“The battle over ‘the big lie’; This November, voters will decide the future of American elections. Arizona is ground zero”
Ethan Bauer for Deseret News.
Category Archives: election subversion risk
Judge Luttig Likes the Cheney-Lofgren Bill to Change the Electoral Count Act, Urges House and Senate to Compromise to Pass an anti Election Subversion Bill
Thread begins here:
This week, Congresswoman Liz Cheney @RepLizCheney and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren @RepZoeLofgren introduced a bipartisan bill in the House to reform the Electoral Count Act of 1887. This bill represents a comprehensive and compelling Rule of Law… Continue reading
Useful Politifact Comparison of the Senate and House Bills to Reform the Electoral Count Act
The latest from Lou Jacobson.
Arizona Secretary of State Candidate Mark Finchem: Biden Winning Arizona (in 2020 or 2024) is a “Fantasy”
Charlotte Alter:
https://twitter.com/CharlotteAlter/status/1572219894468419587
“Videos Show Trump Allies Handling Georgia Voting Equipment”
NYT:
Newly released videos show allies of former President Donald J. Trump and contractors who were working on his behalf handling sensitive voting equipment in a rural Georgia county weeks after the 2020 election.The footage, which was made public as… Continue reading
“Michael Gableman, who produced no evidence of 2020 election fraud in $1 million review, now suggests the country needs revolution”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman told a group of Republicans this month that a revolution against government officials over the 2020 election has become necessary but said people have become too comfortable to water the “tree… Continue reading
“Congress’ latest House-Senate wrangle: Preventing the next Jan. 6”
Politico:
Efforts to reform an obscure 135-year-old election law, which Donald Trump tried to utilize to subvert the 2020 election, are reviving a classic congressional rivalry: the House vs. the Senate.After signaling for months that they wanted to go further… Continue reading
Cheney-Lofgren Bill to Amend the Electoral Count Act Lists Permissible Bases to Object to Counting Certain Electors, Including that Candidate is Ineligible for President Because of Participation in an Insurrection
I’ve just begun reviewing the draft Cheney-Lofgren bill to reform the Electoral Count Act. It is very much in line with the spirit of the Collins-Manchin bill in the Senate, but differs in some particulars. For example, it has a… Continue reading
“We Have a Bill to Help Prevent Another Jan. 6 Attack; It’s past time to reform the Electoral Count Act to make clear Congress can’t overturn an election result.”
Liz Cheney and Zoe Lofgren oped in the WSJ (with a proposal that sounds very much in line with Collins-Manchin):
Despite this, Mr. Trump continues to make intentionally false election-fraud allegations, claiming that he should be reinstalled as president. And… Continue reading
“Trump Rally Plays Music Resembling QAnon Song, and Crowds React” (and Video)
NYT:
Former President Donald J. Trump appeared to more fully embrace QAnon on Saturday, playing a song at a political rally in Ohio that prompted attendees to respond with a salute in reference to the cultlike conspiracy theory’s theme song.While… Continue reading
“Republicans in key battleground races refuse to say they will accept results”
WaPo:
A dozen Republican candidates in competitive races for governor and Senate have declined to say whether they would accept the results of their contests, raising the prospect of fresh post-election chaos two years after Donald Trump refused to… Continue reading
“Echoing Trump, These Republicans Won’t Promise to Accept 2022 Results”
NYT:
Nearly two years after President Donald J. Trump refused to accept his defeat in the 2020 election, some of his most loyal Republican acolytes might follow in his footsteps.When asked, six Trump-backed Republican nominees for governor and the… Continue reading
Must-Read David Leonhardt NYT: “‘A Crisis Coming’: The Twin Threats to American Democracy”
Extensive analysis by David Leonhardt in the NYT:
The United States has experienced deep political turmoil several times before over the past century. The Great Depression caused Americans to doubt the country’s economic system. World War II and the Cold… Continue reading
“Trump warns of ‘problems’ like ‘we’ve never seen’ if he’s indicted”
Politico:
Former President Donald Trump said Thursday the nation would face “problems … the likes of which perhaps we’ve never seen” if he is indicted over his handling of classified documents after leaving office, an apparent suggestion that such a… Continue reading