“Trump Allies Have a Plan to Hurt Biden’s Chances: Elevate Outsider Candidates”

April 10, 2024, 7:49 amthird partiesRick Hasen

NYT: Allies of Donald J. Trump are discussing ways to elevate third-party candidates in battleground states to divert votes away from President Biden, along with other covert tactics to diminish Democratic votes. They plan to promote the independent candidate Robert… Continue reading

“Content creators ask Meta to reverse politics limits on Instagram, Threads”

April 10, 2024, 7:47 amcheap speechRick Hasen

Taylor Lorenz for WaPo: Hundreds of political and news content creators, along with activists, meme account administrators and journalists, have signed an open letter to Meta asking the company to reverse its decision to limit the reach of accounts posting… Continue reading

“Why Trump’s ‘hush money’ case is bigger than hush money; The judge indicates that this might be another case of election interference. Could it have affected the outcome?”

April 10, 2024, 7:44 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Aaron Blake for WaPo: But that last shorthand might not be totally apt, if a Monday letter from the judge in the case is any measure. Indeed, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan seems to indicate that what we… Continue reading

Travis Crum: “Originalism, Lived Experience, and the Twenty-Sixth Amendment”

April 10, 2024, 7:41 amvotingRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Travis Crum: Next week, the Supreme Court will consider whether to grant cert in Cascino v. Nelson. The question presented in Cascino is whether Texas’s law allowing any voter who is… Continue reading

Why Is California Preregistration of 17-year-olds So They Are Ready to Vote at Age 18 Stuck at a Low 15% Despite “Automatic Voter Registration?”

April 10, 2024, 7:39 amvoter registrationRick Hasen

Laura Brill and Lisa Cohen explain that not all “automatic voter registration” is the same.

Speaking on April 21 Panel at the L.A. Times Book Festival on My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote”

April 10, 2024, 7:34 amReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

Looking forward to this conversation: By the People, For the People: Conversations on Safeguarding Democracy – Tickets Required Town and Gown Sunday, Apr 21 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Event Description Sometimes it’s hard to tell if it’s normal for… Continue reading

Ned Foley Blogging the Weeks of April 15 and April 22

April 10, 2024, 7:30 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

As we get closer to the end of the spring semester and into the summer, ELB contributors will be taking one or two week stints as ELB primary bloggers. This gives me a chance to get a bit of a… Continue reading

“Alabama secretary of state says Democratic convention too late to get Biden on ballot this fall”

April 10, 2024, 7:29 amballot accessRick Hasen

Al.com: Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen has notified the state and national Democratic parties that the scheduled date of the Democratic National Convention is a few days after the deadline for the party to put its nominees for president… Continue reading

“At least 104 Southern California voters mailed their ballots on time. They weren’t counted”

April 9, 2024, 4:41 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Press Enterprise: On or before the March 5 primary, 104 voters in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties mailed their ballots. Legally, those ballots should have been counted, barring a problem like a ballot envelope signature not matching… Continue reading

“2 Men Fined $1.25 Million for Robocall Scheme to Suppress Black Vote”

April 9, 2024, 4:02 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Two right-wing political operatives who used a robocall campaign to try to discourage Black New Yorkers from voting in the 2020 election will pay up to $1.25 million for their actions, the New York State attorney general’s office announced … Continue reading

“California State Appeals Court Rules that Lower Court Was Correct to Let Candidate Run for Two Offices Simultaneously”

April 9, 2024, 11:01 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

BAN on the Vince Fong case.

“Republican National Committee courts election conspiracy theorists to help watch polls”

April 9, 2024, 9:14 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Zachary Roth: As the Republican National Committee ramps up plans to monitor the polls for illegal voting this fall, the national party is increasingly working with a loose network of anti-fraud extremists who have been found to routinely spread… Continue reading

“Trump-endorsed senate candidate claims nursing home residents shouldn’t be able to vote”

April 9, 2024, 7:15 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

The Independent: A Wisconsin senate candidate, who has been endorsed by 77-year-old Donald Trump, has suggested that nursing home residents are too old to vote, new audio has revealed. Republican Eric Hovde, 60, recently appeared on the conservative Guy Benson … Continue reading

Honored to Give the 50th Anniversary David W. Peck Lecture & Dinner: “How Can We Safeguard American Democracy” (Wabash College, April 18)

April 9, 2024, 7:09 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Honored to be speaking next week: 50th Anniversary David W. Peck Lecture & Dinner April 18, 2024 Senior Peck Medal Recipient and Lecturer Professor Richard Hasen UCLA Law School “How Can We Safeguard American Democracy?” Americans are up in arms… Continue reading

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