@rickhasen

Professor @UCLA_Law; Director, Safeguarding Democracy Project https://xitter.cf/t.co/0QyrTXwnam @rickhasen.bsky.social Election Law Blogger

 Studio City, California
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Joined June 2009
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As a reminder, you can find me on Bluesky (rickhasen -- rickhasen.bsky.social) I'm not posting anything of substance here anymore.
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#ELB: “The Limits of Trump’s Midterm Trickery” ift.tt/Hbehr1X

"The Limits of Trump’s Midterm Trickery" #ELB

The Atlantic: For the first time in modern American history, a sitting president is seeking to wield the force of the state to secure an electoral victory for his party. The Trump administration has...

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#ELB: ProPublica: “How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ Into a Movement” ift.tt/NBJ3hoE

ProPublica: "How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s 'Big Lie' Into a Movement" #ELB

VERY deep dive from ProPublica: “She has the president’s ear,” Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist and a close ally of Mitchell’s, said in a July interview. “A lot of the momentum things...

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#ELB: “Faster Election Results Improve Voter Trust – Alaska & Maine’s Ranked Choice Results are a good starting point” ift.tt/9cDZA10

"Faster Election Results Improve Voter Trust - Alaska & Maine’s Ranked Choice Results are a good...

Josh Daniels at the Rainey Center: Imagine: On November 4, Americans wake up to news that Democrats are leading in the House of Representatives and have also won 49 Senate seats. But then we’ll wait...

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#ELB: “Why many student voters have a right to choose where to register to vote” ift.tt/kwTAa50

"Why many student voters have a right to choose where to register to vote" #ELB

NPR reports. See also Inside the Fight to Protect the Youth Vote at The Nation.

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#ELB: “Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Ballot” ift.tt/pXLiSvC

"Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Ballot" #ELB

NYT: In the summer of 2025, a staffer for Mary Peltola, the Alaska Democrat who was eyeing a run for Senate, received unusual instructions from top campaign aides: Find as many people named Dan...

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#ELB: The NYT’s Partisan Gerrymandering Analysis and Wisconsin ift.tt/afoJN8n

The NYT's Partisan Gerrymandering Analysis and Wisconsin #ELB

Rick H. linked yesterday to the NYT’s new analysis of partisan gerrymandering in congressional plans nationwide. I want to emphasize how methodologically strong the NYT’s analysis was and to show how...

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#ELB: “The Role of State Prohibitions on Election Interference in Constraining Federal Actors,” at the NYU Democracy Project ift.tt/kphlq71

"The Role of State Prohibitions on Election Interference in Constraining Federal Actors," at the...

Danielle Friedman is the Legal Director of the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Here’s an excerpt from her essay today; read the full piece to learn what...

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#ELB: “Trump admin zeroes in on noncitizen voting in final midterm push” ift.tt/hsiUOdW

"Trump admin zeroes in on noncitizen voting in final midterm push" #ELB

Politico: The Trump administration is ramping up its focus on noncitizen voting as the midterms approach. As signs increasingly point toward losses for Republicans, the Justice Department and...

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#ELB: “U.S. democracy before the 2026 midterms; Bright Line Watch October 2026 Survey” ift.tt/aXDghtU

"U.S. democracy before the 2026 midterms; Bright Line Watch October 2026 Survey" #ELB

Executive summary:

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#ELB: “What local election officials found in Trump’s new claims about California voters” ift.tt/DB0mTFf

"What local election officials found in Trump’s new claims about California voters" #ELB

Cal Matters: Meanwhile, the letters counties received last week threatened potential criminal charges for election officials who “knowingly tabulate ballots cast by individuals identified by federal...

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#ELB: “Federal Personnel Face the Risk of Substantial Legal Liability if They Interfere in Elections” ift.tt/0lo5RyN

"Federal Personnel Face the Risk of Substantial Legal Liability if They Interfere in Elections" #ELB

CAP: Over the past several months, the Trump administration has taken unprecedented steps to try to impose new rules governing the November midterm elections and engineer final results. Federal...

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#ELB: “Many Iowans Must Navigate a Maze to Vote” ift.tt/aSwV6XN

"Many Iowans Must Navigate a Maze to Vote" #ELB

Bolts: Lara is far from the only Iowan unsure of their voting status this fall. Bolts spoke with others in the state who are caught up in a bureaucratic maze or confused about their right to vote as...

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#ELB: “Federal monitors to return to Laramie County, but must stay outside polling locations” ift.tt/YynzULu

"Federal monitors to return to Laramie County, but must stay outside polling locations" #ELB

On the heels of an “odd” encounter in Wyoming this summer, the Wyoming Attorney General has affirmed that Department of Justice election observers may observe but must remain at least 100 feet...

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#ELB: “Not registered to vote yet in the US? There’s a good chance you can still cast a ballot” ift.tt/kRaF3zX

"Not registered to vote yet in the US? There’s a good chance you can still cast a ballot" #ELB

Laura Brill in The Guardian.

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#ELB: “Grand jury declines to indict Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony” ift.tt/CnE4YuN

"Grand jury declines to indict Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony" #ELB

WaPo: A federal grand jury in D.C. rejected an attempt by the Justice Department to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson for the account she gave lawmakers of President Donald Trump’s...

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#ELB: “Paid to Post: Mapping the Political Influencer Industry” ift.tt/G4kwTPq

"Paid to Post: Mapping the Political Influencer Industry" #ELB

New from CDT: The Political Influencer Industry Map, along with this accompanying report, pulls back the curtain on a multimillion dollar industry that the public is only supposed to see a sliver of....

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#ELB: “Anonymous group targeting Klobuchar has ties to a wider network of dark money” ift.tt/8SoB7TV

"Anonymous group targeting Klobuchar has ties to a wider network of dark money" #ELB

Star Tribune: The mysterious group behind recent mailers attacking Sen. Amy Klobuchar was formed by an Ohio lawyer whose firm has been linked to secretive political spending in several states. Little...

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#ELB: Georgia’s Gabe Sterling Joins Secure Democracy Foundation as Senior Fellow ift.tt/I5NMpjF

Georgia's Gabe Sterling Joins Secure Democracy Foundation as Senior Fellow #ELB

Announcement.

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#ELB: “The Trump administration’s attempt to prevent noncitizen voting and the role of the Supreme Court” ift.tt/dNK6r9L

"The Trump administration’s attempt to prevent noncitizen voting and the role of the Supreme Court"...

I have this new piece for SCOTUSblog. Here’s an excerpt: ‘There was a time in American history when Congress enacted a statute to provide federal oversight of a state’s procedures for conducting...

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#ELB: “Comparative Alignment Theory” ift.tt/yVifZce

"Comparative Alignment Theory" #ELB

I just posted this book chapter, forthcoming in a volume on constitutional values edited by Shreya Atrey and Ros Dixon, on alignment in comparative perspective. Here’s the abstract: The democratic...

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