“Wisconsin voter ID law still causing confusion, stifles turnout in Milwaukee, voting advocates say”

September 5, 2024, 9:01 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Nearly a decade ago, Wisconsin traded its designation as one of the easiest places to cast ballots for stricter voting rules that set off a still-ongoing debate over voter access. The implementation of a state law that… Continue reading

Sept. 12 Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar: “From Here to There: How States Can and Should Certify the Results of the 2024 Elections”

September 5, 2024, 7:20 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Join us! (Free registration required): Thursday, September 12, 12:15pm-1:15pm PT, Webinar Webinar Registration Ben Berwick, Head of Election Law & Litigation Team & Counsel (Protect Democracy), Lauren Miller Karalunas, (Brennan Center for Justice), and Michael Morley (Florida State University… Continue reading

“GOP lawsuits set the stage for state challenges if Trump loses the election”

September 5, 2024, 7:16 amelection subversion risk, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: Despite the flurry of litigation, the cases have tended to be fairly small-bore, with few likely impacts for most voters. “When you have all this money to spend on litigation, you end up litigating less and less important stuff,”… Continue reading

“Federal appeals court says Montana’s ‘double voting’ law is vague, redundant”

September 5, 2024, 7:12 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Daily Montanan: A three-judge federal appeals panel said that a law passed by Republicans in the Legislature to eliminate double-voting, something already illegal, violates the U.S. Constitution, siding with a federal judge in Montana who stopped the law. House Bill… Continue reading

“Republicans Seize on False Theories About Immigrant Voting”

September 5, 2024, 7:10 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: In late July, a group of Republican activists met on a Zoom call to discuss preparations for the November election. The topic was how to keep undocumented immigrants from voting in November, a problem they claim, inaccurately, to be… Continue reading

“GOP appeals date ruling on mail-in ballots to Pa. Supreme Court”

September 5, 2024, 7:08 amabsentee ballots, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Trib Live: The Republican National Committee and Republican Party of Pennsylvania are appealing a Commonwealth Court ruling that mail-in ballots with incorrect or missing dates on their outer envelopes should be counted. The appeal to the state Supreme Court was… Continue reading

“Texas Attorney General Sues to Stop Voter Registration Push in San Antonio”

September 5, 2024, 7:04 amchicanery, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT: Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas went to court on Wednesday to try to stop county leaders in San Antonio from sending out more than 200,000 voter registration applications to unregistered residents of Bexar County. The lawsuit by Mr.… Continue reading

ELB Book Corner: Kareem Crayton: “HBCU’s and Election Integrity” (in Zelizer/Greenberg Volume)

September 5, 2024, 7:00 amelection administration, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I am very pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner three contributors to the edited volume, Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a National Security Issue (Julian E. Zelizer & Karen J. Greenberg eds. NYU Press 2024). The third… Continue reading

“‘Bigger threat’: Feds accuse Russia’s RT network in $10 million election misinformation plot”

September 4, 2024, 2:09 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

USA Today: The Justice Department charged two Russian citizens with directing a $10 million campaign to influence the 2024 election through online platforms that flooded millions of Americans with disinformation, Attorney General Me r rick Garland announced Wednesday. The… Continue reading

“Supreme Court Complicates Arizona Voter Registration Efforts”

September 4, 2024, 2:00 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld reports.

“Minnesota’s Voting Rights Act Preserves This Key Protection A Federal Court Has Erased”

September 4, 2024, 9:18 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Bolts: Conservative judges on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals last fall dealt a near-fatal blow to the Voting Rights Act, the landmark federal law, in the seven states the circuit covers. Breaking precedent, the court ruled that… Continue reading

“Despite protestations, prosecution of Donald Trump for violating federal election law well-grounded: Mark R. Brown”

September 4, 2024, 9:16 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Cleveland.com oped: [Brad] Smith’s points are misleading, confusing and often incorrect. The FECA places limits ($2,700 in 2016) on how much individuals may legally contribute to federal campaigns, and Cohen’s payment of $130,000 to Daniels plainly exceeded this limit.… Continue reading