“From Long Lines To Frustrated Voters, Georgia Election Plagued By Problems”

June 9, 2020, 8:01 pmelection administration, Election MeltdownRick Hasen

AP: Voters endured heat, pouring rain and waits as long as five hours Tuesday to cast ballots in Georgia, demonstrating a fierce desire to participate in the democratic process while raising questions about the emerging battleground state’s ability to manage… Continue reading

“After record primary turnout, Iowa senate Republicans try to limit vote-by-mail in presidential election”

June 9, 2020, 7:51 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Fortune reports.

“Mail-in voting delays in primary cause Pennsylvania to sound alarm about November”

June 9, 2020, 7:49 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

ABC News: Now, a week after the primary, votes are still being counted, leading local election officials to sound the alarm, warning America may not know the outcome in the battleground state on election night in November.“We don’t want… Continue reading

“Voting Rights and Election Integrity at the Time of COVID-19”

June 9, 2020, 4:39 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

You can now watch the video of my talk last week with my UCI Law colleague Henry Weinstein as part of UCI Law’s “Covid and the Law” series.

“Say goodbye to ‘Election Night’ and hello to ‘Election Week'”

June 9, 2020, 7:50 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NBC News: Now less than five months out from the general election, Americans need to brace themselves for the real possibility that the presidential contest won’t be decided on Election Night.And that’s even if one of the candidates ultimately… Continue reading

“Minuscule number of potentially fraudulent ballots in states with universal mail voting undercuts Trump claims about election risks”

June 9, 2020, 7:47 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“Some states have embraced online voting. It’s a huge risk. People’s phones, tablets and computers are vulnerable to hackers. Securing the internet could take a decade or more. But some states are plowing ahead anyway.”

June 9, 2020, 7:45 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Eric Geller for Politico.

“In Georgia, primary day starts with long lines, broken machines — a potential preview of November”

June 9, 2020, 7:21 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: Lines snaked out the doors, some polling locations didn’t open on time, and others had no working voting machines in at least four counties in the first hour of voting in Georgia’s primary elections Tuesday, a potential preview… Continue reading

“Absentee voting in Georgia embraced equally by voters of both parties”

June 8, 2020, 1:06 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

AJC: No matter their political party, Georgia voters quickly adapted to voting by mail in a primary election hindered by the coronavirus pandemic.Over 1.2 million people have already voted — about three-quarters of them on absentee ballots — according… Continue reading

“New Report Advises Election Officials on Protecting Voters and the Vote Despite Covid-19 and Cyberattacks”

June 8, 2020, 12:15 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

New report from the Brennan Center.

“GOP recruits army of poll watchers to fight voter fraud no one can prove exists”

June 8, 2020, 12:14 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NBC News reports: Republicans are recruiting an estimated 50,000 volunteers to act as “poll watchers” in November, part of a multimillion-dollar effort to police who votes and how.That effort, coordinated by the Republican National Committee and President Donald Trump’s re-election … Continue reading

“Amid Pandemic and Upheaval, New Cyber Risks to the Presidential Election”

June 7, 2020, 8:43 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

NYT: President Trump has repeatedly said that mail-in ballots invite voter fraud and would benefit Democrats. It is a baseless claim: Mail-in voting has resulted in little fraud in the five states that have used it for years, and a … Continue reading

“Election Day 2020 could yield a catastrophic mess”

June 7, 2020, 5:19 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

E.J. Dionne in WaPo: All who rightly insist that remedying embedded racism and economic injustice requires both organized protests and election victories must reckon with this possibility: Election Day 2020 could be a catastrophic mess.Whose interest would a chaotic election… Continue reading

“Long lines, missing mail-in ballots and confusion this week exposed the problems that could plague the November election”

June 6, 2020, 3:33 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

Grace Panetta for Business Insider. MORE from Steven Rosenfeld at National Memo.

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