Category Archives: election subversion risk

Tom Daschle and Trent Lott Advocate for Reforms to the Electoral Count Act of 1887

May 17, 2022, 5:41 amelection subversion risk, legislation and legislaturesTabatha Abu El-Haj

Former Senate majority leaders Tom Daschle (D) and Trent Lott (R) have published an Op Ed in the WSJ endorsing the need for swift bi-partisan action to reform the Electoral Count Act of 1887 in advance of the next presidential… Continue reading

“Georgia county under scrutiny after claim of post-election breach”

May 13, 2022, 7:10 amchicanery, election subversion risk, voting technologyRick Hasen

WaPo: A former elections supervisor in rural Coffee County, Ga., has told The Washington Post that she opened her offices to a businessman active in the election-denier movement to help investigate results she did not trust in the… Continue reading

Judge Michael Luttig: “The five alarm fire alarm has been going off continuously since January 6th. That’s why I am very concerned about where the country is today. In my view, we haven’t even begun to address the problems.”

May 12, 2022, 12:49 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Watch: J. Michael Luttig: "The five alarm fire alarm has been going off continuously since January 6th. That's why I am very concerned about where the country is today. In my view, we haven't even begun to address… Continue reading

“An openly pro-coup Trumpist could become Pennsylvania’s next governor”

May 12, 2022, 12:29 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Greg Sargent: What must be conveyed clearly and unflinchingly is this: If Mastriano wins the general election, there is almost certainly no chance that a Democratic presidential candidate’s victory in Pennsylvania in 2024 will be certified by the state’s… Continue reading

NYT: No Indication That AG Merrick Garland and U.S. Department of Justice Examining Donald Trump’s Potential Criminal Liability for January 6

May 12, 2022, 11:03 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

In this NYT story about a DOJ investigation into the potential removal by Donald Trump and his allies of classified materials from the White House at the end of Trump’s term, comes this statement: Despite Mr. Trump’s role in helping… Continue reading

“Michael Gableman’s vendetta over Wisconsin’s 2020 election must end – before he wreaks havoc the next one”

May 12, 2022, 7:28 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Barry Burden and Trey Grayson oped in Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Last fall, we warned about the risks of a so-called investigation into the settled 2020 election led by former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman — a costly, bad-faith endeavor with… Continue reading

“Jail is the new threat facing election workers”

May 11, 2022, 8:23 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

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John Eastman Proposed that Pennsylvania Legislators Do Some Creative Math About Ballot Fraud to “Provide Some Cover” for Appointing an Alternative Slate of Electors to Help Trump Steal Election

May 11, 2022, 6:44 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico on how the Eastman revelations get worse and worse: Attorney John Eastman urged Republican legislators in Pennsylvania to retabulate the state’s popular vote — and throw out tens of thousands of absentee ballots — in order to show… Continue reading

“Inside Mark Meadows’s final push to keep Trump in power”

May 9, 2022, 6:44 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: A review of Meadows’s actions in that periodby The Washington Post — based on interviews, depositions, text messages, emails, congressional documents, recently published memoirs by key players and other material — showshowMeadows played a pivotal role in advancing… Continue reading

Trump Records Robocall in Georgia Secretary of State Race Supporting Candidate Who Parrots Trump’s False Claim of a Stolen 2020 Election

May 6, 2022, 7:20 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AJC: In a new and rambling robocall this week for U.S. Rep. Jody Hice that we got our hands on, the former president goes on for more than a minute and a half, talking about himself, repeating disproven election… Continue reading

“Oath Keepers Leader Sought to Ask Trump to Unleash His Militia”

May 5, 2022, 7:10 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Even as the beleaguered police were still trying to disperse a violent mob at the Capitol last January, Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, undertook a desperate, last-ditch effort to keep President Donald J.… Continue reading

Dahlia Lithwick on Celebrity Journalism and the Inability to Communicate Effectively About the Risks of Election Subversion

May 2, 2022, 11:51 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Spot-on Dahlia Lithwick, pivoting off the White House Correspondents dinner: All of which leads us to the second category error. It’s not merely that the American free press is not quite as free as we’d prefer to believe, but… Continue reading

“Republican election-deniers elevate races for secretary of state”

May 1, 2022, 7:33 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: States United Action, a nonpartisan advocacy organization co-founded by Whitman, has been tracking secretary of state races and identified nearly two dozen Republican candidates who deny the results of the 2020 presidential election.That includes John Adams, a former… Continue reading

“Evidence mounts of GOP involvement in Trump election schemes”

May 1, 2022, 7:31 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: Since launching its investigation last summer, the Jan. 6 panel has been slowly gaining new details about what lawmakers said and did in the weeks before the insurrection. Members have asked three GOP lawmakers — Jordan of Ohio, Rep.… Continue reading