“A Wyandotte County judge strikes down Kansas Congressional map as unconstitutional in a historic ruling”

April 25, 2022, 9:45 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Topeka Capital-Journal: A Wyandotte County judge struck down a GOP-authored Congressional map enacted earlier this year and ordered the state legislature take steps to address what he considered to be gerrymandered district lines.It is the first time a… Continue reading

“How France’s Old-School Voting System Works”

April 25, 2022, 8:09 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

From an AP Explainer: Paper ballots tucked in paper envelopes. No absentee voting, and no early voting either. French voters in Sunday’s presidential election are using and old-school system that has defied calls for more flexibility or modernization…. HOW DO… Continue reading

Will there be a “spoiler” in 2024?

April 25, 2022, 7:07 amalternative voting systems, electoral college, political partiesNed Foley

Andrew Yang is the guest on the new must-listen episode of Sarah Longwell’s Focus Group podcast. They discuss the possibility of a significant third-party, or independent, candidate in the 2024 presidential race. Yang, who’s started his own Forward Party, essentially… Continue reading

“New election laws could create barriers for voters with disabilities”

April 25, 2022, 7:05 amvoters with disabilitiesRick Hasen

USA Today reports.

Supreme Court Turns Down Rhode Island Donor Disclosure Case and Alabama Case About Libertarian Party Access to Voter Lists

April 25, 2022, 7:02 amballot access, campaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Order list.

“‘Blurring of lines’: Private lawyer plays starring role in taxpayer-funded Wisconsin election probe”

April 25, 2022, 7:00 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Wisconsin Watch: A two-story office building in a Milwaukee suburb houses three entities that have led a months-long campaign sowing doubt about Wisconsin’s 2020 presidential election.The gray, indistinct building in Brookfield lists about a dozen occupants, including a… Continue reading

“In election misinformation fight, 2020 changed everything'”

April 25, 2022, 6:58 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: Beth Bowers grew up in the 1960s and 1970s with parents who marched in protests, wrote letters to members of Congress and voted in elections big and small.Her father, a World War II veteran, and her mother, an… Continue reading

“Georgia Gov. Candidate David Perdue Opens GOP Debate By Declaring 2020 Election Was ‘Rigged and Stolen’”

April 24, 2022, 8:22 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Despicable.

“A Crusade to Challenge the 2020 Election, Blessed by Church Leaders”

April 24, 2022, 7:59 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: Evangelical churches have long been powerful vehicles for grass-roots activism and influence on the American right, mobilized around issues like abortion and gay marriage. Now, some of those churches have embraced a new cause: promoting Donald J. Trump… Continue reading

“Dowless, key figure in NC absentee ballot fraud probe, dies”

April 24, 2022, 6:27 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

AP: Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr., the key player in a North Carolina absentee ballot fraud probe that led to a do-over congressional election, has died.His daughter, Andrea Dowless Heverly, wrote that her father “passed away peacefully” Sunday morning, according… Continue reading

“Exclusive: Local election chief threatened by Republican leader seeking illegal access to voting equipment”

April 24, 2022, 8:35 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Reuters: A local Republican Party leader in North Carolina threatened to get a county elections director fired or have her pay cut unless she helped him gain illegal access to voting equipment, the state elections board told Reuters.The party… Continue reading

“Judge: 3 Arizona candidates can stay on ballot”

April 23, 2022, 9:48 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Tucson.com: A judge will not bar three Arizona officials who allegedly were involved in some way in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot from running again for office.In a 19-page ruling released Friday, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Coury said… Continue reading

“OAN network agrees to settle defamation claims brought by election workers”

April 23, 2022, 9:46 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Oregon Live: Two Georgia election workers agreed to settle defamation claims against a right-wing cable news channel, which they said falsely claimed they engaged in ballot fraud during the 2020 election, according to a court document filed Thursday.Fulton County… Continue reading