May 6 U. Denver Event: Election Safety: A Panel Discussion

April 29, 2020, 9:46 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Looking forward to this: What do elections look like during a pandemic, and what do states and the federal government need to do to ensure safe elections this fall? A panel of experts discuss the latest evidence and the… Continue reading

“Trump Can’t Postpone the Election; Congress could push it back a few weeks, but the Constitution sets the end of the term on Jan. 20.”

April 29, 2020, 9:39 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Derek Muller for WSJ.

Eleventh Circuit Reverses on Standing Ground District Court Decision Which Struck Down Florida Ballot Law Giving Party That Won Last Governor’s Race First Line on Ballot

April 29, 2020, 9:35 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Two judges reversed on standing grounds, and a third would have imposed an even stricter standing requirement.

Breaking: In Major Decision Rejecting Kris Kobach’s Claims of Massive Voter Fraud, Tenth Circuit Unanimously Holds Kansas’s Documentary Proof of Citizenship Requirement to Register to Vote Violates Constitution and Federal Law

April 29, 2020, 9:06 amfraudulent fraud squad, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

In a major ruling, a 10th Circuit panel (consisting of 2 judges, as a third judge on the panel had passed away), a Tenth Circuit panel has held that a Kansas anti-voting law championed by former Secretary of State Kris… Continue reading

“California Republicans prepared to match Democrats on ‘ballot harvesting.’ Then came coronavirus”

April 29, 2020, 8:30 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Carla Marinucci for Politico: Leaders of the embattled California Republican Party are reversing course during the Covid-19 pandemic to demand Gov. Gavin Newsom ban a voting practice they until recently endorsed.The Republican leaders vowed to boost their “ballot harvesting” efforts… Continue reading

“Congressional Stock Trading During Pandemic Diminishes Public Trust”

April 29, 2020, 8:24 amconflict of interest lawsRick Hasen

New CLC report.

“‘The Nightmare Scenario’: How Coronavirus Could Make the 2020 Vote a Disaster Trump can’t cancel the presidential election. Here’s what you should really be worrying about.”

April 28, 2020, 9:20 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

Zack Stanton does a Q and A with me for Politico Magazine.

“Two-Thirds of Americans Expect Presidential Election Will Be Disrupted by COVID-19; Sizable majority favors option of voting by mail”

April 28, 2020, 9:11 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Pew Research Center: With just over six months until Election Day, two-thirds of Americans (67%) – including 80% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents and half of Republicans and Republican leaners – say it is very or somewhat likely that… Continue reading

“Rep. Justin Amash to seek Libertarian Party nomination for president”

April 28, 2020, 9:06 pmballot access, third partiesRick Hasen

Weigel: It’s unclear whether a bid by Amash would have a greater effect on Biden or on Trump. In 2019, a Detroit News poll found Biden leading Trump in Michigan, a state that has grown more uncertain for the president,… Continue reading

“How can California improve confidence in elections? Count the vote faster”

April 28, 2020, 9:00 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

John Wildermuth of the SF Chronicle: A ballot count that lasts for weeks, an unintended feature of California voting, can undermine confidence in the results, according to a new report about conducting elections during the coronavirus pandemic and other troubled… Continue reading

“Andrew Yang sues New York Board of Elections over canceled primary”

April 28, 2020, 8:51 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

CBS News reports.

“How one of America’s most important voting rights groups plunged into chaos just before it was needed most”

April 28, 2020, 8:24 pmelection law bizRick Hasen

Teddy Schleifer for ReCode: A voting rights group called Vote.org seems like precisely the type of nonprofit that should thrive in 2020, with fans from Barack Obama to Taylor Swift and a URL that can’t be beat.Its efforts to expand… Continue reading

“Let’s put the vote-by-mail ‘fraud’ myth to rest”

April 28, 2020, 1:21 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Amber McReynolds and Charles Stewart oped in The Hill: Vote fraud in the United States is exceedingly rare, with mailed ballots and otherwise. Over the past 20 years, about 250 million votes have been cast by a mail ballot nationally.… Continue reading