“In Wisconsin, Liberals Barrage Conservative Court Candidate With Attack Ads”

March 15, 2023, 7:38 amcampaign finance, judicial electionsRick Hasen

NYT: As conservatives in Wisconsin seek to maintain control of the State Supreme Court in an all-important election for a crucial swing seat, they would appear to be fighting uphill. The conservative candidate, Daniel Kelly, is trailing in limited private… Continue reading

“North Carolina’s high court seems inclined to toss past redistricting rulings”

March 15, 2023, 7:31 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Politico: Republican justices look ready to use their new majority on the North Carolina’s state Supreme Court to tear up the state’s congressional maps, and the new ones would likely favor the GOP up and down the ballot. The Tar… Continue reading

“FBI says it has no records related to Trump’s claim he ‘sent’ agents to stop voter fraud in Florida during 2018 election”

March 15, 2023, 7:29 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NBC News: The FBI has said it can find no records related to former President Donald Trump’s assertions in November that he “sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys” to stop “ballot theft” in Florida during the 2018 election.… Continue reading

North Carolina Supreme Court Rehears Harper Partisan Gerrymandering Case

March 14, 2023, 2:35 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

How Appealing with the links to the argument and news coverage.

David Becker Will Leave ERIC Board Following Unsubstantiated Attacks on Him By Republican States Leaving the Organization That Prevents Voter Fraud and Keeps Election Rolls Clean

March 14, 2023, 9:49 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

David’s thread. This is probably a good step to deter more states from leaving ERIC, but it is very unfortunate. The attacks on Becker by states leaving ERIC are unjustified. He’s been attacked because he has led bipartisan efforts to… Continue reading

“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