“Barnes, Deal lead bipartisan initiative to fight election fraud lies in Georgia”

June 25, 2024, 2:18 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

AJC: Some of Georgia’s most prominent bipartisan leaders are uniting behind an effort to bolster confidence in the state’s election system after years of damage from false claims and discredited conspiracy theories about widespread voting fraud in 2020. The Democracy… Continue reading

“In Shasta County, Calif., fights over elections have left wounds that just won’t heal”

June 25, 2024, 9:34 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jessica Huseman for Votebeat.

“What Are the Usual Burdens of Voting?”

June 25, 2024, 8:08 amvotingRick Hasen

Jim Fischer has posted this draft on SSRN (Georgia State U. L. Rev.) Here is the abstract: When the Court in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board approved presentment of a government-issued photo identification asa requirement to vote, Justice Stevens… Continue reading

“I Study Disinformation. This Election Will Be Grim.”

June 25, 2024, 7:49 amcheap speech, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Renee DiResta NYT oped: This brings us to the present, when another election looms. The 2024 rerun is already being viciously fought. Since 2020, the technological landscape has shifted. There are new social media platforms in the mix, such as… Continue reading

“The Ballot Measures Aim to Reduce Partisanship. Can They Fix American Politics?”

June 25, 2024, 6:46 amalternative voting systems, political parties, primariesRick Hasen

Michael Wines for the NYT: Americans of both parties routinely express deep concern about the state of the country’s democracy. This fall, many voters may have a chance to do something about it, by voting on state ballot measures related… Continue reading

“Pro-Trump extremists are sure he will win. That could be dangerous.”

June 25, 2024, 6:37 amauthoritarian threats in USRick Hasen

WaPo: Donald Trump has a history of fiery calls urging supporters to rise up, and his most militant fans often have obliged. So it might seem counterintuitive that now, as Trump faces unprecedented legal problems and a close election in… Continue reading

The Primary Importance of Primary Reform

June 25, 2024, 6:16 amUncategorizedNed Foley

Nate Persily is one of our nation’s leading election law scholars (and a friend), with whom I usually agree on many specific matters in our field, but he is quoted today in the N.Y. Times (in an article today … Continue reading

Reminder: Wednesday webinar on electoral reform

June 24, 2024, 6:45 pmUncategorizedNed Foley

I won’t repeat all of the previous ELB post announcing this webinar on alternative electoral reforms to improve American democracy, especially in light of increasing partisan polarization. I will simply note that the French legislative elections, the first round of… Continue reading

“GOP colleagues sneer at Rep. Good’s election complaints”

June 24, 2024, 3:27 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Axios: Rep. Bob Good‘s (R-Va.) efforts to sow doubts about the results of his too-close-to-call GOP primary are being met with eye rolls from many of his House Republican colleagues. Why it matters: The House Freedom Caucus chair is tapping… Continue reading

“Tax documents detail how election deniers profit from group founded by conspiracy theorists Patrick Byrne and Michael Flynn”

June 24, 2024, 3:18 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Issue One: A new tax filing reviewed by Issue One shows that several prominent election deniers have been profiting from The America Project, a nonprofit founded in 2021 by former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne and President Donald Trump’s former National Security… Continue reading

5th Circuit, Evenly Split, Will Not Consider for Now En Banc Louisiana’s Argument that Private Plaintiffs Cannot Sue Under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

June 24, 2024, 12:26 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Democracy Docket: The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request today for a hearing with the full court on the issue of whether individuals and groups can sue under Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act. Monday’s… Continue reading

Assuming the Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law on July 1

June 24, 2024, 10:21 amelection law bizRick Hasen

On July 1, I will officially be the Gary T. Schwarz Endowed Chair in Law at UCLA (along with a Professor of Political Science (by courtesy) and the Director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project). Alhthough it is of course… Continue reading

“Supreme Court won’t take up Georgia dispute over ‘at-large’ elections and minority vote dilution”

June 24, 2024, 8:39 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

CNN: The Supreme Court won’t take up a case challenging Georgia’s system for electing its public utility board in a defeat for Black voters who argued the so-called “at-large” electoral system diluted their votes. The justices’ refusal to get involved… Continue reading