Monthly Archives: March 2024

“GOP official who claimed 2020 election was stolen voted illegally 9 times, judge rules”

March 28, 2024, 2:54 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Georgia Republican official who pushed false claims that the 2020 election was “stolen” was found to have voted illegally nine times, a judge ruled this week. Brian Pritchard, first vice chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, was ordered to… Continue reading

“Prioritizing the People in the Procurement of Election Infrastructure”

March 28, 2024, 2:04 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

Dennis Mema has posted this draft on SSRN (53 Pub. Con. L. J. 261 (2023)). Here is the abstract: The continuous and successful holding of elections stands as one of the foundational pillars of American democracy. In the two decades… Continue reading

“Eastman disciplinary case probably not going to the California Supreme Court just yet”

March 28, 2024, 12:19 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

David Ettinger explains the procedures, including how the case could end up at SCOTUS.

“Republican-passed bill removes role of Democratic governor if Senate vacancy occurs in Kentucky”

March 28, 2024, 10:41 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: Kentucky lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a bill stripping the state’s Democratic governor of any role in picking someone to occupy a U.S. Senate seat if a vacancy occurred in the home state of 82-year-old Senate Republican leader… Continue reading

“Federal court rejects congressional redistricting challenge as state lawsuit awaits Florida Supreme Court”

March 28, 2024, 10:04 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Tributary: A three-judge federal panel unanimously upheld a controversial congressional map backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, despite accusations he and the Legislature discriminated against Black voters. The judges agreed that the plaintiffs failed to show the Legislature was discriminating… Continue reading

Amid SCOTUS’s Continued Silence, Federal District Court in South Carolina Racial Gerrymandering Case Will Allow Congressional Election to Go Forward Under District It Held Illegal

March 28, 2024, 7:28 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here is the order: The present circumstances make it plainly impractical for the Court to adopt a remedial plan for Congressional District No. 1 in advance of the military and overseas absentee ballot deadline of April 27, 2024 mandated under… Continue reading

“GOP scrambles to organize early and mail voting despite Trump’s attacks”

March 28, 2024, 7:14 amabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: In December, Donald Trump called for the end of mail-in voting in presidential elections. In February, he told Michigan voters that “mail-in voting is totally corrupt.” He later told Fox News host Laura Ingraham that “if you have mail-in… Continue reading

“Chris Christie turns down No Labels presidential bid after discussions”

March 28, 2024, 7:09 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

Listen to Nate Persily on Katie Harbath’s Podcast on Elections, Social Media, and AI

March 28, 2024, 7:03 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Listen here.

Cert. Petition Filed in Georgia Voting Rights Act Case Concerning At-Large Elections to the Public Service Commission

March 28, 2024, 7:01 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

I’ll be watching this one.

Judge Recommends John Eastman Be Disbarred, and Pay a Sanction of $10,000, for His Conduct Seeking to Subvert the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election

March 27, 2024, 4:29 pmelection law biz, election subversion riskRick Hasen

From the 128-page opinion: As an initial matter, the court rejects Eastman’s contention that this disciplinary proceeding and Eastman’s resultant discipline is motivated by his political views or his representation of President Trump or President Trump’s Campaign. Rather, Eastman’s… Continue reading

Josh Douglas: “The Montana Supreme Court Correctly Recognizes a Robust Right to Vote Under the State Constitution”

March 27, 2024, 4:14 pmvotingRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Joshua A. Douglas: The Montana Supreme Court just issued a decision that represents a model for how state courts should consider the protections for the right to vote within state constitutions. The… Continue reading

Third Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Rejects Argument that It Violates the Materiality Provision of the Civil Rights Act to Not Count Timely But Undated Absentee Ballots in Pennsylvania

March 27, 2024, 3:49 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

You can find the majority opinion and the dissent at this link. The majority holds that the provision applies only to the question of who is eligible to vote, not whether an eligible voters’ votes are counted. The court… Continue reading

“Exclusive: A high-level election security group is back. NSA and Cyber Command want to keep it under the radar”

March 27, 2024, 2:58 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

The Record: U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency will not identify the latest leaders of their joint election security task force, in part to shield them from the threats and harassment other election officials have received for merely… Continue reading

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