Breaking: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Dispute Over Who Gets to Argue in North Carolina Voter ID Dispute

November 24, 2021, 7:10 amSupreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

In a surprise pre-Thanksgiving order, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, stemming from a dispute over a North Carolina voter id law. The dispute is not about the underlying… Continue reading

Supreme Court to consider whether North Carolina legislators can intervene to defend state’s voter ID law

November 24, 2021, 7:00 amlegislation and legislatures, Supreme CourtDerek Muller

The Supreme Court agreed to hear Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. SCOTUSblog’s page on the case is here. The NAACP challenged North Carolina’s voter identification law in federal court. Republican legislative leaders, doubtful that the… Continue reading

“Private SCOTUS files that could reveal what happened in Bush v. Gore remain locked up”

November 23, 2021, 3:43 pmBush v. Gore reflections, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Joan Biskupic for CNN: Internal Supreme Court documents that could enhance public understanding of the Bush v. Gore election battle and other significant cases of the late 1990s and early 2000s were to be opened last year under a deal… Continue reading

Nov. 30 UCI Law Virtual Event: Fair Elections and Free Speech Center | Global Elections III: Hong Kong

November 23, 2021, 3:37 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Details: Tuesday, November 30 at 12:15pm to 1:15pm Virtual Event Over the course of the past two years, Beijing has harshly imposed its will on Hong Kong, adopting a National Security Law in 2020 that has been used ever since to crush… Continue reading

“Trump’s Voter Fraud Claims Test Republican Candidates”

November 23, 2021, 7:31 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WSJ: Former President Donald Trump’s yearlong campaign falsely claiming he won the 2020 election and demanding redress is turning voter fraud into a litmus test for Republicans seeking office as the party seeks to reclaim the House and… Continue reading

“House Panel Subpoenas Roger Stone and Alex Jones in Capitol Riot Inquiry”

November 23, 2021, 7:27 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: The House committee investigating the Capitol attack issued five new subpoenas on Monday, focusing on allies of former President Donald J. Trump who helped draw crowds to Washington before the riot on Jan. 6, including the political operative Roger… Continue reading

“Judge orders two lawyers who filed suit challenging 2020 election to pay hefty fees: ‘They need to take responsibility'”

November 23, 2021, 7:24 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: A federal judge has ordered two Colorado lawyers who filed a lawsuit late last year challenging the 2020 election results to pay nearly $187,000 to defray the legal fees of groups they sued, arguing that the hefty penalty was… Continue reading

“Competitive House districts are getting wiped off the map”

November 23, 2021, 7:23 amredistrictingRick Hasen

WaPo: From Texas to Oregon, competitive congressional districts are disappearing. As states finalize new borders ahead of the 2022 midterms, state legislatures are approving maps they hope will advantage one party in the coming struggle to control the… Continue reading

“New York Moves to Allow 800,000 Noncitizens to Vote in Local Elections”

November 23, 2021, 7:18 amvotingRick Hasen

NYT: New York City lawmakers are poised to allow more than 800,000 New Yorkers who are green card holders or have the legal right to work in the United States to vote in municipal elections and for local ballot initiatives.The… Continue reading

“Court Urged to Let Jan. 6 Panel See Trump White House Files”

November 23, 2021, 7:16 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: A federal appeals court should permit Congress to see White House records about former President Donald J. Trump and the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, lawyers for House Democrats and the Biden administration argued on Monday.The… Continue reading

“In historic vote, O.C. supervisors approve majority-Latino district for five-member board”

November 23, 2021, 7:15 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

LAT: In a historic vote, the Orange County Board of Supervisors on Monday created a majority-Latino district for the first time while also giving power to Asian voters.The lines for the supervisors’ districts, redone once a decade after the national… Continue reading

“Accusations against a California campaign finance watchdog went undisclosed for months”

November 23, 2021, 7:13 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

LAT: A campaign finance investigation against a top official at California’s political watchdog agency sat in limbo and hidden from public view for months, raising questions about whether the government organization holds its own members to the same standard as… Continue reading

Virginia Redistricting Tools from the Princeton Gerrymandering Project

November 22, 2021, 7:51 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Sam Wang: The Special Masters have a variety of options. One is to stay close to the current maps, making adjustments to deal with population shifts and to ensure compliance with the standards laid out by the Court in… Continue reading

“‘Results were meaningless’: Analysts say they cannot validate or replicate Cyber Ninjas’ hand count of votes”

November 22, 2021, 6:57 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: Cyber Ninjas’ hand count of votes cast in Maricopa County’s 2020 election can neither be validated nor replicated, according to analysts who waded through tens of thousands of newly released records.They say the numbers reported by the… Continue reading

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