“Three reasons why NJ should cut the ‘county line’ from ballots”

March 21, 2024, 6:47 amUncategorizedNicholas Stephanopoulos

Tyler Simko and I wrote this column for New Jersey Spotlight News about the distortive “county line” system of ballot design. HLS’s Election Law Clinic also filed this amicus brief in the ongoing litigation over the county line. The brief… Continue reading

“Democrats Prepare Aggressive Counter to Third-Party Threats”

March 20, 2024, 5:20 pmballot access, third partiesRick Hasen

NYT: The Democratic Party, increasingly alarmed by the potential for third-party candidates to swing the election to former President Donald J. Trump, has put together a new team of lawyers aimed at tracking the threat, especially in key battleground states.… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with Wilfred Codrington for the Brennan Center on My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote”

March 20, 2024, 5:17 pmReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

This conversation was a real treat. Watch:

“Secure, Credible, and Accessible 2024 Elections”

March 20, 2024, 5:14 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

New report from the Conference Board: Conducting an election that is secure, credible, and accessible is essential not only to ensuring public trust in elections but also to the position of the US as a global beacon of democracy. A… Continue reading

“How a new way of electing the House can change our politics”

March 20, 2024, 5:11 pmalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

Drew Penrose and David Daley oped: The most meaningful change would put an end to winner-take-all, single-member districts and create a proportional House with larger, multimember districts and proportional voting. This might sound like a big lift, but it’s… Continue reading

“Group Takes on Charitable Political Speech Prohibition”

March 20, 2024, 7:35 amtax law and election lawRick Hasen

Tax Notes: A nonprofit is seeking declaratory judgment from the Tax Court that charitable organizations shouldn’t be restricted from political speech. The group filed a March 18 petition with the Tax Court, which was served March 19, seeking a declaratory… Continue reading

“Why Everyone in New Jersey Politics Is Talking About ‘the Line'”

March 20, 2024, 7:25 amballot accessRick Hasen

NYT: New Jersey election ballots have long been designed to benefit the favored candidates of local political leaders. But now, in the middle of a high-stakes Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, a move to declare the ballot design unconstitutional could… Continue reading

California: “A Central Valley politician was charged with voter fraud. Right-wing conspiracies took over”

March 19, 2024, 5:46 pmabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

LA Times: Hicks, a real estate agent from Lodi, believes California’s universal vote-by-mail process is fraught with fraud risks, echoing unfounded messaging from the far right that election officials nationwide have worked to combat since Donald Trump and his allies… Continue reading

“Democrats spurn use of certification process to block a Trump win”

March 19, 2024, 2:48 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Roll Call: Congressional Democrats are showing no signs of using the Electoral College certification process to enforce the 14th Amendment and deny Donald Trump a second presidential term if he wins in November. The Supreme Court’s decision this month to… Continue reading

“New data shows it’s gotten easier to vote in the U.S. since 2000”

March 19, 2024, 11:08 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Miles Parks for NPR: For all the concern in recent years that U.S. democracy is on the brink, in danger or under threat, a report out Tuesday offers a glimmer of good news for American voters worried that casting a… Continue reading

Pennsylvania: “Push to cut 10s of thousands from Allegheny County voter rolls feeds fears”

March 19, 2024, 10:40 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Public Source: Clara Osburg has lived in Allegheny County since 2011 and is a regular voter — including in last fall’s municipal election. So it came as a surprise when she received a letter in late January from the county:… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video of Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar, “Business’s Role in Preventing Democratic Backsliding”

March 19, 2024, 8:55 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

This was a great conversation, featuring Daniella Ballou-Aares (Leadership Now Project), Richard Eidlin (Business for America), Ben Ginsberg (Hoover Institution, Stanford), moderated by Richard H. Pildes (NYU School of Law). Watch:

“Potential 2024 candidates keep saying no, but No Labels is pressing forward anyway”

March 19, 2024, 6:24 amballot access, third partiesRick Hasen

NBC News: No Labels is still working to find its dream third-party presidential ticket for 2024 — but there’s a hitch: It keeps getting turned down. The deep-pocketed centrist group once envisioned a vigorous public competition to join its ticket,… Continue reading

“Trump is making the Jan. 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for the White House”

March 19, 2024, 6:13 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

AP: Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his … Continue reading