New Lawsuit Over Tennessee Absentee Ballot Rules in Light of COVID-19

May 1, 2020, 3:43 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

Release via email: The state of Tennessee imposes strict limits on eligibility for voting absentee and uses criminal penalties to deter people from assisting voters with obtaining absentee ballots. In the midst of a global pandemic, the Lawyers’ Committee for … Continue reading

“LWV of North Dakota Files Lawsuit for Fair Ballot Signature Match Process”

May 1, 2020, 1:17 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Release via email: Today, the League of Women Voters of North Dakota filed a lawsuit asking the United States District Court of North Dakota to provide relief for voters from the state’s burdensome signature match policy. Currently, North Dakota voters… Continue reading

“LDF, SPLC, and ADAP File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Alabama’s Lack of Safe and Accessible Voting During COVID-19 Pandemic”

May 1, 2020, 1:15 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Release via email: Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF),the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) filed a federal lawsuit against Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, Secretary of State John Merrill, and… Continue reading

Despite Court Ruling to the Contrary, Texas AG Continues to Threaten Criminal Penalties for Advising Voters Who Wish to Vote By Mail That Fear of Contracting COVID-19 is a Valid Excuse for Voting

May 1, 2020, 1:14 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

This is something else: Latest in voting-by-mail fight, @TXAG pens letter telling county election officials that eligibility based on disability has not been expanded: https://t.co/HHvxMKB4KcPaxton, in part, cites the state's appeal of district judge's decision: https://t.co/4TXuBFNqS7 #txlege—… Continue reading

Vote at Home: “There Were NOT 28 Million ‘Missing’ Mailed Ballots”

May 1, 2020, 1:07 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Fact check.

Federal District Court, in Thoughtful Opinion, Denies Motion to Require Georgia Provide Return Postage for Return of Absentee Ballots in Primary Election, But Confirms That Third Parties May Provide Stamps to Voters Returning Ballots

May 1, 2020, 9:21 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

You can read the opinion here.

“Proposing a commission of prominent Americans to monitor our elections”

May 1, 2020, 9:05 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Larry Garber for The Fulcrum: Today’s challenges require a different approach. Our collective concerns relate to a lack of confidence many have in the electoral process and fears that losing candidates and their supporters will refuse to accept their defeat.… Continue reading

Vox Video on Voting by Mail During the Pandemic

May 1, 2020, 8:01 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Watch.

New Studies on Voter Attitudes About Vote-by-Mail in Light of COVID-19

April 30, 2020, 8:53 pmabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

Thad Kousser, Seth Hill, Mackenzie Lockhart (UC San Diego), Jennifer Merolla (UC Riverside), and Mindy Romero (USC) have now posted at the links below two working papers analyzing a survey of eligible American voters about their preferences for how they’d… Continue reading

Federal District Court in Nevada Rejects True the Vote’s Ridiculous Theory That Allowing Vote-by-Mail Unconstitutionally Dilutes the Votes of Nevada Voters Who (Without Basis) Fear Voter Fraud from Vote by Mail Ballots

April 30, 2020, 8:43 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Order rejecting request for preliminary injunction.

“When Overlapping Directors Sit on Boards With Opposing Governance Policies”

April 30, 2020, 8:25 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Law.com: A new study on corporate political transparency shows that at least 85 directors hold overlapping positions on two or more boards of companies that have different policies on the issue.The Center for Political Accountability shared its study with… Continue reading

Trey Trainor’s Nomination to FEC Getting a Senate Hearing May 7; It Will Lead Us from a Period of Inaction to a Period of … Different Inaction

April 30, 2020, 4:04 pmfederal election commissionRick Hasen

Gonna break some precedent to not confirm in party pairs, but it will restore a quorum if Trainor confirmed so the FEC can then defend itself when it is sued for inaction and partisan deadlock.

“Looking for ‘A Few Good Clerks’”

April 30, 2020, 3:58 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

New memo from the Justice Foundation for Civil and Environmental Rights: During the coronavirus pandemic, defending the fundamental right to vote may require the brave actions of “A Few Good Clerks.”The push toward mail balloting for the November election has… Continue reading