“The Republican Nominee to Lead Oregon Elections Wants to Stop All Mail Voting”

May 28, 2024, 10:23 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Bolts: The moderator of an April candidate forum hosted by the City Club of Central Oregon wanted to know: Could the Republicans running for secretary of state confirm that, if elected, they’d certify the results of Oregon elections, even when… Continue reading

“Trump makes sweeping promises to donors on audacious fundraising tour”

May 28, 2024, 6:57 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

WaPo: Trump sometimes makes requests higher than his team expects to receive, sometimes surprising his own advisers because he is asking for so much money. By frequently tying the fundraising requests within seconds of promises of tax cuts, oil project… Continue reading

“Leading pollster spreads Dominion voting machine misinformation”

May 28, 2024, 6:55 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Glenn Kessler for WaPo: With almost a half million followers on X, the pollster Rasmussen has a wide reach. Former president Donald Trump repeatedly cited its polls when he was president as it consistently showed a higher approval rating for… Continue reading

“Putting a halt to state election law that blocked candidates is the right move”

May 28, 2024, 6:53 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Chicago Sun Times editorial: Changing the rules in the middle game to give yourself the advantage is never a fair strategy. That is how Illinois Republicans described the new law Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed earlier this month that requires state… Continue reading

“Don’t Blame Me for Biden’s Ballot Problem”

May 28, 2024, 6:50 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Ohio SOS Frank LaRose in the WSJ. In Ohio we say that if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes. The same can be said lately of our politics. The Democratic Party’s antics after its failure to get Joe … Continue reading

“Libertarians Skip Over Trump and R.F.K. Jr. for Chase Oliver”

May 27, 2024, 6:32 amballot access, third partiesRick Hasen

NYT: The Libertarian Party chose one of its own as its presidential nominee on Sunday night, capping a grueling day of elimination voting and a boisterous four-day event, where both Donald J. Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unsuccessfully sought… Continue reading

Meet the Press Dedicated Entire Episode to the Threat to Democracy in the U.S. [Corrected link]

May 26, 2024, 2:18 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

I wish this episode was not relegated to a holiday weekend when few are watching. Description: Secretaries of State Brad Raffensperger (R-Ga.), Jocelyn Benson (D-Mich.), Al Schmidt (R-Penn.) and Adrian Fontes (D-Ariz.) join a special edition of Meet the Press… Continue reading

“Debunking misinformation failed. Welcome to ‘pre-bunking’; Election officials around the world are adopting ‘prebunking’ campaigns, as AI and other threats jeopardize voting.”

May 26, 2024, 2:13 pmcampaigns, cheap speechRick Hasen

WaPo: Election officials and researchers from Arizona to Taiwan are adopting a radical playbook to stop falsehoods about voting before they spread online, amid fears that traditional strategies to battle misinformation are insufficient in a perilous year for democracies around… Continue reading

“New Hampshire Senate passes bill to eliminate all exceptions to voter ID law”

May 26, 2024, 10:33 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WMUR: New Hampshire Republicans advanced legislation Friday that would eliminate all exceptions to the state’s voter ID law. Gov. Chris Sununu could soon be facing a decision on whether to make a big change to voting procedures in a presidential… Continue reading

“Judge rules Menendez’s prosecutors can’t show ‘critical’ evidence”

May 25, 2024, 8:53 ambribery, Speech or Debate ClauseRick Hasen

Politico: Jurors in Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption case cannot see evidence prosecutors have called “critical” to part of their case, a federal judge ruled Friday. The decision puts a hole in prosecutors’ ability to prove their central claim: that… Continue reading

Brandon Johnson: “There’s ‘Clear Error’ in the Supreme Court’s New Racial Gerrymandering Decision

May 24, 2024, 5:02 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Brandon Johnson: The Supreme Court has made a habit of applying general rules of law in exceptional ways when deciding election law cases. The Court has, for example, elevated the holding in… Continue reading

“Push grows to mandate paper ballots as N.Y. counties eye touch-screen voting”

May 24, 2024, 4:48 pmvoting technologyRick Hasen

New York State of Politics reports.

“New racial gerrymandering lawsuit takes aim at South Florida’s powerful congressional districts”

May 24, 2024, 4:47 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

WLRN: South Florida has another racial gerrymandering fight on its hands, and the outcome could dictate who gets sent to Washington and Tallahassee to represent millions of local residents. A swath of plaintiffs from Miami-Dade County, including progressive political advocacy… Continue reading