Category Archives: election subversion risk

“US added to list of ‘backsliding’ democracies for first time”

November 22, 2021, 6:25 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

The Guardian: The US has been added to an annual list of “backsliding” democracies for the first time, the International IDEA thinktank has said, pointing to a “visible deterioration” it said began in 2019. Globally, more than one in… Continue reading

“‘Midnight is approaching’ to pass voting rights protections”

November 21, 2021, 4:06 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Axios: “Defenders of democracy in America still have a slim window of opportunity to act. But time is ticking away, and midnight is approaching,” according to more than 150 top scholars of U.S. democracy in a new push to… Continue reading

“What the democracy watchers worry about”

November 21, 2021, 11:11 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Axios: People who study democracies around the world will be watching the 2022 midterm elections for new signs of how vulnerable the U.S. system has become.Why it matters: Even if the true test doesn’t come until the 2024 presidential election,… Continue reading

“Effort to breach Ohio county’s voting system draws FBI and state scrutiny”

November 20, 2021, 4:36 amchicanery, election administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadTabatha Abu El-Haj

Washington Post Exclusive by Amy Gardner, Emma Brown, and Devlin Barrett Investigators are examining possible connections between an attempted breach of Ohio county’s election network and “an incident in Colorado earlier this year, when government officials helped an outsider gain… Continue reading

“Wisconsin Republicans Push to Take Over the State’s Elections”

November 19, 2021, 5:22 amelection administration, election subversion riskTabatha Abu El-Haj

Reid J. Epstein, N.Y. Times The ongoing effort seeks to eliminate the state’s bipartisan elections agency. “Republicans in Wisconsin are engaged in an all-out assault on the state’s election system, building off their attempts to challenge the results of the… Continue reading

“Stephen Richer creates PAC to back ‘pro-democracy’ Republicans”

November 18, 2021, 11:50 amelection administration, election subversion riskTabatha Abu El-Haj

Jeremy Duda, Arizona Mirror Maricopa County Recorder, Stephen Richer is stepping into the fray. Richer has been vocal in defending the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election. His decision is likely to be controversial. Elected election officials generally eschew taking… Continue reading

CNN: Christian Adams Boxed Democratic Members of US Civil Rights Commission into Choosing Trump Election Subversion Supporter Cleta Mitchell for Spot on Election Assistance Commission Advisory Board

November 18, 2021, 7:56 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

CNN: A conservative lawyer who helped Donald Trump try to overturn the 2020 election was named to a federal election advisory board this month, a move that illustrates how the former President still casts a long shadow over the… Continue reading

“The Desperate Scramble to Stop an Insider Election Threat”

November 15, 2021, 7:15 amelection administration, election subversion risk, political parties, political polarizationTabatha Abu El-Haj

The Atlantic Judge of elections and inspector of elections are elected positions in Pennsylvania. The question of the day is how many Trump loyalists were elected to those positions in the recent election. The fear is that Trump loyalists, primed… Continue reading

“Memo from Trump attorney outlined how Pence could overturn election, says new book” (It’s Jenna Ellis, Not Eastman, in This One)

November 14, 2021, 1:40 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

ABC News: In a memo not made public until now, then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows emailed to Vice President Mike Pence’s top aide, on New Year’s Eve, a detailed plan for undoing President Joe Biden’s election… Continue reading

“‘Terrifying for American democracy’: is Trump planning for a 2024 coup?”

November 14, 2021, 1:31 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Ed Pilkington deep dive for The Guardian.

“Bannon Indicted on Contempt Charges Over House’s Capitol Riot Inquiry”

November 12, 2021, 3:34 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Stephen K. Bannon, a onetime aide to former President Donald J. Trump, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday on two counts of contempt of Congress, the Justice Department said.Mr. Bannon, 67, had refused last month to… Continue reading

“No, Constitutional Scholars Are Not ’50/50′ in Agreement With Donald Trump About Jan. 6”

November 12, 2021, 2:06 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Matt Seligman for Slate: This is, frankly, nuts. Eastman’s idea is that because a violent mob stormed the Capitol, physically preventing Congress from sticking to the law’s two-hour time limit in the most brutally literal way, Pence could ignore… Continue reading

“Menace, as a Political Tool, Enters the Republican Mainstream”

November 12, 2021, 12:31 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: At a conservative rally in western Idaho last month, a young man stepped up to a microphone to ask when he could start killing Democrats.“When do we get to use the guns?” he said as the audience… Continue reading

Trump, in Audio Interview, Defends His Supporters’ Chants of “Hang Mike Pence” By Pointing to His Warped View of Independent State Legislature Doctrine

November 12, 2021, 7:05 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Axios with audio from upcoming Jon Karl book: Jonathan Karl: “Were you worried about him during that siege? Were you worried about his safety?” Trump: “No, I thought he was well-protected, and I had heard that he was in… Continue reading