“Mississippi mail voting case at the Fifth Circuit could quickly become a national issue”
Chris Geidner:
Three of the most extreme right-wing Trump judicial appointees are set to hear arguments next week in an election law appeal that could quickly make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court — and, if the challengers get… Continue reading
Delivering 68th Miller Lecture at Georgia State University September 25: “A Real Right to Vote”
Very excited to be joining the great group of those scholars who have given the Miller Lecture. Details:
The 68th Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture Series
“A Real Right to Vote”
Featuring
Rick L. HasenUCLA LawGary T. Schwartz Endowed… Continue reading
Giving Constitution Day Lecture September 24 at Stockton University: “A Real Right to Vote”
Looking forward to this event:
A Real Right to Vote
Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 6:00 p.m.Stockton University Campus Center Event Room
Richard L. Hasen is the Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law, Professor of Political Science, and Director… Continue reading
Delivering Constitution Day Lecture Sept. 23 at Franklin College: “Safeguarding American Democracy: Why We Need a Real Right to Vote.”
Release:
Franklin College will welcome Richard L. Hasen, J.D., M.A., Ph.D., to campus as the Constitution Day speaker on Monday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. in the Branigin Room of the Napolitan Student Center. Hasen will serve as the… Continue reading
A disgraceful Ohio Supreme Court decision
In the 2010s, Ohio voters approved constitutional amendments that aimed to curb partisan gerrymandering primarily by requiring parties’ legislative seats to be roughly proportional to their statewide votes. This strategy has now come to be seen as a failure because… Continue reading
Election Deniers on the Ballot as State Chief Election Officers
Bolts:
In some of these states, including Missouri, Oregon, and Vermont, a candidate is once again running who has clearly embraced false conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. They’ve proposed taking drastic actions such as ending… Continue reading
General Services Administration updates guidance for 2024 presidential transition
The Electoral Count Reform Act was only a part of the reforms a bipartisan Senate working group developed in relation to presidential elections. Another was the Presidential Transition Improvement Act to help facilitate a new administration’s ability to hit the… Continue reading
Julie Zavon: “Fixing Pennsylvania’s Polling Place Lookup Tool”
The following is a guest post from Julie Zavon, which shows how citizens seeking to improve the process of election administration really can make a difference, especially when they can get a reporter interested in a story:
The PA polling… Continue reading
Download the Revised Draft of My Forthcoming Yale Law Journal Piece, “The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law”
You can find the revised draft here. The new draft incorporates discussion of the Supreme Court shadow docket order in the Arizona voter registration case and greatly expands Part III of the paper, discussing democratic theory and international human… Continue reading
“New Survey Reveals Strong Shareholder Support for Companies to Follow a Code of Conduct for Political Spending”
“How the Election Denial Mindset Works”
Elaine Godfrey for The Atlantic.
“Brief – Generating Confusion: Stress-Testing AI Chatbot Responses on Voting with a Disability”
New from CDT:
Even as the “year of elections” draws to a close, the United States’ elections loom. From cyberattacks to mis- and disinformation spread on social media by foreign and domestic actors, digital technology has impacted the discourse, information… Continue reading
“A secretive group recruited far-right candidates in key US House races. It could help Democrats”
AP:
Joe Wiederien was an unlikely candidate to challenge a Republican congressman in one of the nation’s most competitive House districts.
A fervent supporter of former President Donald Trump, Wiederien was registered as a Republican until months earlier. A… Continue reading