Category Archives: election subversion risk

“Newly obtained surveillance video shows fake Trump elector escorted operatives into Georgia county’s elections office before voting machine breach”

September 6, 2022, 7:58 amchicanery, election subversion risk, voting technologyRick Hasen

CNN: A Republican county official in Georgia escorted two operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald Trump into the county’s election offices on the same day a voting system there was breached, newly obtained video shows.The breach… Continue reading

Will Democrats Put Electoral Count Act Reform Up for a Vote Before the Midterm Elections? Seems Quite Uncertain

September 6, 2022, 7:53 amelection subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Politico: There’s a host of questions facing congressional leaders, in addition to voting on marriage equality, like capping insulin costs, how to approve energy permitting reform sought by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and what strategy to use on funding… Continue reading

“More Than 1 In 2 Americans Will Have An Election Denier On The Ballot This Fall”

September 6, 2022, 7:33 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

538: From the Carolinas to California, Montana to Florida, election denialism has spread across the country. Candidates who support former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen will appear on ballots in nearly every state this… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video of My Appearance on CNN Talking About Ginni Thomas, Justice Thomas, January 6 and the Supreme Court

September 4, 2022, 2:50 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

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“US election conspiracies find fertile ground in conferences”

September 4, 2022, 9:01 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

AP: Over eight hours with only a brief lunch break, attendees were deluged with election conspiracies, complete with charts and slide shows. Speakers talked about tampering of voting machines or the systems that store voter rolls, ballot-box stuffing and massive… Continue reading

Electoral Count Act Reform Potentially Up for Senate Vote This Fall

September 4, 2022, 9:00 amelection subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

WSJ: The Electoral Count Act hit 60 votes of support over the August recess, putting it on track to pass the Senate should Mr. Schumer put it on the floor for a vote. The legislation includes changing an 1887… Continue reading

In Saturday Night Speech, Trump Says Republicans Should Be “Ashamed” They Didn’t Help Him Overturn the Results of the 2020 Election

September 4, 2022, 7:52 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Video: Trump says Republicans should be "ashamed of themselves" for not helping him overturn the 2020 election, then calls for Mitch McConnell to be "scorned" pic.twitter.com/EDqFVomcte— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2022

“Unpacking Biden’s argument about state-level threats to democracy”

September 4, 2022, 7:49 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NPR: President Biden warns that there are threats to American democracy taking shape at the state level. NPR’s Michel Martin discusses how and why with political scientist Jacob Grumbach…MARTIN: Right now, we want to focus on one aspect of his… Continue reading

“Special grand jury seeks evidence of Coffee Co. election breach”

September 2, 2022, 4:21 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, voting technologyRick Hasen

AJC: The Fulton County special grand jury is growing increasingly interested in an alleged election data breach in rural Coffee County as part of its multi-faceted criminal investigation into Georgia’s 2020 election.The 23-person grand jury earlier this week approved… Continue reading

“Trump Embraces Conspiracy Theories He Only Winked at Before; The former president’s activity on his social network, Truth Social, openly promotes far-right and conspiratorial ideas that are usually confined to corners of the internet.”

September 2, 2022, 1:37 pmcheap speech, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Mr. Trump has spent more than a decade on social media attacking enemies, cozying up to far-right ideas and sharing false information. He used Twitter to perpetuate the lie that President Barack Obama was not born in the… Continue reading

“Biden warns U.S. faces powerful threat from anti-democratic forces”

September 2, 2022, 7:29 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: President Biden delivered a forceful address Thursday on what he called a dangerous assault on American democracy, warning that “too much of what’s happening in our country today is not normal” as “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans… Continue reading

“Trump Allies Back Mass Challenge to Voter Eligibility in Georgia”

September 1, 2022, 2:56 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Bloomberg: A group backed by Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and Overstock.com founder Patrick Byrne is challenging the eligibility of tens of thousands of Georgia voters just weeks before the November election in the state where… Continue reading

ELB Podcast, Season 4, Episode 1: Fixing the Electoral Count Act to Stop Future Stolen Elections

September 1, 2022, 2:14 pmELB Podcast, election subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

New ELB Podcast: Will Congress pass bipartisan legislation to fix the Electoral Count Act, that Donald Trump tried to exploit in 2020?Is the new Electoral Count Reform Act the right way to go to stop election subversion?Are there ways… Continue reading

“Trump vows pardons, government apology to Capitol rioters if elected”

September 1, 2022, 2:02 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: Former president Donald Trump said he would issue full pardons and a government apology to rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and violently attacked law enforcement to stop the democratic transfer of power.“I mean… Continue reading