“Wisconsin Supreme Court justice won’t seek reelection, shaking up the race”

April 11, 2024, 8:18 amjudicial electionsRick Hasen

WaPo: The longest-serving member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s 4-3 liberal majority announced Thursday she would not run for reelection next year, shaking up a consequential race in a swing state and giving conservatives their last hope of regaining control… Continue reading

“The fight for a single electoral vote rages on in Nebraska”

April 11, 2024, 8:09 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

CNN: Omaha is a blue dot in a sea of Nebraska red, which is precisely why Donald Trump and his allies are furiously fighting to change the state’s system of awarding electoral votes in presidential elections. Even after the Nebraska… Continue reading

“GOP leaders pursue new lawsuits over 2024 election rules – including attacking methods of voting they want supporters to use”

April 11, 2024, 7:00 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

CNN: Republican leaders are encouraging their supporters to vote by mail in this year’s consequential presidential election, even as their party pursues lawsuits and legislation that would make it harder for those votes to count. The Republican National Committee and… Continue reading

“RNC under Lara Trump spreads ‘massive fraud’ claims about 2020 election”

April 11, 2024, 6:56 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: The Republican National Committee last week sent out a scripted call to voters’ phones on behalf of new co-chair Lara Trump saying Democrats committed “massive fraud” in the 2020 election. It’s the latest example of how the RNC under… Continue reading

Federal Court Rejects on Standing Grounds Michigan Legislators Suit Against Voting Initiatives Premised on Embrace of Rejected ISLT Theory

April 11, 2024, 6:51 amlegislation and legislaturesRick Hasen

You can read the decision at this link. Here was my initial coverage: Michigan GOP Lawmakers Appear to Rely on Rejected Version of Independent State Legislature Theory to Attack Recent Voting Laws Passed by Initiative October 2, 2023, … Continue reading

“Why Criminal Recordkeeping Laws Are Justified, Including in the Case Against Trump”

April 11, 2024, 6:45 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Andrew Jennings blogs: The People v. Donald J. Trump invites a deeper consideration of the normative and pragmatic bases for criminalizing recordkeeping-related conduct. In a new article, I observe that recordkeeping crimes are more than mere foot faults… Continue reading

“Fueling the FIRE: Responses to Richard Hasen on how the government should identify professional journalists for access and protection”

April 11, 2024, 6:38 amFirst Amendment theoryRick Hasen

Ron Collins for First Amendment News: Last week, I posted excerpts from Professor Richard Hasen’s essay on how the government might best identify professional journalists for access to government events, as well as the related protections afforded to journalists.… Continue reading

“Overcoming Racial Harms to Democracy from Artificial Intelligence”

April 10, 2024, 4:58 pmUncategorizedAI, Artificial Intelligence, bias, deepfake, pluralismSpencer Overton

I posted this paper to SSRN, which will be published in the Iowa Law Review. The abstract is below: While the United States is becoming more racially diverse, generative artificial intelligence and related technologies threaten to undermine truly representative democracy.… Continue reading

“Barcodes on paper ballots: the good, the bad, and the stealth”

April 10, 2024, 12:34 pmvoting technologyRick Hasen

Andrew Appel blogs.

Watch Archived Video of Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar, “Race and the Risk of Election Subversion”

April 10, 2024, 12:28 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

You can watch this important conversation with Sophia Lin Lakin (ACLU), Spencer Overton (George Washington University Law School), and Sonni Waknin (UCLA Voting Rights Project), moderated by me, at this link. See also Spencer Overton’s comments on the panel… Continue reading

“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