Category Archives: election subversion risk
“Biden admin set to warn about threats to nation’s election infrastructure”
Politico:
Top Biden national security officials are tracking multiple threats to the nation’s election security infrastructure ahead of the midterms and are set to issue warnings, including in an internal intelligence bulletin this week, according to two people familiar with… Continue reading
“Their America Is Vanishing. Like Trump, They Insist They Were Cheated; The white majority is fading, the economy is changing and there’s a pervasive sense of loss in districts where Republicans fought the outcome of the 2020 election.”
NYT:
To understand the social forces converging in that historic vote — objecting to the Electoral College count — The Times examined the constituencies of the lawmakers who joined the effort, analyzing census and other data from congressional districts and… Continue reading
Gowri Ramachandran: “Litigation Over a Proposed Hand Count of Ballots in Nye County, Nevada”
The following is a guest post from Gowri Ramachandran of the Brennan Center:
With early voting set to begin the next day, the Nevada Supreme Court issued an emergency writ of mandamus on Friday evening against Nye County, Nevada, in… Continue reading
“Trump Plans to Challenge the 2022 Elections — Starting in Philly”
Rolling Stone:
Donald Trump welcomed a handful of Republican allies to Manhattan’s Trump Tower with an urgent message: He saw a “scam” happening with midterm election voting in Philadelphia and elsewhere in Pennsylvania, and he wanted conservatives to do… Continue reading
“Republican Election Skeptics Propose Changes That Could Affect 2024 Vote”
WSJ:
Republican candidates for governor and secretary of state who have echoed former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was rife with fraud have proposed changes in voting access and election certification that could have ramifications… Continue reading
“Democratic Secretary of State Candidates Struggle Against Election Deniers”
NYT:
Ted Pappageorge, the head of Culinary Union Local 226, whipped up the crowd of canvassers into a frenzy on a recent Monday morning, earning him “sí, se puede!” chants. But before he sent the canvassers out to knock on… Continue reading
“Cleta Mitchell Is Training Thousands of Trump Loyalists to Monitor the Polls on Election Day. What Could Go Wrong?”
David Freedlander deep dive for New York:
“It really makes me sad to see what happened to Cleta Mitchell,” said Rick Hasen, a legal scholar at UCLA who served on an election-law committee with Mitchell through the American Law… Continue reading
“Election deniers could make deep changes to Arizona voting”
AP:
Gathered at a table in the state Capitol a little less than two years ago, two Republicans and a Democrat took part in a ceremony prescribed by state law that made official Joe Biden’s 10,500-vote victory in Arizona’s 2020… Continue reading
Judge in John Eastman Case Finds Trump Likely Committed a Crime by Signing False Verification About Voter Fraud in Georgia During 2020 Election Contest
From the court’s order:
Four emails demonstrate an effort by President Trump and his attorneys to press false claims in federal court for the purpose of delaying the January 6 vote. The evidence confirms that this effort was undertaken… Continue reading
“GOP hopefuls stump for election deniers despite distancing from Trump lies”
WaPo:
In an interview on the “Today” show earlier this month, former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley swore off campaigning for Republicans who repeat ex-president Donald Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen.“Everybody that I’m helping acknowledges the fact… Continue reading
“Ken Paxton, Texas’ election denier-in-chief, closes in on third term”
Texas Tribune:
In the days leading up to the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged his followers on social media to “stand with President Trump” and “#StopTheSteal.”On… Continue reading
Greg Sargent on Kari Lake: Why Hasn’t Arizona’s Strict New Voting Law Restored Voter Confidence:
Greg in WaPo:
Let’s start with democracy. Pressed on whether she would accept the November election results, Lake refused to say, declaring: “I’m going to win the election, and I will accept that result.” (Lake also spewed nonsense about… Continue reading
“Lake Won’t Pledge to Accept Election Results, and More News From the Sunday Shows”
NYT:
Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for governor of Arizona, refused on Sunday to commit to accepting the results of her election, using much of the same language that former President Donald J. Trump did when he was a… Continue reading