Rick Hasen Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Rick Hasen The more complicated problem would arise if ballots have already been printed, and people would have started voting. There, the Electoral College would come into play, and electors from the party would be expected to vote for the replacement nominee. Rick Hasen politics He could nominate a more liberal candidate who would have no real chance of getting through a Republican Senate - in which case this would become a salient political issue in 2016. Rick Hasen healthcare These are kind of bellwether cases that people are watching, if Texas and North Carolina are successful here, then I suspect other states will follow suit. Rick Hasen politics I've generally been pessimistic, but I'm a bit more optimistic now that it got mentioned in the president's acceptance speech - at least that it will be a priority of the administration. Rick Hasen election-2012