All posts by Rick Hasen

“Georgia election official says battleground state fended off cyberattack likely from a foreign country”

October 24, 2024, 6:34 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

CNN: Georgia’s secretary of state’s office this month fended off a cyberattack believed to have come from a foreign country against the website voters use to request absentee ballots, the office told CNN. The state’s cyber defenses — aided by tech firm Cloudflare… Continue reading

“Trump’s Allies Revive Debunked Voting Machine Theories”

October 23, 2024, 4:00 pmfraudulent fraud squad, voting technologyRick Hasen

NYT: It has been nearly four years since a parade of judges dismissed wild claims from Donald J. Trump and his associates about hacked election machines and a year and a half since a leading machine company obtained a $787.5… Continue reading

Divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court, In Case Involving Mail-In and Provisional Ballots, Tees Up Potential Independent State Legislature Theory for U.S. Supreme Court

October 23, 2024, 3:27 pmelection administration, provisional ballots, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Genser v. Butler County Board of Elections involves a very particular issue under Pennsylvania law, but it raises a potentially larger one that could make it to the Supreme Court. To simplify just a bit: voters send in their mail-in… Continue reading

“Georgia’s Republican secretary of state finds just 20 noncitizens registered to vote out of 8.2 million”

October 23, 2024, 12:10 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

CNN: A review of the millions of registered voters in Georgia found just 20 noncitizens were registered to vote, Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday. Those 20 people were removed from the state’s voter rolls – which… Continue reading

“SCOOP: DOJ sends Musk PAC warning letter”

October 23, 2024, 11:54 amDepartment of Justice, vote buyingRick Hasen

Tom LoBianco: The Justice Department’s head of election crimes sent a warning letter to Elon Musk’s America PAC Monday, alerting it that it was a crime to knowingly offer anything of value to register to vote or vote, a… Continue reading

“How tech companies can help secure the election after Election Day”

October 23, 2024, 11:47 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Important from Katie Harbath and Nicole Schneidman.

Big Liar’s Dividend Moment Coming?

October 23, 2024, 11:33 amcheap speechRick Hasen

Hmmm.

“Russia and Iran may fuel violent post-election protests in the US, intelligence officials warn”

October 23, 2024, 11:18 amchicaneryRick Hasen

AP: Russia and Iran may try to encourage violent protests in the U.S. after next month’s election, senior intelligence officials warned Tuesday in a declassified memo, citing two recent examples of foreign intelligence agencies seeking to sow discord… Continue reading

“The Secretive Billionaire Network Funding ‘Stop the Steal’ 2.0”

October 23, 2024, 10:19 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WSJ deep dive: When Donald Trump refused to concede the 2020 election, he and his allies led a chaotic effort to overturn the results, spreading conspiracy theories, filing dozens of unsuccessful lawsuits and encouraging “Stop the Steal” protests… Continue reading

“Wisconsin’s Blue Cities Brace for Another Onslaught of ‘Stolen Election’ Accusations; Wisconsin state lawmakers failed to pass key changes officials say could have helped dispel misinformation and lies about the election.”

October 23, 2024, 7:08 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Notus: Little has changed in Wisconsin to facilitate a faster vote count since 2020, and election leaders in the state’s biggest and bluest cities — where ballots take the longest to count — are bracing for another onslaught of attacks.… Continue reading

“Can Faith in Elections Be Restored? It’s Worth Trying”

October 23, 2024, 6:47 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Francis Wilkinson for Bloomberg Opinion: Ginsberg couldn’t have known then that the worst was yet to come. The fallout from Trump’s perfidy, including his attempted overthrow of the constitutional order, continues to rend the nation’s civic, political and moral fabric.… Continue reading

“Over 230 Republican candidates have cast doubt on the 2024 election”

October 23, 2024, 6:46 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Nearly half of Republican candidates for Congress or top state offices have used social media to cast doubt on the integrity of the 2024 election, according to a Washington Post analysis, highlighting a pervasive effort within the GOP to… Continue reading

“Threats to a Fair Election”

October 23, 2024, 6:39 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Emily Bazelon talks to Nate Persily for NYT’s “The Morning” newsletter.

“Republicans to press ahead in bid to block some overseas ballots”

October 23, 2024, 6:34 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Reuters: Republicans on Tuesday vowed to appeal court rulings rejecting their efforts to block some Americans living abroad from voting in North Carolina and Michigan, part of an aggressive legal campaign by the party ahead of the Nov. 5 election… Continue reading