Introducing RPV Near Me

January 9, 2023, 7:42 amUncategorizedNicholas Stephanopoulos

The following is a guest post by Ruth Greenwood, the director of the Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School: The Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School (“ELC”) now offers free access to summary measures of racially polarized… Continue reading

“Republicans Prepare New Rules, but Fixing Congress Isn’t So Easy”

January 9, 2023, 7:26 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Carl Hulse for the NYT: Smarting after a dozen years under iron-fisted Republican rule, House Democrats promised to do things differently and open up the institution when they regained majority control in 2007. One of their changes was to allow… Continue reading

“Two years after Jan. 6, Facebook mulls if Trump is still a threat”

January 9, 2023, 7:23 amcheap speechRick Hasen

WaPo: Former president Donald Trump turned to his social media platform Truth Social this week to attack a familiar target: former Georgia election worker Ruby Freeman. Trump’s posts stoked an old baseless claim that Freeman was part of an election-rigging… Continue reading

“Come to the ‘war cry party’: How social media helped drive mayhem in Brazil”

January 9, 2023, 7:21 amcheap speech, election subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: In the weeks leading up to Sunday’s violent attacks on Brazil’s Congress and other government buildings, the country’s social media channels surged with calls to attack gas stations, refineries and other infrastructure, as well as for people to… Continue reading

“Exposure to the Russian Internet Research Agency foreign influence campaign on Twitter in the 2016 US election and its relationship to attitudes and voting behavior”

January 9, 2023, 7:16 amcheap speechRick Hasen

New paper by Eady et al. in Nature Communications: There is widespread concern that foreign actors are using social media to interfere in elections worldwide. Yet data have been unavailable to investigate links between exposure to foreign influence campaigns and… Continue reading

Will the Republican Rules Package in the House Make Calling a Constitutional Convention More Likely?

January 9, 2023, 7:06 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

An ELB reader notes this provision buried in the rules bill, that would potentially revive some old state calls for a constitutional convention: PROVIDING FOR TRANSPARENCY WITH RESPECT TO MEMORIALS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE V OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE… Continue reading

Roy Barnes: “Opinion: Mr. Secretary, please stand up for all Ga. voters”

January 9, 2023, 7:02 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AJC oped from former Ga. governor: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has taken on election denialists, most notably former President Donald Trump’s call to “find 11,780 votes.” For that, we owe him our thanks. Trump and his cohorts, many… Continue reading

“Is a longstanding Chicago political tradition on its way out?”

January 9, 2023, 6:56 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WBEZ: Every municipal election, candidates, lawyers and election officials alike gear up for a weekslong slog of resolving dozens — even hundreds, in some years — of nominating petition challenges, a longstanding Chicago tradition to knock candidates off the ballot… Continue reading

“Voting Rights in Corporate Governance: History and Political Economy”

January 9, 2023, 6:48 amvotingRick Hasen

Sarah Haan has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Southern California Law Review). Here is the abstract: Political voting rights have become the subject of sharp legal wrangling in American elections, and the focus of headlines and popular debate. Less… Continue reading

Arizona: “Former Justice McGregor will lead inquiry into Maricopa County Election Day printer issues”

January 6, 2023, 6:09 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: Maricopa County has asked a former Arizona Supreme Court justice to lead an independent inquiry into its Election Day printer problems, officials announced Friday. Former Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Ruth McGregor will lead the probe, which was… Continue reading

“Corporations gave $10M to election objectors after pledging to cut them off”

January 6, 2023, 6:05 pmcampaign finance, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: Political action committees affiliated with more than 70 major corporations said they would pause or reconsider donations to those who objected to certifying the results of the 2020 election after the attack on the U.S. Capitol two years… Continue reading

“Dark Money: Are U.S. Politics Unduly Influenced by Secret Donors?”

January 6, 2023, 4:51 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Deep dive by CQ Researcher, outside the paywall for a short time.

“Ohio voters will need photo ID for in-person voting, under bill signed by Gov. Mike DeWine”

January 6, 2023, 4:15 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Cleveland.com: Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday signed a bill that will require Ohio voters to show a photo ID when voting in person, either early or on Election Day. House Bill 458 replaces current law, which gives voters the option… Continue reading

“After Election Problems in Houston, Republicans Seek to Overturn Results”

January 6, 2023, 4:12 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: Jon Rosenthal has seen some close races, but his re-election to the Texas State House in November, in a Houston district redrawn to be a virtual lock for Democrats, was not one of them. Mr. Rosenthal won by 15… Continue reading