Category Archives: election subversion risk

“Election officials have ideas for stopping a 2024 crisis before it even starts”

April 10, 2023, 3:54 pmelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: Election officials have one major goal ahead of 2024: Make Democracy Boring Again. Election administration has faced an unprecedented amount of scrutiny — and tumult — since the 2020 election. Officials have faced death threats and unprecedented public harassment… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video of UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project March 17 Conference: “Can American Democracy Survive the 2024 Elections?”

April 10, 2023, 7:55 amelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

On March 17, 2023, UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project convened a conference, “Can American Democracy Survive the 2024 Elections?” We had an outstanding set of panels with leaders in law, media, politics, and tech. You can now watch videos of… Continue reading

“Hounded by baseless voter fraud allegations, an entire county’s election staff quits in Virginia”

April 10, 2023, 7:22 amelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Jane Timm for NBC News: Lindsey Taylor loved running elections here. The previous registrar had spent nearly three decades in the job, and Taylor, 37, hoped to do the same when she was hired in 2019. She loved her staff… Continue reading

Fox News defamation suit settles

April 9, 2023, 6:16 pmchicanery, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

No, not those suits. This is the settlement of a separate defamation suit by Venezuelan businessman Majed Khalil, based on comments on Lou Dobbs’s show on Dec. 10, 2020. Khalil was roped into the Dominion/Smartmatic conspiracy nonsense, but… Continue reading

It’s tricky for different sovereigns to run related investigations at the same time

April 9, 2023, 3:02 pmDepartment of Justice, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

And the NYT walks through some of the practicalities with respect to the Trump investigations by the special federal prosecutor in DC and county prosecutors in Georgia. More on the Georgia case here.

Kari Lake tries to make election denial a litmus test for 2024

April 8, 2023, 1:41 pmchicanery, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

But not with particular subtlety. And I think you should get even more specific, ‘Was the 2022 election for governor in Arizona stolen?’ And if they won’t say ‘Absolutely, yes,’ that’s a big red flag,” she added. “That’s a… Continue reading

Breaking: DC Circuit Decides Case About “Obstruct[ing]” “Official Proceedings” with Major Implications for Prosecution of January 6 Rioters for Invading U.S. Capitol, and Potentially Trump

April 7, 2023, 9:11 amelection subversion risk, legislation and legislatures, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

A divided three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit, siding with almost all of the district court decisions considering the question, has held that some of those who invaded the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 could be charged under a… Continue reading

How Fox Chased Its Audience Down the Rabbit Hole

April 6, 2023, 5:55 pmchicanery, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

Jim Rutenberg in the NYT Magazine with a deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep dive on how we got to the Dominion defamation lawsuit.

“Attacks on Dominion Voting Persist Despite High-Profile Lawsuits”

April 6, 2023, 4:26 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadJustin Levitt

It may take an enforced monetary judgment to actually stop the nonsense.

“Trump-fueled election deniers still ‘spread lies,’ experts warn. What does that mean for 2024?”

April 6, 2023, 4:26 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadJustin Levitt

USA Today discusses the half-life of information disorder.

“Cochise supervisors ordered to pay legal fees in election certification suit”

April 6, 2023, 4:25 pmchicanery, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

The supervisors who initially refused to certify the canvass for the 2022 midterms are on the hook for fees for the subsequent suit compelling certification. Here’s the order. The court rejected the argument that “taxpayers might bear the burden… Continue reading

“Rupert Murdoch Can Be Forced to Testify in Defamation Trial, Judge Says”

April 5, 2023, 3:09 pmchicanery, court decisions, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

In addition to Fox’s star on-screen hosts, the judge in the Dominion defamation case has said that “if Dominion issued a subpoena for Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of Fox Corp, and other corporate officers, he ‘would not quash it’ and… Continue reading

About that draft 2020 executive order to seize voting machines

April 5, 2023, 1:48 pmchicanery, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

Spotted heading into the special counsel’s grand jury on April 4: Ken Cuccinelli — named in November 2019 as the official acting as the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, though both GAO and several courts determined that the appointment was… Continue reading