Category Archives: election subversion risk

Colorado Republican Party Files Cert Petition in Case Involving Trump’s Disqualification from the Colorado Primary Ballot

December 28, 2023, 5:12 amballot access, election subversion riskRick Hasen

You can find it here (no docket number yet, via Marty Lederman). Trump is expected to file a separate cert. petition, raising somewhat different issues.

ELB Podcast 5:4: Ian Bassin & Jess Marsden: Protecting Democracy in 2024…and 2025

December 8, 2023, 8:11 amauthoritarian threats in US, ELB Podcast, election subversion riskRick Hasen

New ELB Podcast: Has the United States done enough to minimize the risk of election subversion in 2024? How might problems in Congress affect a fair tallying of electoral college votes on January 6, 2025? How much danger of authoritarian… Continue reading

“Inside Trump’s Plot To Corrupt the 2024 Election With ‘Garbage’ Data”

December 8, 2023, 7:53 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Rolling Stone: As recently as this summer, Trump had talked to right-leaning legal counselors about the feasibility of laying the groundwork for various post-election “audits” of mailed ballots — inspired partly by a shambolic Arizona audit following the 2020 election… Continue reading

I Spoke with the PBS News Hour About Charges and Lawsuits Against the 2020 “Fake” Electors

December 8, 2023, 7:32 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

You can watch here.

Updated Democracy Crisis in the Making Report

December 7, 2023, 2:17 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

From States United, Protect Democracy and Law Forward: As the 2024 election approaches, state legislatures continue to propose and enact laws that expose our election system to partisan disruption and manipulation. These laws ultimately increase the risk of subversion —… Continue reading

“Trump on Trial: The Looming Legal and Political Collision”

December 7, 2023, 9:25 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: In the next few months, as the weather warms in Washington, something remarkable could happen in the city’s federal courthouse: Donald J. Trump could become the first former president in U.S. history to sit through a trial as a… Continue reading

“Colorado Supreme Court Takes Up Trump’s Eligibility to Be President”

December 6, 2023, 5:44 pmballot access, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: The Colorado Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on the question of whether former President Donald J. Trump is barred from holding office again under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which disqualifies people who engaged in insurrection against the… Continue reading

“Pro-Trump electors indicted in Nevada, the third state to issue charges”

December 6, 2023, 12:19 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: A Nevada grand jury on Wednesday charged six Republicans who claimed to be presidential electors in 2020 and submitted certificates to Congress falsely asserting that former president Donald Trump had won the election in their state. Nevada Attorney General… Continue reading

“Jack Smith: Trump ‘Agent’ Sought To Cause Riot To Disrupt Michigan Vote Count in 2020”

December 6, 2023, 10:07 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

The Messenger: Federal prosecutors said Tuesday they intend to present evidence at Donald Trump’s upcoming election-subversion trial that an agent of the former president sought “to cause a riot to disrupt the count” of votes in Detroit after the 2020… Continue reading

“‘Test case’ for America: Colorado’s top court poised to weigh Trump’s eligibility to run again”

December 6, 2023, 8:11 amballot access, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: So far, no court has declared Trump ineligible, and few of the cases have advanced beyond initial stages. In Minnesota, the state supreme court dismissed a challenge seeking to bar Trump from that state’s Republican primary ballot, but… Continue reading

“Prosecutors Intend to Show Long Pattern of Threats and Baseless Claims by Trump”

December 5, 2023, 4:37 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: When former President Donald J. Trump goes on trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, federal prosecutors intend to tell a sweeping story, informing the jury about everything from his support for the far-right Proud Boys… Continue reading

“Voting experts warn of ‘serious threats’ for 2024 from election equipment software breaches”

December 5, 2023, 3:03 pmelection subversion risk, voting technologyRick Hasen

AP: An effort to access voting system software in several states and provide it to allies of former President Donald Trump as they sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election has raised “serious threats” ahead of next year’s… Continue reading

New Poll of Former Members of Congress Reveals Concern for Democracy, Pervasiveness of Threats

December 5, 2023, 7:25 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

New from FMC & UMass: in 2023, FMC partnered with the University of Massachusetts Amherst UMass Poll to conduct a survey on the perspectives, beliefs, and experiences of Former Members of Congress. Nearly 300 Former Members responded to the survey,… Continue reading

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