Category Archives: election subversion risk

“What are the Federal Voluntary Voting System Guidelines?”

August 11, 2025, 7:55 amelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

New from the Bipartisan Policy Center: he Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) are a set of principles and standards for the election equipment that Americans use to vote. These guidelines help ensure that election outcomes reflect the will of voters,… Continue reading

“Trump and his allies mount a pressure campaign against US elections ahead of the midterms”

August 3, 2025, 4:06 pmelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Fredreka Schouten for CNN: A few weeks ago, Republican election officials in Colorado began receiving unsolicited calls and texts from a GOP consultant who said he was working with the Trump administration on “election integrity.” In a text to one… Continue reading

D.C. Bar Committee Recommends that Jeffrey Clark, Who Tried to Help Trump Subvert the 2020 Presidential Election, Be Disbarred

July 31, 2025, 12:00 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

From the report and recommendation: Having reviewed the record in this matter, including the parties’ arguments before the Board, we reject Respondentís procedural arguments and dispositive motions. On the merits, we conclude that Disciplinary Counsel proved by clear and… Continue reading

“Fired prosecutor who handled Capitol riot cases sues government”

July 25, 2025, 10:21 amauthoritarian threats in US, Department of Justice, election subversion riskDan Tokaji

Washington Post: A prosecutor who handled some of the most high-profile cases against Jan. 6, 2021 rioters is suing the government over his dismissal last month, arguing that the decision was politically motivated. Former assistant U.S. attorney Michael Gordon… Continue reading

Trump’s False and Malicious Claims That Former President Obama Engaged in “Treason” in Connection with the 2016 and 2020 Elections Merits Mention Only on Page A17 of the NY Times and Is Barely a Blip Elsewhere

July 24, 2025, 11:27 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Displaying a willingness to weaponize the federal government in ways that were as novel as they were audacious, he took on a wide variety of individuals and institutions — from law firms and universities to journalists and federal bureaucrats… Continue reading

“Gabbard’s claims of an anti-Trump conspiracy are not supported by declassified documents”

July 24, 2025, 11:25 amelection subversion riskDan Tokaji

I’m sure this AP story will come as a real shocker to ELB readers.

Brennan & R Street: “A State Agenda for Election Security and Resistance”

July 24, 2025, 11:21 amelection administration, election subversion risk, voting technologyDan Tokaji

New report by Derek Tisler of Brennan Center & Chris McIsaac of R Street Institute: Election resiliency is about making sure that attacks and other disruptive incidents do not impede voters from casting ballots nor prevent election workers from counting… Continue reading

Rove on the Political Price of Conspiracy Theories

July 24, 2025, 4:59 amcheap speech, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

Karl Rove in WSJ, connecting the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein drama to election-related conspiracy theories: Other conspiracies await action by the White House…. Team Trump could produce evidence that confirms the conspiracy advocates were right. They could reveal just how… Continue reading

“Mike Lindell celebrates victory after appeals court voids $5M award in election data dispute”

July 24, 2025, 4:50 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

AP: A federal appeals court handed a victory Wednesday to Mike Lindell, ruling that the MyPillow founder doesn’t have to pay a $5 million award to a software engineer who disputed data that Lindell claims proves that China interfered… Continue reading

“Jim Jordan subpoenas DOJ prosecutor who helped investigate Donald Trump”

July 22, 2025, 4:43 amDepartment of Justice, election subversion riskDan Tokaji

Politico: “The Ohio Republican sent the subpoena to Thomas Windom, former senior assistant special counsel who worked under then-special counsel Jack Smith. Then-Attorney General Merrick Garland had appointed Smith to lead the Justice Department’s cases around Trump’s retention of… Continue reading

“Trump’s DOJ has fired dozens of prosecutors, upending decades-old norm”

July 19, 2025, 7:18 amauthoritarian threats in US, Department of Justice, election subversion riskDan Tokaji

WaPo reports: The Department of Justice under the Trump administration has fired dozens of career prosecutors during the past six months, making the dismissal of federal attorneys — generally a move reserved for cases of misconduct — almost commonplace.… Continue reading

“Gabbard Claims Obama Administration Tried to Undermine Trump in 2016”

July 19, 2025, 4:23 amauthoritarian threats in US, election subversion riskDan Tokaji

NYT: “The Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Friday issued the latest in a series of reports from the Trump administration attempting to undermine the eight-year-old assessment that Russia favored the election of Donald J. Trump in… Continue reading

“U.S. to Curtail Practice of Assessing Fairness of Foreign Elections”

July 17, 2025, 11:57 amcomparative election law, election subversion riskDan Tokaji

WSJ: “he State Department is placing strict limits on its public assessments of foreign elections, according to an internal State Department directive, a sharp shift away from a practice the U.S. has used for decades to promote fair elections… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 Rioters Are the New Hot Event in Town for Republicans”

July 14, 2025, 5:41 amcampaign finance, election subversion risk, political partiesDan Tokaji

Where campaign finance meets election subversion. WSJ reports: Former Jan. 6 defendants are the new draw at local Republican fundraisers, helping to fill seats at normally sleepy events while getting a platform to tell their version of the Capitol… Continue reading