All posts by Rick Hasen

“Freedom Caucus leader says North Carolina should consider giving Trump its electors before votes are counted”

October 25, 2024, 9:49 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: The chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus says the North Carolina legislature should consider allocating the state’s presidential electors to Donald Trump even before votes are counted in the swing state. Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) said Thursday that… Continue reading

I Spoke to the Diane Rehm Show: “How Secure is the 2024 Election?”

October 25, 2024, 9:39 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

You can listen here.

“Meet the Pennsylvania nuns falsely accused of voter fraud”

October 25, 2024, 8:24 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: For a Republican canvasser going door-to-door to get out the vote in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, the address on East Lake Road in Erie must have seemed like Heaven-sent evidence of the sort of widespread voter fraud many… Continue reading

“A federal judge pauses Virginia’s voter removal program until after Election Day” (Governor Says He Will Appeal to 4th Circuit Next)

October 25, 2024, 8:23 amvoter registrationRick Hasen

NPR reports.

Report: About 252,000 Texans Lack Voter ID and Would Need to Fill Out a Reasonable Impediment Declaration to Vote (and More Stats on Georgia)

October 25, 2024, 8:22 amvoter idRick Hasen

See here. And in Georgia: “About 76,000 Georgian adult citizens (1%), do not have any of the documents they need to vote in Georgia.”

“Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC awards more $1 million prizes despite DOJ warning”

October 25, 2024, 7:48 amDepartment of Justice, vote buyingRick Hasen

WaPo: Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s pro-Trump political group awarded two additional $1 million prizes to swing-state voters Thursday night, despite warnings from the Justice Department that the daily giveaways could violate election laws. The day before, the Justice Department had … Continue reading

“In High-Stakes Pennsylvania, Local Officials Have a Big Hand in Voting Rules”

October 25, 2024, 7:45 amelection administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Compared with most other states, Pennsylvania gives county commissioners more discretion when it comes to the details of the voting process — how to deal with different methods of writing the date on mail-in ballot envelopes, whether to let… Continue reading

“‘Big lie’ 2.0: How Trump’s false claims about noncitizens voting lay the groundwork to undermine the election”

October 25, 2024, 7:43 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Brandy Zadrozny for NBC News: The “big lie” of the 2024 election is being workshopped on Webex. In tiny boxes, hundreds of people, most of them white, meet weekly in online video conferences to share specious evidence of a problem… Continue reading

“Trump alumni warn he could deploy troops against Americans”

October 25, 2024, 7:39 amauthoritarian threats in USRick Hasen

WaPo: Now, with less than two weeks until Election Day, some of Trump’s most senior former advisers are warning Americans to take his militaristic impulses seriously. His longest-serving chief of staff, John Kelly, told the New York Times that he… Continue reading

“The Army of Election Officials Ready to Reject the Vote”

October 25, 2024, 7:38 amelection administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Deep dive by Jim Rutenberg for NYT Magazine: Much of that work would be done by Cleta Mitchell, a Republican lawyer who assisted Trump’s efforts in Georgia after the 2020 election and was on the phone call on Jan.… Continue reading

“RNC is leading the legal charge for Trump amid echoes of 2020 election chaos”

October 25, 2024, 7:35 amelection law biz, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Lawrence Hurley for NBC News: When a local Republican official in Georgia filed a lawsuit this year declaring that election boards did not have a duty to certify results, the lawyer she turned to was part of the legal team… Continue reading

“JPMorgan, FirstEnergy to Offer More Political Spending Details”

October 25, 2024, 7:27 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Bloomberg: JPMorganChase & Co., FirstEnergy Corp., and Sempra are the first to be designated “model code companies” by organizations that urge corporations to voluntarily disclose more information about their political footprint. The companies have publicly committed to following the code,… Continue reading

“Trump’s Election Reversal Dreams Are Dead”

October 24, 2024, 5:26 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

David French NYT column: As we approach Election Day, I’m cautiously optimistic — not so much about the outcome of the election (it’s way too close for either side to feel confident), but rather about the durability and integrity… Continue reading