Monthly Archives: March 2023

“Abortion on the ballot? Not if these Republican lawmakers can help it”

March 19, 2023, 4:19 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: Oklahoma’s leading anti-abortion group is pushing GOP lawmakers to loosen the state’s near-total ban. In a recent letter to legislators, Oklahomans for Life Chair Tony Lauinger argued that if they don’t amend the state’s anti-abortion law to add exceptions… Continue reading

Montana: “Cascade County Elections Office said mail ballots may not be feasible; five elections on horizon”

March 19, 2023, 4:16 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Daily Montanan: Mail-in ballots may be off the table for upcoming local elections in Cascade County as the Elections Office scrambles under new leadership. In January, the Secretary of State’s Office approved Cascade County’s mail ballot election plan. However, on… Continue reading

“Trump Says His Arrest Is Imminent and Calls for Protests, Echoing Jan. 6; His indictment by a Manhattan grand jury is expected, but its timing is unclear.”

March 18, 2023, 7:31 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: With his indictment by a Manhattan grand jury expected but its timing uncertain, former President Donald J. Trump declared on his social media site Saturday that he would be arrested on Tuesday, and demanded that his supporters protest on… Continue reading

“Trump-commissioned report undercut his claims of dead and double voters”

March 18, 2023, 7:28 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: When Donald Trump called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Jan. 2, 2021, in a now-infamous bid to overturn the 2020 election, he alleged that thousands of dead people had voted in the state. “So dead people… Continue reading

“The Federalist Society Isn’t Quite Sure About Democracy Anymore”

March 18, 2023, 7:28 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico Magazine: The first major clue about those preoccupations came from the symposium’s theme, which the organizers had designated as “Law and Democracy.” As the programming unfolded over the next day and a half, it became alarmingly clear that,… Continue reading

“YouTube Restores Donald Trump’s Account Privileges”

March 18, 2023, 7:20 amcheap speechRick Hasen

NYT: YouTube suspended former President Donald J. Trump’s account on the platform six days after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The video platform said it was concerned that Mr. Trump’s lies about the 2020 election could lead to… Continue reading

The Continued Disappointing Path of Frank LaRose: “Ohio becomes latest Republican state to leave a key voting data partnership”

March 18, 2023, 7:19 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NPR: Ohio on Friday announced it was the latest Republican-led state to pull out of a key election partnership that has become the focal point of conspiracies on the far-right. The Ohio secretary of state, Frank LaRose — a Republican… Continue reading

“Reframing judicial elections — not ‘who should we elect,’ but ‘why should we elect them at all?'”

March 18, 2023, 7:13 amjudicial electionsRick Hasen

The Fulcrum.

Wisconsin: “Secretary of State Doug La Follette to retire, Gov. Tony Evers appoints Sarah Godlewski to post”

March 18, 2023, 7:11 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Doug La Follette, Wisconsin’s Secretary of State and the longest serving statewide elected official in the nation, is retiring after holding the office for nearly five decades. La Follette, 82, is leaving the post he has held onto… Continue reading

“Pair of Reforms to Expand the Electorate Become Law in D.C.; The city has overhauled its approach to voter registration and also enabled noncitizens to vote in local elections.”

March 18, 2023, 7:09 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Bolts reports.

“Group that fought ‘dark money’ ballot measure files lawsuit to block Arizona voter-approved law”

March 18, 2023, 7:06 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: A new state law that requires disclosure of major anonymous campaign contributors is facing another legal challenge. The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court, comes as the voter-approved Proposition 211 was already challenged in Arizona courts. Americans for… Continue reading

“New York’s Libertarian and Green Parties Petition Supreme Court Over New York’s Restrictive Ballot Access Laws”

March 18, 2023, 7:03 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Reason reports.

“Florida Faces Federal Lawsuit Over Signature Rules for New Voters”

March 16, 2023, 5:03 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NY Times: A national get-out-the-vote group and the N.A.A.C.P. on Thursday challenged a Florida law that bars the use of digital signatures on voter registration forms, bringing a federal lawsuit against the state similar to ones pending in Texas and… Continue reading

“US probing voter fraud accusations at ‘Borscht Belt’ resort town in Catskills: sources”

March 16, 2023, 1:34 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NY Post reports.

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