Category Archives: election subversion risk

“Clarifying the Possibility of a Contingent Election under the Twelfth Amendment”

October 20, 2024, 7:48 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Smart Andy Craig at Cato: The law makes this distinction clear, carefully tracking the Constitution’s text. 3 USC §15(e)(2) provides that the whole number of electors is reduced only if a state has failed to appoint the number of electors… Continue reading

“The Very Real Scenario Where Trump Loses and Takes Power Anyway”; John Eastman Quoted Saying ECRA is Unconstitutional (It’s Not)

October 20, 2024, 7:33 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: Dozens of interviews with people deeply familiar or involved with the election process point to a clear consensus: Not only could Trump make a second attempt at overturning an election he loses, he and his allies are already laying… Continue reading

“Public opinion alone won’t save democracy”

October 18, 2024, 9:00 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

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

“Trump drops the pretense, labels Jan. 6 insurrectionists ‘we'”

October 17, 2024, 4:26 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

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

“Trump’s Big Lie Attorneys Are Back”

October 17, 2024, 4:08 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

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?”

October 17, 2024, 8:59 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Watch this excellent discussion at the UCLA Hammer Museum, the last in our three-part series between the Hammer and the Safeguarding Democracy Project.

“At least 30 election deniers and 2020 fake electors serving as Trump electors this year”

October 17, 2024, 7:46 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

CNN: More than a dozen Republicans who were “fake electors” in 2020, including several facing criminal charges, are serving as former President Donald Trump’s official electors in battleground states this year, according to a CNN survey. Another 16 GOP electors… Continue reading

“Voters distrust delayed election results, but a prebunking message inoculates against distrust”

October 17, 2024, 7:30 amelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Important new paper from Mackenzie Lockhart, Jennifer Gaudette, Seth J. Hill, Thad Kousser, Mindy Romero, and Laura Uribe. Here is the abstract: Counting and certifying election results in the United States can take days and even weeks following election day.… Continue reading

” Vance says ‘no,’ Trump did not lose the 2020 election”

October 16, 2024, 3:21 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: This time, JD Vance didn’t dodge the question: “Did Donald Trump lose the election in 2020? Not by the words that I would use.” Vance has been repeatedly asked in recent weeks if he thinks his running mate lost… Continue reading

“Right-Wing Activists Pushed False Claims About Election Fraud. Now They’re Recruiting Poll Workers in Swing States.”

October 16, 2024, 1:12 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

ProPublica: Right-wing strategists still talk about what happened in Detroit in 2020, when poll watchers stood outside the absentee ballot counting center, banging on windows and shouting “Stop the count!” Conspiracy theories swirled that those volunteers had been kept out… Continue reading

“Trump Escalates Threats to Political Opponents He Deems the ‘Enemy'”

October 16, 2024, 7:25 amauthoritarian threats in US, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: With three weeks left before Election Day, former President Donald J. Trump is pushing to the forefront of his campaign a menacing political threat: that he would use the power of the presidency to crush those who disagree… Continue reading

“How Trump allies stoked election chaos in Detroit in 2020 — and what they’re planning in 2024”

October 15, 2024, 8:05 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Ryan Reilly and Jane Timm deep dive for NBC: How this will play out on Election Day is unknown. But an NBC News investigation can now report the extent of the Republican Party and Trump campaign’s involvement in the TCF… Continue reading

Why Is This Not the Top Story in Every Newspaper, on Every News Website, and on Every Television News Program? “Trump sparks outrage after calling for army to handle enemies on election day”

October 14, 2024, 12:22 pmauthoritarian threats in US, election subversion riskRick Hasen

The Guardian story is here. My earlier coverage: “Trump floats sending military after US citizens on election day citing ‘radical left lunatics’ and ‘the enemy from within’” The Independent: Donald Trump has chillingly suggested sending the military or … Continue reading

Georgia: “‘Inappropriate and unprofessional’: State Election Board chair wants his Republican peers to back down”

October 14, 2024, 9:41 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

AJC: The chair of the State Election Board says his Republican colleagues have gone too far, taking the law into their hands by passing new Georgia election rules since Donald Trump praised them at a campaign rally. “Our job is… Continue reading

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