“Issue One announces new Faces of Democracy members, including Secretaries of State Brad Raffensperger and Jocelyn Benson”

February 16, 2023, 9:20 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Announcement: Issue One is pleased to welcome Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to Faces of Democracy, a growing bipartisan campaign made up of election officials and poll workers from across the country united in… Continue reading

Georgia Grand Jury Report: “We find by a unanimous vote that no widespread fraud took place in the Georgia 2020 presidential election that could result in overturning that election.”

February 16, 2023, 8:24 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

For those looking for details on suggestions for indictments related to 2020 attempted election subversion in Georgia, the redacted report provides nothing of subtance. But we should not overlook these important findings:

“Republicans have won the Senate half the time since 2000 despite winning fewer votes than Democrats”

February 16, 2023, 8:17 amlegislation and legislaturesRick Hasen

Stephen Wolf analysis for Daily Kos: Even though Democrats retained the Senate—and expanded their majority—in 2022, the results nonetheless marked the continuation of an unwelcome trend: Our new data shows that Senate Republicans last won more votes or represented more … Continue reading

LWV Announces Staff Promotions, Including the Great Adam Ambrogi to Chief of External Affairs

February 16, 2023, 8:13 amelection law bizRick Hasen

Announcement.

A two-track election administration complication for non-citizen voting in the District of Columbia

February 16, 2023, 8:04 amvoter registration, votingDerek Muller

In the fall of 2022, the District of Columbia enacted a law that permitted residents who were not United States citizens to vote in local elections. Local voting opportunities for non-citizens have been the source of some recent expansion and … Continue reading

“Jan. 6 documents: Georgia legislators answered Trump’s call to overturn election”

February 16, 2023, 7:54 amchicanery, election subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

AJC: With his chances of winning Georgia slipping away in December 2020, then-President Donald Trump hit upon a novel scheme to stay in power: State legislators would name him the winner. So, while his allies spun dubious tales of voting … Continue reading

“Special counsel is locked in at least 8 secret court battles in Trump investigations”

February 16, 2023, 7:49 amDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

CNN: Special counsel Jack Smith is locked in at least eight secret court battles that aim to unearth some of the most closely held details about Donald Trump’s actions after the 2020 election and handling of classified material, according… Continue reading

“The Separation of Legislative Powers in the Initiative Process”

February 16, 2023, 7:43 amdirect democracyRick Hasen

Anthony Johnstone has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Nebraska Law Review). Here is the abstract: This article recenters the initiative process as a power and considers the implications of a divided legislative branch through a frame of state separation… Continue reading

Haaretz: “The Israelis destabilizing democracy and disrupting elections worldwide”

February 15, 2023, 11:25 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Haaretz email: As Israeli democracy confronts its greatest threat yet, an investigation led by Haaretz, TheMarker and Radio France exposes clandestine attacks disrupting democratic processes across the globe.The proprietors of this international chaos machine, as uncovered in the course of… Continue reading

“State Constitutions and Youth Voting Rights”

February 15, 2023, 11:17 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Josh Douglas has posted this draft on SSRN (Rutgers Law Review, and part of this symposium on the 26th Amendment). Here is the abstract: This short essay, prepared for the Rutgers University Law Review Symposium on the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, shows… Continue reading

“Donald Trump Changes Tune on Mail-in Voting, Ballot Collection”

February 15, 2023, 11:13 amabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WSJ: After years of assailing early voting, Donald Trump is having a change of heart. The 2024 presidential candidate remains critical of various forms of early voting, advisers say, but his campaign is nonetheless mounting an effort to pursue such… Continue reading

“Non-Retrogression Without Law”

February 15, 2023, 7:23 amUncategorizedNicholas Stephanopoulos

Eric McGhee, Chris Warshaw, and I just posted this paper, written for the University of Chicago Legal Forum’s symposium on Borders and Boundaries, addressing the extent of retrogression in states formerly covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights… Continue reading

#ELB20th: 20 Years of the Election Law Blog, and 20 Years of American Democracy’s Slow (and Faster) Deterioration: A Call for Vigilance and Resilience

February 15, 2023, 6:47 am#ELB20th, Supreme Court, theoryRick Hasen

Twenty years ago this month, I began the Election Law Blog. It was a continuation of sorts of news and commentary that I had been sharing with election law professors, first via a listserv Dan Lowenstein and I created that… Continue reading

“Election deniers face a nationwide wave of pushbacks”

February 15, 2023, 6:43 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: When the new Arizona attorney general took office last month, she repurposed a unit once exclusively devoted to rooting outelection fraud to focus on voting rights and ballot access. In North Carolina on Tuesday, theState Board of Elections began… Continue reading