Monthly Archives: March 2023

“GOP election deniers increasingly admit they’re just going off vibes”

March 14, 2023, 7:10 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Aaron Blake for WaPo: Sidney Powell has tacitly conceded that she didn’t have the proof of a stolen election that she claimed. Former Trump campaign legal adviser Jenna Ellis has now explicitly acknowledged that. And it turns out the… Continue reading

“How the next House majority could be decided in the courts in 2023”

March 14, 2023, 6:51 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Zach Montellaro for Politico: Republicans are readying to plow ahead with ambitious gerrymandering despite previous reprimands from state courts — now that they’ve elected judges who are less likely to thwart their plans. The first test of this strategy comes… Continue reading

“Trump claims violence he inspired on Jan. 6 was Pence’s fault”

March 13, 2023, 7:43 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: Donald Trump on Monday sharply rebuked Mike Pence’s assertion that history would hold him accountable for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, telling reporters that his former vice president should shoulder the blame for the… Continue reading

California Appeals Court Upholds Most of Prop 22 (Gig Worker Measure) But Agrees with Our Amicus Brief that a Provision Barring Amendments on Collective Bargaining is Unconstitutional

March 13, 2023, 7:25 pmdirect democracyRick Hasen

You can find the opinion at this link. [corrected link] The issue that we briefed as the California Election Law Professors related to a limitation on amendments to the measure by the legislature. The court was unanimous in accepting this… Continue reading

“New Mexico Is Making It Easier to Vote”

March 13, 2023, 6:04 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

New from Bolts.

“Why Fox’s Call on Arizona, Which Was Right, Was Still Wrong”

March 13, 2023, 8:49 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Nate Cohn for NYT: [corrected link] Was the Fox call the result of the most sophisticated and accurate modeling, or more like being “right” when calling heads in a coin flip? It appears to be the latter — a lucky… Continue reading

“New ‘Moderate Party’ line in the works in scheme to aid NY Democrats”

March 13, 2023, 8:09 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NY Post: Efforts are underway to create a “Moderate Party” in New York state and elsewhere in a scheme to aid Democrats punished at the polls in last year’s midterm elections over what critics claim are left-field, soft on crime… Continue reading

“A Florida-Sized Roadblock for the League of Women Voters”

March 13, 2023, 8:07 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WRAL: The nonpartisan League of Women Voters has been facing a nationwide backlash after decades of going about its business of surveying candidates, registering voters, hosting debates and lobbying for its causes with little fuss. ProPublica reported in August how… Continue reading

“‘It will irreparably damage the legitimacy and reputation of NC’s highest court’: Rehearings could have major impact on 2024 elections”

March 13, 2023, 8:05 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Will Doran for WRAL.

“After Ashcroft pulls Missouri out of voting info system, no plan for alternative program”

March 13, 2023, 8:02 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

KC Star: When Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and officials in a handful of other Republican-leaning states left a national system designed to improve the accuracy of voting rolls last week, the likely GOP candidate for governor outlined his… Continue reading

Show Me the Money

March 13, 2023, 7:57 am#ELB20th, election administrationJustin Levitt

(2003 ed.) Justin here. I’m delighted to join the roster of reflections on the 20th anniversary of the Election Law Blog. Travis and Ellen have already noted how indispensable the blog is — how indispensable it’s been from… Continue reading

“Non-Retrogression Without Law”

March 13, 2023, 7:56 amUncategorizedNicholas Stephanopoulos

This is a co-authored post by Eric McGhee, Chris Warshaw, and me about our new article, “Non-Retrogression Without Law,” on the consequences of Shelby County v. Holder in the redistricting context: A decade ago, the Supreme Court held… Continue reading

“Little-Known Lawyer, a Trump Ally, Draws Scrutiny in Georgia’; A special grand jury looking into election meddling interviewed Robert Cheeley, a sign that false claims made by Donald J. Trump’s allies loom large in the case.”

March 12, 2023, 10:25 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“Thousands of pro-Trump bots are attacking DeSantis, Haley”

March 12, 2023, 9:33 amcheap speechRick Hasen

AP: Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts — perhaps hundreds of thousands of them — to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump. Besides posting adoring words about the former president, the… Continue reading