Monthly Archives: May 2022

California Election Law Professors Brief Arguing that Proposition 22 (the Gig Workers) Initiative Violates the California Constitution

May 25, 2022, 3:43 pmdirect democracyRick Hasen

On behalf of Joey Fishkin, Franita Tolson, and me, and with co-counsel Kathryn Eidmann and Mark Rosenbaum of Public Counsel, we just filed this proposed amicus brief in the California Court of Appeal in the Proposition 22 case. Here’s the… Continue reading

Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Legislative Maps Again; Chief Justice O’Connor, a Retiring Republican, Calls Out Redistricting Commission Members and Republican Judges on 6th Circuit Panel

May 25, 2022, 2:41 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Extraordinary: The commission’s refusal—on four occasions—to abide by this court’s rulings has created a crisis that it has the ability to resolve. Yet, despite the federal court majority’s feigned interest in “buy[ing] Ohio more time to both make… Continue reading

Partisan Advantage Tracker

May 25, 2022, 11:59 amUncategorizedKunal Dixit and Nicholas Stephanopoulos

I wanted to flag this valuable resource that Jon Eguia has just made public. It calculates the expected partisan bias of each congressional map, and of the U.S. House as a whole, using a range of common metrics. It also… Continue reading

Recount Ordered in Oz-McCormick GOP Primary for US Senate in PA

May 25, 2022, 11:19 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

As expected.

“Trump Said to Have Reacted Approvingly to Jan. 6 Chants About Hanging Pence”

May 25, 2022, 11:07 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: Shortly after hundreds of rioters at the Capitol started chanting “Hang Mike Pence!” on Jan. 6, 2021, the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, left the dining room off the Oval Office, walked into his own office… Continue reading

NYT: Federal Grand Jury Looking at Trump Lawyers Eastman, Giuliani, Ellis in Connection with Fake Electors Scheme

May 25, 2022, 10:49 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: The Justice Department has stepped up its criminal investigation into the creation of alternate slates of pro-Trump electors seeking to overturn Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory in the 2020 election, with a particular focus on a team of… Continue reading

In a Major Development, Georgia SOS Brad Raffensperger Apparently Wins Outright Rather Than Going to a Runoff Against 2020 Election Denier, Jody Hice; What It Means

May 24, 2022, 9:12 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

It appears that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger running for reelection in the Republican primary received over 50 percent of the vote, thereby avoiding a runoff. He defeated Congressman Jody Hice, who embraced the Stop the Steal… Continue reading

Jonathan Mitchell Cert. Petition Attacking Pennsylvania Congressional Redistricting Order from State Supreme Court Namechecks Marc Elias in the Question Presented

May 24, 2022, 3:53 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

I’ve not seen something so ad hominem in a question presented in a cert. petition before:

I Spoke with Charlie Sykes for the Bulwark Podcast About My Cheap Speech Book, Musk’s Purchase of Twitter, Today’s Ga. Primary and the Coming Pa. Senate Recount

May 24, 2022, 11:59 amcheap speechRick Hasen

You can listen here.

Disagreement Among PA Republicans Over Decision to Take Oz’s Side in Fight Over Counting Ballots Missing Dates in McCormick-Oz Race

May 24, 2022, 11:20 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Philly Inquirer: “A top Pennsylvania Republican operative and adviser to David McCormick’s Senate campaign accused state GOP chairman Lawrence Tabas of trying to ‘invalidate’ Republican votes by opposing McCormick’s lawsuit urging election officials to count undated mail ballots.Jim Schultz,… Continue reading

Fourth Circuit Holds That 1872 Amnesty Act Does Not Prevent North Carolina from Removing Insurrectionists from Ballot (But Lots More to Be Decided in a Future Case)

May 24, 2022, 11:17 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Three judges; three opinions. A lot more left undecided, and the case may ultimately be moot now that it looks like Madison Cawthorn won’t win his primary.

“The election system shuddered in 2020. Now, there are fears of an attack within”

May 24, 2022, 8:52 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NPR reports.

“Votebeat launches as a permanent newsroom”

May 24, 2022, 8:51 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Axios shares the very good news: Chalkbeat, the nonprofit news outlet that covers education at the local level, has raised $3.1 million to permanently launch a separate newsroom called Votebeat that will be dedicated to covering voting at the… Continue reading

“Financing of Races for Offices that Oversee Elections: May 2022”

May 24, 2022, 8:05 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

New from the Brennan Center: Recent developments in election official races, including an analysis of the most recent campaign finance data available for secretary of state races in the states in our sample, reveal some key trends. Money is flowing… Continue reading

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