“How Mike Bloomberg Hid His Billions from You”

March 5, 2020, 7:29 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Dave Levinthal for CPI: Michael Bloomberg is extraordinarily rich. And in December, soon after becoming an extraordinarily rich presidential candidate — one required by law to publicly disclose his personal assets within one month’s time — Bloomberg pleaded plenitude.“Mr.… Continue reading

“National, Texas Democrats file lawsuit to keep straight-ticket voting for 2020 election”

March 5, 2020, 7:16 pmelection administration, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Fort Worth Star-Telegram: After some Texans waited more than six hours to cast their ballot on Super Tuesday, national and Texas Democrats filed a lawsuit Thursday to block a state law that would eliminate straight-ticket voting come November.In a … Continue reading

“Secretary of state: Expect Michigan primary results to come later”

March 5, 2020, 7:12 pmabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

Detroit News: Results from Michigan’s presidential primary election Tuesday will come later than usual, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson cautioned during a Thursday press conference.Benson didn’t provide an estimate for how long results will be delayed after polls close Tuesday… Continue reading

“How Pennsylvania’s New Mail-in Ballot Law Could Create Election Night Chaos”

March 5, 2020, 9:50 amElection MeltdownRick Hasen

AJ Vicens for Mother Jones: Imagine this: It’s the night of November 3, 2020 and eyeballs across the country are glued to television. As results trickle in, networks begin making calls in the presidential race, filling states red for President… Continue reading

“Why Trump and the RNC are spending $10 million to fight Democrats’ voting rights lawsuits”

March 5, 2020, 9:40 amElection MeltdownRick Hasen

I have written this piece for the Monkey Cage over at the Washington Post. A snippet: I have been tracking election-related litigation brought across the country since 1996. That was four years before Bush v. Gore, in which the… Continue reading

“Putting the Long Voting Lines in Context”

March 5, 2020, 9:36 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Jill Cowan for NYT’s California Today.

“Facebook allows Trump campaign to run deceptive Census ads”

March 5, 2020, 9:34 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Judd Legum for Popular Information.

Charles: “Meltdown? On Rhetoric and Causation” (Balkinization Symposium on Election Meltdown)

March 5, 2020, 9:33 amElection MeltdownRick Hasen

Guy Charles: Rick Hasen is a prolific scholar (and a wonderful interlocutor). He is not only one of the most thoughtful scholars in the field of election law, he seems to write a book every other year. He has… Continue reading

“Trump’s DOJ Has Not Filed A Single New Voting Rights Act Case”

March 5, 2020, 9:31 amDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Tierney Sneed for TPM: The apparent refusal of President Trump’s Justice Department to engage in any meaningful, public enforcement of the Voting Rights Act has taken Republicans’ general hostility to the law to a whole new level. The DOJ has… Continue reading

“Report: Russian social accounts sow election discord – again”

March 5, 2020, 9:28 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

AP: Four years after Russia-linked groups stoked divisions in the U.S. presidential election on social media platforms, a new report shows that Moscow’s campaign hasn’t let up and has become harder to detect.The report from University of Wisconsin-Madison professor… Continue reading

“The Supreme Court’s Pro-Partisanship Turn”

March 4, 2020, 8:29 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Georgetown Law Journal Online). Here is the abstract: The United States Supreme Court’s conservative majority has taken the Court’s election jurisprudence on a pro-partisanship turn which gives political actors freer range to… Continue reading

“L.A. County supervisors want answers to widespread voting problems”

March 4, 2020, 8:18 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

LAT: Inadequate staffing, poor communications and balky technology turned election day in Los Angeles County into an anxious quagmire for many voters, whose complaints triggered calls Wednesday by one member of the Board of Supervisors for a “forensic autopsy”… Continue reading

Texas: “Harris County’s cascade of election day fumbles disproportionately affected communities of color”

March 4, 2020, 8:16 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Not even 24 hours later, a university forged during segregation would instead become the epicenter of the challenges and complications often faced by communities of color when they attempt to make themselves heard in Texas. Too few… Continue reading

“Lawyer warned Georgia county on dumping new voting system”

March 4, 2020, 8:12 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

AP: A Georgia county has opted to ditch the state’s new voting machines and switch to hand-marked paper ballots during early voting for the March presidential primary, despite a warning from the county’s attorney that the decision could result in… Continue reading