I Spoke to the Diane Rehm Show: “How Secure is the 2024 Election?”
You can listen here.
All posts by Rick Hasen
“Meet the Pennsylvania nuns falsely accused of voter fraud”
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)
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)
“Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC awards more $1 million prizes despite DOJ warning”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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
Podcast Delves into the Increased Uses of Ranked Choice Voting in the U.S. with Rob Richie
You can listen here.
Tom Cotton Wrongly Claims DOJ Selectively Going after Musk, Wrongly Claiming that RuPaul Contest and Michele Obama Sweepstakes Violate the Same Federal Law Against Vote Buying (They Don’t)
Senator Tom Cotton claims DOJ is engaged in targeting those on the right by going after Elon Musk’s PAC for vote buying with his contest that requires voter registation. He argues that RuPaul and Michele Obama both are running contests… Continue reading