All posts by Rick Hasen
Radiolab Tackles Ranked Choice Voting
“Public opinion alone won’t save democracy”
Brendan Nyhan and Rocio Titiunik in Science:
The articles by Chu et al., Voelkel et al., and Tessler et al. show that online surveys, experiments, and AI-assisted deliberation can help to improve democratic attitudes and build consensus among the… Continue reading
Election Betting Markets as a New Source for Disinformation? “A Mystery $30 Million Wave of Pro-Trump Bets Has Moved a Popular Prediction Market”
WSJ:
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are neck and neck in the polls. But in one popular betting market, the odds have skewed heavily in Trump’s favor, raising questions about a recent flurry of wagers and… Continue reading
“JD Vance Campaign Event With Christian Right Leaders May Have Violated Tax and Election Laws, Experts Say”
ProPublica:
Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance’s appearance at a far-right Christian revival tour last month may have broken tax and election laws, experts say.
On Sept. 28, Vance held an official campaign event in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, in partnership with the … Continue reading
“Musk pushes debunked Dominion voting conspiracy theory at first Pennsylvania appearance”
NBC News:
Billionaire Elon Musk promoted debunked conspiracy theories about election fraud Thursday at the first of a series of planned campaign events across Pennsylvania meant to rally support for former President Donald Trump’s campaign.
At a town hall hosted… Continue reading
Federal District Court in Trump Subversion Case Says Keeping Appendix of Government Materials Secret Until After the Election Would Be the Real “Election Interference”
From the court’s order:
Defendant claims that the “asymmetric release of charged allegations and related documents during early voting creates a concerning appearance of election interference.” Motion at 5. There is undoubtedly a public interest in courts not inserting themselves… Continue reading
“Trump drops the pretense, labels Jan. 6 insurrectionists ‘we'”
Aaron Blake for WaPo:
Shortly after the dust settled on Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump’s allies went to great and strained lengths to distance the then-president from the insurrectionists who had stormed the U.S. Capitol. They falsely linked the… Continue reading
Federal District Court Issues TRO Barring the State of Florida from Threatening TV Stations That Air Advertising Supporting Abortion Rights Amendment
Order:
By threatening criminal proceedings for broadcasting a “political advertisement claiming that current Florida law does not allow physicians to perform abortions necessary to preserve the lives and health of pregnant women,” ECF No. 1-1 at 2, Defendant has engaged… Continue reading
Cornel West is Going to the Third Circuit to Try to Get on the Pennsylvania Ballot (Updated Headline)
See this filing, which is a precursor to asking the Third Circuit for a stay.
Given the extremely late timing, I don’t give this much chance of success.
(Update: I’ve since learned that West has already filed his appeal… Continue reading
“Trump’s Big Lie Attorneys Are Back”
The Intercept:
Across battleground states, attorneys who helped former President Donald Trump undermine confidence in the 2020 election results are back at it, filing lawsuits that seed doubt in advance about this year’s outcome.
Some of Trump’s attorneys from the… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of Fantastic Discussion with Ben Ginsberg, Larry Diamond, Franita Tolson, and Rachel Kleinfeld: “From November 5 to January 6: Are We Ready for a Fair and Legitimate Election?”
Watch this excellent discussion at the UCLA Hammer Museum, the last in our three-part series between the Hammer and the Safeguarding Democracy Project.
“Don’t say ‘vote’: How Instagram hides your political posts”
Geoffrey Fowler column for WaPo:
On Instagram, creator Mrs. Frazzled can get more than a million viewers for her goofy videos “parenting” misbehaving adults. One recent hit showed bartenders how to talk to drunk customers like they’re in kindergarten. But… Continue reading
“Massive influx of shadowy get-out-the-vote spending floods swing states”
WaPo:
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has offered Americans $47 for each swing state voter they recruit to his effort to elect Donald Trump.
Democratic groups have started paying at least $160 to more than 75,000 voters who agree… Continue reading