All posts by Rick Hasen

“As Election Looms, Disinformation ‘Has Never Been Worse'”

October 23, 2024, 6:25 amcampaigns, cheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: The Democratic Party’s vice-presidential nominee has been falsely accused of sexually molesting students. The claims have been spread by a former deputy sheriff from Florida, now openly working in Moscow for Russia’s propaganda apparatus, on dozens of social media… Continue reading

“A New Effort to Counter Threats to Election Workers”

October 22, 2024, 8:26 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: The sheriff of Orange County, Calif., Don Barnes, warned the public that violence and intimidation around the election would not be tolerated. A retired United States Air Force brigadier general, Marty France, said it was up to Americans to… Continue reading

Congratulations to Gene Mazo, Editor of the New Book, “The Oxford Handbook of American Election Law”

October 22, 2024, 8:20 pmpedagogy, theoryRick Hasen

Kudos are in order for Gene Mazo, who had a task much harder than herding cats in producing The Oxford Handbook of American Election Law. I just got my massive copy in the mail, and it is full of insightful… Continue reading

“Trump files extraordinary complaint claiming election meddling by UK Labour party”

October 22, 2024, 8:16 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

The Guardian: First King George III. Now Sir Keir Starmer. Citing the American revolution while misspelling “Britian”, Donald Trump’s campaign has filed an extraordinary complaint against the UK’s Labour party for what it claims is “interference” in the US… Continue reading

NYT: “As Election Nears, Kelly Warns Trump Would Rule Like a Dictator”

October 22, 2024, 5:40 pmauthoritarian threats in USRick Hasen

NYT: Few top officials spent more time behind closed doors in the White House with President Donald J. Trump than John F. Kelly, the former Marine general who was his longest-serving chief of staff. With Election Day looming, Mr.… Continue reading

“Kurt Olsen Helped Trump Fight His 2020 Defeat. Trump Is Talking to Him Again.”

October 22, 2024, 5:29 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: A lawyer who tried to help Donald J. Trump overturn his 2020 presidential election loss has been in direct contact with Mr. Trump once again as his allies start to lay the groundwork for challenging this year’s election results… Continue reading

“Putting Conspiracy Theories in a Legal Complaint Doesn’t Make Them True; Election deniers are filing lawsuits now in attempts to lay the groundwork for challenging the results later.”

October 22, 2024, 5:26 pmelection administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Eliza Sweren-Becker for the Brennan Center

“Bill Gates Privately Says He Has Backed Harris With $50 Million Donation”

October 22, 2024, 4:00 pmcampaign finance, Plutocrats UnitedRick Hasen

The Plutocrats are out in force: After decades of sitting on the sidelines of politics, Bill Gates, one of the richest people in the world, has said privately that he recently donated about $50 million to a nonprofit organization that… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video of Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar, “AI, Social Media, the Information Environment and the 2024 Elections” (Klonick, Nyhan, Persily)

October 22, 2024, 3:40 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

This was a great conversation, in some ways reassuring and in other ways definitely not. Watch here:

“Georgia Supreme Court rejects Republican effort to restore last-minute election rules”

October 22, 2024, 1:32 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

AJC: The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously denied the Republican Party’s attempt Tuesday to reinstate State Election Board rules for an election night ballot count and a “reasonable inquiry” requirement before certifying results. The court’s one-page order rejected motions for… Continue reading

Guess Who’s Going to Own a Claim to $2 Million in Debt from the Trump Campaign? Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss

October 22, 2024, 1:30 pmchicanery, RemediesRick Hasen

From an order related to collecting on the defamation judgment from Rudy Giuliani: Defendant testified under oath at the Section 341 meeting of creditors in his bankruptcy case that he is owed “about two million dollars” by either or both… Continue reading

“How elderly dementia patients are unwittingly fueling political campaigns”

October 22, 2024, 9:45 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicanery, voters with disabilitiesRick Hasen

CNN: The 80-year-old communications engineer from Texas had saved for decades, driving around in an old car and buying clothes from thrift stores so he’d have enough money to enjoy his retirement years. But as dementia robbed him of his… Continue reading

“Natural Disasters, Terrorist Disruptions and Presidential Elections”

October 22, 2024, 8:51 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Jerry Goldfeder at Just Security: One take-away from watching Mother Nature cause havoc in the southeastern United States as voters began casting ballots is the glaring absence of a uniform response to handle even such limited election interruption. The affected… Continue reading

“Trump Says He Has Seen No Evidence of Cheating in the Election, but Nonetheless Sows Doubts”

October 22, 2024, 7:54 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: At a news conference in a storm-damaged part of western North Carolina, Mr. Trump was asked by a reporter whether he had seen any evidence to suggest this year’s election would not be fair. “Well, I haven’t,” Mr. Trump… Continue reading