: The 2020 election is a case study in how unproved claims can be weaponized. For decades, former president Donald Trump’s party warned of significant voter fraud while successfully pushing policies such as voter ID. In 2016, Trump… Continue reading

“These Minnesotans didn’t know they challenged the election until months later”

April 13, 2021, 6:54 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Star-Tribune: The legal saga involving failed efforts to undo the 2020 election recorded an unusual new chapter recently in Ramsey County.For more than three months, at least one of several lawsuits contesting the election’s outcome in Minnesota carried the… Continue reading

“The Electoral Reform Imperative to Address Our Polarization Crisis”

April 12, 2021, 3:27 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

April 14 event: The U.S. has an outdated election system that leaves Americans unrepresented while the country faces a polarization crisis. Most countries have chosen an electoral system very different to the one used in national elections in the… Continue reading

“Defying Republicans, Big Companies Keep the Focus on Voting Rights; A coalition of 60 law firms has joined business leaders about the need for companies to use their clout to oppose state legislation that would make it harder to vote.”

April 12, 2021, 12:37 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: As corporate America continues to push back against a wave of restrictive voting laws under discussion across the United States, Big Law is joining the fight.A coalition of 60 major law firms has come together “to challenge… Continue reading

Can Climate Change Affect Redistricting?

April 12, 2021, 10:40 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

Just ran across this story on the 12 most gerrymandered House districts, according to some experts The Fulcrum surveyed in 2019. Here is the comment on this district, OH 9, from Jason Fierman, founder and managing director of The Redistrict … Continue reading

8th CA County Top Election Officer Resigns Since November, Sign of a National Problem

April 12, 2021, 9:13 amelection administrationRick Hasen

This is a big problem (and not just in CA): Now, months before a likely recall election followed by the 2022 campaign season where political maps will be redrawn and voters will need help navigating the changes, California finds itself… Continue reading

“Scoop: Trump campaign boosted by unsuspecting state GOPs”

April 12, 2021, 8:50 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Axios: Federal regulators are probing financial reporting discrepancies stemming from an effort to funnel $75 million through state Republican parties to the national GOP effort to reelect Donald Trump, Axios has learned.Why it matters: In comments to Axios and… Continue reading

“Polls show majority of Republicans mistakenly think the 2020 election wasn’t legitimate”

April 12, 2021, 8:35 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Harry Enten for CNN: Following every election from 2004 to 2016, the Pew Research Center queried voters on whether they were confident that the votes around the country were counted accurately.The voters for the losing candidate in those elections had… Continue reading

Please Take This Survey to Help Plan the Future of the Election Law Blog (Survey Closes April 18)

April 12, 2021, 7:13 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

[Bumping to the top] On January 21, I announced a slowdown at ELB, as I finished a book project, worked on the ALI Torts: Remedies project, and undertook my courses with 200 students this semester. I am now considering the… Continue reading

“How the corporate backlash to Georgia’s new voting law is shaping other fights around the country over access to the polls”

April 12, 2021, 7:12 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: The fast-moving drama reveals just how powerful and combustible the issue of voting has become in U.S. politics — and how fraught it appears to be for Republicans contending with the legacy of Trump’s attacks on the 2020 election.… Continue reading

Some Thoughts on the Deliberate Mildness of Biden’s Supreme Court Commission

April 12, 2021, 7:08 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

A discussion on Twitter with Jamal Greene. (Note that the post below about joining the Commission is from Rick Pildes—there has been some confusion.)

“Supreme Court’s Bridgegate Ruling Casts Shadow on Federal Fraud Cases”

April 12, 2021, 7:05 ambribery, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

WSJ: A Supreme Court decision that threw out the fraud convictions of two political aides to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is rippling through other white-collar cases, possibly buttressing appeals by other defendants who say federal prosecutors have become… Continue reading