“GOP appeals date ruling on mail-in ballots to Pa. Supreme Court”

September 5, 2024, 7:08 amabsentee ballots, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Trib Live: The Republican National Committee and Republican Party of Pennsylvania are appealing a Commonwealth Court ruling that mail-in ballots with incorrect or missing dates on their outer envelopes should be counted. The appeal to the state Supreme Court was… Continue reading

“Texas Attorney General Sues to Stop Voter Registration Push in San Antonio”

September 5, 2024, 7:04 amchicanery, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT: Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas went to court on Wednesday to try to stop county leaders in San Antonio from sending out more than 200,000 voter registration applications to unregistered residents of Bexar County. The lawsuit by Mr.… Continue reading

ELB Book Corner: Kareem Crayton: “HBCU’s and Election Integrity” (in Zelizer/Greenberg Volume)

September 5, 2024, 7:00 amelection administration, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I am very pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner three contributors to the edited volume, Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a National Security Issue (Julian E. Zelizer & Karen J. Greenberg eds. NYU Press 2024). The third… Continue reading

“‘Bigger threat’: Feds accuse Russia’s RT network in $10 million election misinformation plot”

September 4, 2024, 2:09 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

USA Today: The Justice Department charged two Russian citizens with directing a $10 million campaign to influence the 2024 election through online platforms that flooded millions of Americans with disinformation, Attorney General Me r rick Garland announced Wednesday. The… Continue reading

“Supreme Court Complicates Arizona Voter Registration Efforts”

September 4, 2024, 2:00 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld reports.

“Minnesota’s Voting Rights Act Preserves This Key Protection A Federal Court Has Erased”

September 4, 2024, 9:18 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Bolts: Conservative judges on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals last fall dealt a near-fatal blow to the Voting Rights Act, the landmark federal law, in the seven states the circuit covers. Breaking precedent, the court ruled that… Continue reading

“Despite protestations, prosecution of Donald Trump for violating federal election law well-grounded: Mark R. Brown”

September 4, 2024, 9:16 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Cleveland.com oped: [Brad] Smith’s points are misleading, confusing and often incorrect. The FECA places limits ($2,700 in 2016) on how much individuals may legally contribute to federal campaigns, and Cohen’s payment of $130,000 to Daniels plainly exceeded this limit.… Continue reading

“A Democracy With Everything but a Choice; A new analysis of American elections finds that in half of all races for partisan offices, a candidate runs unopposed. Democrats are the biggest no-shows.”

September 4, 2024, 7:43 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Michael Wines for the NYT.

“Here’s why many election experts aren’t freaking out about certification this year”

September 4, 2024, 7:40 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Miles Parks for NPR: Across the country, dozens of local officials this year are tasked with some role in certification who have shown an openness to refusing to do so, based on disproven or unsubstantiated election conspiracy theories, according to… Continue reading

“What Would Stop the Steal 2.0 Look Like?”

September 4, 2024, 7:38 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

The Dispatch: Much has been done to strengthen the federal law governing the counting of Electoral College votes in Congress to prevent the chaos that occurred on January 6, 2021 (more on that below). But intense post-election chaos could… Continue reading

ELB Book Corner: Nate Persily: “Election Administration and the Right to Vote” (in Zelizer/Greenberg Volume)

September 4, 2024, 7:00 amELB Book Corner, election administrationRick Hasen

“No, local election officials can’t block certification of results – there are plenty of legal safeguards”

September 4, 2024, 5:52 amelection administrationDerek Muller

I have this piece in The Conversation. It begins: Some local election officials have refused to certify election results in the past few years. Georgia has new administrative rules that invite election officials to investigate results before certifying. And… Continue reading

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