“Conservative push to alter Constitution focuses on primaries”

August 12, 2022, 9:18 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: The fliers piled up in mailboxes in central South Dakota like snow during a high-plains blizzard: “Transgender Sex Education in Schools?” one asked. “Vote Against Sex Ed Radical Mary Duvall for State Senate.”The mailers were part of a… Continue reading

“This conservative group helped push a disputed election theory”

August 12, 2022, 8:46 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Hansi Lo Wang for NPR: A controversial legal theory that could radically reshape presidential and congressional elections has had a vocal supporter in filings to the U.S. Supreme Court.Since 2020, a conservative group advocating for more restrictive voting laws has… Continue reading

Pennsylvania error prompts meeting with judge over Lancaster County mail-in ballot case

August 12, 2022, 7:50 amelection administrationDerek Muller

Last month, I blogged about the mail-in ballot dispute in Pennsylvania. I noted that mandamus was not appropriate and the case was nothing like the recent Otero County, New Mexico case. That dispute took about 48 hours to resolve.… Continue reading

“NC Dems demand investigation of Forsyth DA Jim O’Neill. Party claims he made false statements about AG Josh Stein.”

August 11, 2022, 4:38 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Winston-Salem Journal: The N.C. Democratic Party wants the Wake County District Attorney’s Office to open a criminal investigation into statements that Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill made during his 2020 race to unseat N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein.The party… Continue reading

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Proves Likely Violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Lyman County Commissioner Redistricting

August 11, 2022, 4:33 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can find the court’s order on the preliminary injunction at this link. The Tribe and individual voters are represented by the Native American Rights Fund, Public Counsel, the Law Office of Bryan Sells, the Law Office of… Continue reading

New Fairvote Report: Best Practices for Releasing Ranked Choice Voting Election Results

August 11, 2022, 11:02 amalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

Find it here. And more info specifically on Alaska.

“LexisNexis Launches New Voting Law Resource to Provide a Transparent Overview of the U.S. Election Landscape”

August 11, 2022, 10:41 ampedagogyRick Hasen

Release: LexisNexis® Legal & Professional and the LexisNexis® Rule of Law Foundation today announced the launch of the LexisNexis® U.S. Voting Laws & Legislation Center. The initial release of the tool provides free, public access to a curated and… Continue reading

“Inbox beware: Federal watchdog approves Google program to let campaigns skip spam filters”

August 11, 2022, 9:59 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Politico: The Federal Election Commission, the nation’s chief campaign finance watchdog agency, gave its blessing to a program proposed by Google on Thursday that will effectively allow federal campaigns and other political committees to bypass spam filters and land in… Continue reading

“At least 10 Republican nominees for state elections chief have disputed the legitimacy of the 2020 election”

August 11, 2022, 9:35 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Daniel Dale for CNN: In at least 10 states, the Republican nominee for the job of overseeing future elections is someone who has questioned, rejected or tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election.Secretaries of state will play a… Continue reading

Twitter Announces It is Beginning to Enforce Its Civic Integrity Policy for the 2022 Midterm Elections

August 11, 2022, 8:05 amcheap speechRick Hasen

From the thread: https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1557713457469964288?s=20&t=CG-6O4YYzzE43i52ni31gQ We will be watching to see how this goes.

“Countering the New Election Subversion: The Democracy Principle and the Role of State Courts”

August 11, 2022, 8:03 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Jessica Bulman-Pozen and Miriam Seifter have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Wisconsin Law Review). Here is the abstract: Among the threats to American democracy, the most serious may also be the most banal: that future elections will be compromised… Continue reading

“Historians privately warn Biden that America’s democracy is teetering”

August 11, 2022, 7:10 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: President Biden paused last week, during one of the busiest stretches of his presidency, for a nearly two-hour private history lesson from a group of academics who raised alarms about the dire condition of democracy at home and abroad.The… Continue reading

“Sen. Graham fights subpoena in Georgia election probe”

August 11, 2022, 7:06 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: Prosecutors in Atlanta said they need a special grand jury to hear from U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham because he may be able to provide insight into the extent of any coordinated efforts to influence the results of the… Continue reading

2022 Election Law Teacher Database

August 11, 2022, 6:46 amelection law bizRick Hasen

It is now available here.

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