“Beijing-Backed Trolls Target U.S. Voters as Election Nears”

September 3, 2024, 6:40 amcheap speechRick Hasen

WSJ: Chinese government-backed trolls are targeting U.S. voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election, assuming fake identities of politically engaged voters on social media to promote divisive narratives around issues including gun control, racial inequality and the Israel-Hamas war, according… Continue reading

Skepticism about Proportional Representation for Congress: A New Article

September 3, 2024, 3:37 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

I’ve posted this new article at SSRN, which will be forthcoming as part of an election-law Symposium in the University of Illinois Law Review. In a white paper released after this draft was completed, a leading proponent of PR for… Continue reading

“Trump said he had ‘every right’ to interfere with 2020 election”

September 2, 2024, 5:13 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Axios, on a story that is getting surprisingly little attention: Former President Trump said he had “every right” to interfere with the results of the 2020 presidential election a Fox News interview that aired Sunday. Why it matters: Trump’s recent remarks… Continue reading

“Paxton’s election fraud charges upend lives but result in few convictions”

September 2, 2024, 3:40 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo deep dive: The church leader’s case fits a pattern that has emerged in Texas under Paxton: Aggressive prosecutions for alleged election fraud crimes that upend lives but result in few cases that go to trial and end in a… Continue reading

“GOP network props up liberal third-party candidates in key states, hoping to siphon off Harris votes”

September 2, 2024, 7:52 amballot access, chicaneryRick Hasen

AP: Across the country, a network of Republican political operatives, lawyers and their allies is trying to shape November’s election in ways that favor former President Donald Trump. Their goal is to prop up third-party candidates such as West who… Continue reading

“Federal judge blocks enforcement of new Ohio ban on noncitizen contributions to ballot issue campaigns”

September 2, 2024, 7:50 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Cleveland.com: A federal judge on Saturday blocked key portions of Ohio’s new law restricting lawful permanent residents, visa-holders and others from contributing to statewide ballot issue campaigns. The injunction came one day before the law was to take effect…. Ohio’s … Continue reading

“California is racing to combat deepfakes ahead of the election”

September 1, 2024, 8:16 amcheap speechRick Hasen

LA Times: On Friday, California lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that would prohibit the distribution of deceptive campaign ads or “election communication” within 120 days of an election. Assembly Bill 2839 targets manipulated content that would harm a… Continue reading

“Improving Voter-Centered Representation in Local Government”

August 31, 2024, 6:53 pmUncategorizedNicholas Stephanopoulos

This launch event for TrueViews will be held on Tuesday, September 3, from 11am – 12:15pm, both in-person and virtually. TrueViews is a new site I’ve been working on together with Justin De Benedictis-Kessner, Ruth Greenwood, and Chris Warshaw, funded… Continue reading

“Prosecutors Seek Simpler Path in Federal Election Case, as Trump Seeks Delays”

August 31, 2024, 12:23 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: Federal prosecutors and lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump filed dueling proposals on Friday night about how to move forward in the case accusing him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election in light of the Supreme Court’s… Continue reading

“North Carolina ballot order sparks misleading claims of election interference”

August 31, 2024, 12:20 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

AFP fact check.

“Nebraska Supreme Court weighs felon voting law: How it could affect 2024 election”

August 31, 2024, 12:19 pmfelon votingRick Hasen

USA Today: Elections and politics suddenly became more real to Aaron Pettes this summer when he learned that for the first time in his life he was eligible to vote. The 44-year-old former felon in Omaha is one of an… Continue reading

“RFK Jr. can’t get off ballot in North Carolina, can’t get back on it in New York”

August 31, 2024, 12:15 pmballot accessRick Hasen

AP‘s headline shows you how ludicrous our current system is—where RFK Jr. is not and never was a viable candidate, and all the jockeying is about whether it will help or hurt the major party candidates for him to… Continue reading

Divided Ninth Circuit Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Federal Law that Requires Hawaii to Allow Former Residents Who Move to CNMI to Vote, But Not Those Who Move to Other U.S. Territories Including Guam, Just 37 Miles from CNMI

August 30, 2024, 3:37 pmvotingRick Hasen

The majority applied rational basis review; the dissenter would have applied Anderson-Burdick balancing and remanded. The majority expressed concern about the lack of voting rights of those who live in U.S. territories but said litigation was the wrong way to… Continue reading

The other Bush v. Gore issue in Pennsylvania

August 30, 2024, 12:40 pmelection administrationDerek Muller

Rick H. links to the recent Pennsylvania court decision and notes that there could be a Legislature Thereof Clause-style challenge to it, a la Chief Justice Rehnquist’s opinion in Bush v. Gore as ratified in some form in Moore v.… Continue reading