“Can Ranked Choice Voting Work for Conservatives?”

January 5, 2022, 2:08 pmalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

Adam Kissel: Conservatives give me the stink eye when I tell them I favor ranked-choice voting, which many jurisdictions are considering for 2022. But when combined with election integrity and voter education, this alternative voting process has advantages… Continue reading

January 20 UCI Fair Elections and Free Speech Center Virtual Event: What Can (and Should) Journalists Do to Prevent Election Subversion and Another January 6?

January 5, 2022, 1:31 pmcheap speech, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Really looking forward to moderating this (free registration required): Fair Elections and Free Speech Center | What Can (and Should) Journalists Do to Prevent Election Subversion and Another January 6? Thursday, January 20 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm Virtual Event This virtual event hosted… Continue reading

“Attorney General Vows to Pursue Jan. 6 Inquiry ‘at Any Level’”

January 5, 2022, 1:19 pmDepartment of Justice, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Under pressure from Democrats and a few Republicans to hold former President Donald J. Trump accountable for his role in inspiring the attack on the Capitol, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland vowed on Wednesday that the Justice Department would… Continue reading

“Florida and Jan. 6: Where do we go from here?”

January 5, 2022, 1:12 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Tampa Bay Times.

“Eleventh Circuit Upholds Georgia’s 5% Petition for U.S. House Independent and Minor Party Candidates”

January 5, 2022, 1:00 pmballot accessRick Hasen

BAN: On January 5, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court and found that Georgia’s 5% petition (of the number of registered voters) for independent candidates, and the nominees of parties that didn’t poll 20% of the vote… Continue reading

January 21 Virtual Symposium for the First Amendment Law Review: “Election Speech and the First Amendment Symposium”

January 5, 2022, 12:57 pmcheap speech, First Amendment theoryRick Hasen

Very much looking forward to participating in this: Our annual symposium is only a few weeks away!It will be held virtually on January 21, 2022, from 9:00 AM – 3:45 PM. You can register for the symposium here.… Continue reading

“Surprise: Democrats dodged a gerrymandering fiasco. A top analyst explains why.”

January 5, 2022, 8:22 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

More from Dave Wasserman, in this interview with WP’s Greg Sargent. Here’s the key line. Of course, the process is not complete yet, including litigation: Under the new maps, there might be a slight Republican bias still, but I think… Continue reading

Dave Wasserman’s Latest Analysis on the Partisan Impacts of Independent Commissions

January 5, 2022, 8:02 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

Rick H. earlier linked to this report. I want to highlight a couple additional points, in part because Dave’s tweet a month or so ago about how Democrats might be strongly disadvantaged by voter-adopted redistricting commissions received a lot of… Continue reading

“Prosecutors Move Quickly on Jan. 6 Cases, but Big Questions Remain”

January 5, 2022, 6:37 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: As of this week, more than 225 people have been accused of attacking or interfering with the police that day. About 275 have been charged with what the government describes as the chief political crime on Jan. 6:… Continue reading

“Trump cancels Jan. 6 news conference at Mar-a-Lago, blames news media and House committee investigating attack on Capitol”

January 5, 2022, 6:35 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo reports. According to a person familiar with the matter, Trump wanted to make a scene and deride reporters at the event but had been told repeatedly by his advisers that it could be the kind of coverage he… Continue reading

Dave Wasserman: “2022 House Overview: Still a GOP Advantage, but Redistricting Looks Like a Wash”

January 5, 2022, 6:32 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Wasserman in the Cook Political Report: The surprising good news for Democrats: on the current trajectory, there will be a few more Biden-won districts after redistricting than there are now — producing a congressional map slightly less biased in… Continue reading

“Peter Navarro: Trump Distributed Bogus Election Fraud Research to ‘Every’ Congressional Republican”

January 5, 2022, 6:29 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Rolling Stone reports.

Sen. Thune Suggests Republicans Open to ECA Reform

January 5, 2022, 2:46 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

From Axios Sneak Peek: A top Republican is signaling his party isn’t necessarily opposed to joining with Democrats to clarify an existing federal law to reduce the potential for election subversion. Driving the news: While broader federal voting rights legislation… Continue reading

Flood of Calls to Fix the Electoral Count Act

January 4, 2022, 5:51 pmUncategorizedRichard Pildes

At the same time that Ned and I, along with Brad Smith and Michael McConnell, published our piece laying out a map for ECA reform, pieces from others on this are also increasingly coming out. David French, on this substack,… Continue reading

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