Category Archives: election subversion risk

“How a Far-Right Takeover of Georgia’s Election Board Could Swing the Election”

August 19, 2024, 7:41 amelection administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Like similar entities in other states, Georgia’s elections board was established to be an independent agency that determines voting rules and issues guidance for poll workers to maintain order and integrity in elections without consideration of their political impact.… Continue reading

Luttig and Johnson on MSNBC About Certification and the Risk of Election Subversion

August 10, 2024, 11:02 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

From the 8/8 “Deadline White House” with Nicole Wallace: Judge Luttig: Without a question, a score of more of American lawyers played an ignoble role in the 2020 effort by the former president to overturn that presidential election. And, the… Continue reading

Speaking in Sacramento on July 24: “Loser’s Consent: Holding a Fair and Legitimate 2024 Election”

July 22, 2024, 1:26 pmelection subversion risk, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Looking forward to speaking this Wednesday at the UC Center, Sacramento: “Loser’s Consent: Holding a Fair and Legitimate 2024 Election” Wed, Jul 24, 2024 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm 1115 11th Street, Sacramento and by Zoom webinar Professor Richard Hasen, Professor… Continue reading

Voting Machine Conspiracies Persist

July 21, 2024, 5:11 amelection subversion risk, voting technologyDan Tokaji

NYT: Nearly four years later, zealous supporters of former President Donald J. Trump who promoted the conspiracy theory that Dominion Voting Systems had rigged its machines to rob him of the 2020 election are still at it. Even though… Continue reading

“Trump is poised to bypass his legal woes thanks to judges he appointed”

July 21, 2024, 5:07 amelection subversion risk, Supreme CourtDan Tokaji

Politico: “Trump’s three Supreme Court picks formed a decisive bloc to declare presidents immune from prosecution for official conduct — freezing the charges he faces in multiple jurisdictions for trying to subvert the 2020 election and putting his New… Continue reading

“Republicans say they will trust the election results as long as Trump wins”

July 20, 2024, 4:11 amelection subversion risk, political partiesDan Tokaji

From the Washington Post: Despite the brimming confidence of Trump supporters, the campaign is preparing them to question the results if things don’t go their way. Trump has preemptively questioned the outcome of the election, sowing doubt in the… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 committee members leverage Trump in pleas for Biden to step aside”

July 20, 2024, 4:06 amelection subversion risk, political partiesDan Tokaji

Politico: Democrats who played prominent roles on the House Jan. 6 committee — which concluded that Donald Trump poses a unique danger to democracy — are at the forefront of the latest push by members of Congress to call… Continue reading

“Election denialism front and center at Republican national convention”

July 19, 2024, 10:43 amelection subversion riskDan Tokaji

The Guardian: “At the convention, there was little doubt that the next election could be rigged. The struggle of the Biden campaign and Trump’s strong standing in the polls only increased the belief that any Democratic victory would be… Continue reading

Trump Senior Advisor Channels Yogi Berra

July 18, 2024, 3:17 pmelection subversion riskDan Tokaji

Sort of: “‘It’s not over on Election Day. It’s over on Inauguration Day,’ [Trump campaign senior advisor Chris] LaCivita told Politico’s Jonathan Martin during a Thursday interview at the RNC.”

“Indicted election deniers from several states are Republican Convention delegates”

July 18, 2024, 12:12 pmelection subversion risk, political partiesDan Tokaji

NPR: … GOP Arizona state Sens. Jake Hoffman and Anthony Kern, as well as Nancy Cottle [all Arizona delegates], are among the 18 people indicted by an Arizona grand jury for their roles in an alleged scheme to upend… Continue reading

“J.D. Vance Once Warned Trump About Lying About Elections. That Was Then.”

July 18, 2024, 5:18 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

And this is now, according to the NYT: “As Mr. Trump’s running mate, the most consequential part of this journey may be his transformation from a critic of Mr. Trump’s false 2016 claims about election fraud to a defender… Continue reading

“Why it’s so hard to measure support for political violence”

July 17, 2024, 9:46 amauthoritarian threats in US, election subversion riskDan Tokaji

538: It’s true that, over the past few years, polls have shown increasing shares of Americans saying — in one way or another — they may be OK with political violence… When asked whether they agree with the statement,… Continue reading

“In Vance, Trump finds a kindred spirit on election denial and Jan. 6”

July 17, 2024, 9:39 amelection subversion riskDan Tokaji

Washington Post: “Vance has said he would have used the vice president’s role overseeing the electoral count to recognize Trump electors from states the then-president didn’t win and that Congress ‘should have fought over it from there.’ That, he… Continue reading

“Nevada county reverses controversial vote and certifies two recounts while legal action looms”

July 17, 2024, 6:04 amelection administration, election subversion risk, recountsDan Tokaji

AP: “The 4-1 decision overturns last week’s vote against certifying election recount results from June’s primary in the politically mixed swath of northern Nevada [Washoe County], which includes Reno. The rare move had potential implications for how the November … Continue reading