“Failed Republican candidate arrested in shootings targeting Democratic politicians’ homes”

January 17, 2023, 6:35 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Albuquerque Journal: Albuquerque police on Monday arrested the man they say is the “mastermind” behind a recent string of shootings targeting Democratic lawmakers’ homes. The suspect, Solomon Pena, is a Republican who unsuccessfully ran for office in November, has made… Continue reading

“Part I: Alaska’s constitutional convention spending spree”

January 17, 2023, 6:21 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

The Fulcrum: This is the first of four parts in an exclusive weekly series of articles in The Fulcrum by J.H. Snider on Alaska’s 2022 periodic constitutional convention referendum. Part I describes the spending spree over the referendum. Part II proposes… Continue reading

“GOP action on mail ballot timelines angers military families”

January 17, 2023, 6:16 ammilitary votingRick Hasen

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“Records Show George Santos Made Questionable Payments to Vendors”

January 16, 2023, 4:14 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Newsday: Campaign committees tied to Rep. George Santos paid tens of thousands of dollars to newly formed companies with opaque histories and meager track records of working for other candidates, a Newsday review ofstate and federal filings shows. Election… Continue reading

“Driven by Election Deniers, This County Recounted 2020 Votes Last Week”

January 16, 2023, 2:59 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: On the 797th day after the defeat of former President Donald J. Trump, a rural Pennsylvania county on Monday began a recount of ballots from Election Day 2020. Under pressure from conspiracy theorists and election deniers, 28 employees of… Continue reading

“‘The most important election nobody’s ever heard of”

January 16, 2023, 2:57 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: Control of the Wisconsin state Supreme Court is on the ballot this spring, and the contest could decide the fate of abortion rights, redistricting and more in the critical swing state. Should a more liberal-leaning jurist win the job… Continue reading

Georgia: “No takeover recommended in Fulton County elections board probe”

January 13, 2023, 10:49 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Stephen Fowler for GPB: Fulton County’s elections board should not be suspended and replaced under a 2021 “election takeover” law, according to a recommendation from a bipartisan panel tasked with reviewing the county’s operations over the past 17 months. In… Continue reading

“A 2 million-person, campaign-wide field experiment shows how digital advertising affects voter turnout”

January 13, 2023, 8:14 amcampaignsRick Hasen

New in Nature Human Behavior from Minali Aggarwal et al.: We present the results of a large, US$8.9 million campaign-wide field experiment, conducted among 2 million moderate- and low-information persuadable voters in five battleground states during the 2020 US presidential… Continue reading

“William Consovoy Dies at 48; Took Conservative Cases to the Supreme Court”

January 13, 2023, 8:05 amelection law bizRick Hasen

NYT: William Consovoy, a rising star within the conservative legal firmament who made his name arguing landmark cases on election law and affirmative action, often before the Supreme Court, and who represented President Donald J. Trump in his effort to… Continue reading

New Documents Show Heritage Actions Activities to Make Voting and Registration Harder

January 13, 2023, 7:58 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

The Guardian: The 990 tax filing was obtained by the watchdog group Documented and shared with the Guardian. It points to the pivotal role that Heritage Action is increasingly playing in shaping the rules that govern US democracy. The efforts… Continue reading

“Despite mail voting changes, ballot rejections remain relatively low in 2022 midterms”

January 13, 2023, 7:13 amabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

NPR: Hundreds of thousands of mail ballots were rejected across the country during the 2022 general election, according to a state-by-state analysis by NPR. That’s about 1% of ballots that were returned to election officials, a rate similar to prior… Continue reading

“Republican candidate’s wife arrested, charged with casting 23 fraudulent votes for her husband in the 2020 election”

January 12, 2023, 5:53 pmabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

Insider: The wife of an Iowa Republican who ran for Congress in 2020 was arrested Thursday and accused of casting 23 fraudulent votes on behalf of her husband. In an 11-page indictment, prosecutors allege that Kim Phuong Taylor “visited numerous… Continue reading

“How six controversies from 2022 can help Arizona fix its elections now”

January 12, 2023, 5:11 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

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“In Ohio’s Redistricting Redo, a New Justice and a New Speaker Will Steer the Ship”

January 12, 2023, 12:40 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

New at Bolts Mag: It’s Groundhog Day in Columbus. After a protracted redistricting battle last year that saw Republicans adopt a relentless barrage of gerrymanders, only to have them repeatedly struck down by the state supreme court, Ohio must again… Continue reading