All posts by Rick Hasen

“On Telegram, a Violent Preview of What May Unfold on Election Day and After”

November 4, 2024, 7:15 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Groups backing former President Donald J. Trump recently sent messages to organize poll watchers to be ready to dispute votes in Democratic areas. Some posted images of armed men standing up for their rights to recruit for their cause.… Continue reading

“Trump escalates false claims of fraud, setting stage to cry foul if he loses”

November 4, 2024, 7:08 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Donald Trump, who blamed his 2020 defeat on false claims of vast election malfeasance, has spent much of the final week of his third presidential campaign trying to discredit the legitimacy of this year’s election. His latest… Continue reading

“Elon Musk’s misleading election claims have been viewed more than 2 billion times on X, analysis finds”

November 4, 2024, 7:04 amcheap speech, chicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Marshall Cohen for CNN: In the run up to the high-stakes 2024 presidential election, Elon Musk has posted a blizzard of false and misleading claims about the election on his social media platform that have generated more than two billion… Continue reading

Adam Unikowsky Obliterates Fifth Circuit Opinion on Mississippi Accepting Ballots Timely Mailed by Election Day That Arrive After Election Day

November 4, 2024, 7:02 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Worth a read if only to see how absurd Judge Oldham’s opinion is.

Breaking: Supreme Court Will Hear Louisiana Racial Gerrymandering Case, with Implications for Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

November 4, 2024, 6:58 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Court noted probable jurisdiction both the state’s and the LDF’s appeals. The cases are consolidated for argument. It will present another opportunity for the Court to address the “race or party” problem endemic in these racial gerrymandering cases.

“Fraud, lawsuits, chaos: how Trump is preparing to contest the 2024 election”

November 4, 2024, 6:49 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Sam Levine for The Guardian.

“Republicans bring back fake electors in battlegrounds”

November 4, 2024, 6:48 amelection subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Politico: Many of the people preparing to cast votes for Donald Trump in the Electoral College in 2024 were involved in his plot to subvert the election in 2020. Some are even facing criminal charges for it. Of the 93… Continue reading

“This election night, the media can better explain how results work”

November 4, 2024, 6:38 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Kevin Johnson and Nick Penniman at The Fulcrum.

“Iowa can challenge ballots of 2,000 voters on flawed noncitizen list, judge says”

November 3, 2024, 7:48 pmvoter registrationRick Hasen

Des Moines Register: A federal judge has ruled that Iowa poll workers may continue challenging the ballots of more than 2,000 Iowans who are on a flawed list of possible noncitizens, denying a request to order counties to allow those… Continue reading

“Trump tells ABC he expects a winner to be declared election night”

November 3, 2024, 11:42 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

ABC News: In a phone conversation with ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl on Sunday morning, Donald Trump said he has “a substantial lead” and predicted the winner of the election will be known by election night. Karl asked… Continue reading

My Hope for Irrelevance By Next Weekend

November 3, 2024, 11:20 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

There’s a certain adrenaline rush that comes with working in the area of election law in the period before presidential elections. That’s especially true if, like me, you do a lot of public speaking and media. It’s great to be… Continue reading

“Why Pennsylvania’s unusual voting laws make it ripe for rigged election claims”

November 3, 2024, 10:48 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jane Timm for NBC News: With Pennsylvania expected to be a close and crucial state in the 2024 race for the presidency, it’s unusual election laws are again under the microscope. First, there’s the counting. The state doesn’t have… Continue reading

NYT: “Trump Tells Supporters He ‘Shouldn’t Have Left’ the White House; Donald J. Trump, who sought to overturn his loss of the 2020 election, also joked that he didn’t mind if reporters were shot.”

November 3, 2024, 10:44 amauthoritarian threats in US, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Former President Donald J. Trump told supporters on Sunday that he “shouldn’t have left” the White House at the end of his term during an end-of-campaign rally where he vented angrily about a spate of new public polls showing… Continue reading

“Canvassers for Elon Musk’s America PAC Were Fired and Stranded in Michigan After Speaking Out”

November 3, 2024, 10:40 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Wired: Standing next to her hastily packed suitcase in Michigan’s Macomb County Wednesday night, Tyra Muldrow had a bad feeling in her gut. “I have this eerie feeling that I need to get the hell up out of there,” says… Continue reading