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Election Law Blog

U.S. center-left (academic, pro-voting-rights)

Owned byFounded and edited by Richard L. (Rick) Hasen, Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science at UC Irvine. The blog is an individually run academic blog. UCI Law supported a 2021 redesign.
FundingNo publicly documented ad, subscription or donor model that I could confirm. It appears to be supported by Hasen's academic position and UC Irvine School of Law resources, with no visible paywall. I could not verify the specific funding arrangements.
On the administrationbroadly critical

Background

Rick Hasen started the Election Law Blog in 2003. It grew from a small site into a widely used source for journalists, scholars, law students and the public on election and voting cases and legislation. The ABA Journal named it to its Blawg 100 Hall of Fame in 2015. UCI Law announced a redesign of the blog in 2021. Hasen is a prominent election-law scholar who writes and speaks widely, including for outlets such as SCOTUSblog and in books on election administration and democracy. The blog mixes short link-and-comment posts with Hasen's own analysis, and it is known for fast, detailed tracking of court rulings. Hasen has been openly critical of false claims of election fraud and of voting restrictions he sees as harmful, which gives the blog a pro-voting-access, reform-minded perspective. He also criticizes some Democratic and court actions, so it is not purely partisan. I did not find a documented major controversy, but readers should note the blog is largely one expert's viewpoint rather than a newsroom with an editorial board.

Sources

  1. UCI Law Unveils Redesign of the Election Law Blog Led by Election and Politics Expert Rick Hasen
  2. Richard Hasen (Wikipedia)
  3. Richard Hasen — SCOTUSblog
  4. Rigging An Election? It's Not So Easy, Voting Law Expert Says (NPR)

Profile compiled 2026-10-08; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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