Category Archives: election subversion risk

“Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to block aides from testifying in Jan. 6 probe”

April 5, 2023, 1:46 pmelection subversion riskJustin Levitt

In a sealed order issued Tuesday, a panel of the DC Circuit reportedly “rejected an emergency bid by former President Donald Trump to block several top aides from testifying in the special counsel investigation of his effort to subvert the… Continue reading

“Trump’s legal drama could soon continue in Georgia”

April 5, 2023, 1:45 pmchicanery, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

A deep dive into the Fulton County probe into election interference.

Still more defamation actions

April 5, 2023, 1:44 pmcheap speech, chicanery, election subversion risk, First Amendment theoryJustin Levitt

Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, Eugene notes Devin Nunes’s latest, about an allegation that federal investigators were looking into Trump Media for potential money laundering activities.

Watch Archived Video of the Final Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar of the Semester, “Confronting the Insider Threat on Election Security and Protecting Election Officials” with Judd Choate and Liz Howard

April 5, 2023, 10:52 amelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Great conversation (and here’s the slide deck):

“Could Ballot Images Loosen the Grip of Disinformation?”

April 5, 2023, 7:52 amelection subversion riskJustin Levitt

Steven Rosenfeld discusses an Arizona measure with the backing of both Adrian Fontes and Ken Bennett, which would publicly release registration rolls, voter lists, scanned ballot images, and final electoral tallies. Much of that information is already available (voter rolls… Continue reading

“New Mason County auditor rejects ‘election denier’ label, pledges big changes for office”

April 5, 2023, 7:52 amelection subversion riskJustin Levitt

And here’s a newly elected county official offering full cooperation to citizen vigilantes with a propensity for partial research.

“A hero to election deniers, Michigan clerk has a new fight: keeping her job”

April 5, 2023, 7:52 amchicanery, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

Bridge Michigan with a story about a recall effort for the election clerk of Adams Township, Michigan.

The other Murdoch defamation case

April 5, 2023, 7:48 amchicanery, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

I had not realized that Lachlan Murdoch was pursuing a defamation case in Australia over the aftermath of the 2020 elections, even as Fox is defending one in the US. The case is about a piece published by Crikey on… Continue reading

Unchartered territory

April 3, 2023, 12:21 pmchicanery, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

Intriguing. In the California State Bar’s disciplinary action against John Eastman, Eastman has attempted to designate retired Judge Janice Rogers Brown as an expert “regarding her opinion that the California State Bar seems to be moving into unchartered [sic]… Continue reading

County boards and hand counts

April 3, 2023, 10:55 amelection administration, election subversion risk, voting technologyJustin Levitt

There’s been ample publicity about the conspiracy-fueled decision in Shasta County, CA to hand-count election results (more here), and a similar truncated effort in Cochise County, AZ. (Aside from the fact that tallies will take far… Continue reading

State enforcement of 14th Amd. insurrection clause

April 3, 2023, 10:54 amelection law and constitutional law, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

Free Speech for People and Professor Gerard Magliocca out with a new blog post and report on state enforcement of section 3 of the 14th Amendment, prohibiting those who have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against” the United States from… Continue reading

“Here’s how protected election system blueprints are making their way into far-right circles”

March 30, 2023, 11:25 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squad, voting technologyRick Hasen

LA Times: On the third day of the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this month, two men delivered on experts’ biggest concerns about attempts to access election machines after the 2020 election. Using copies of election software — improperly… Continue reading

“How to Protect American Democracy; U.S. Elections Are Still Vulnerable to Enemies Foreign and Domestic”

March 29, 2023, 6:50 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Larry Norden and Derek Tisler in Foreign Affairs: Despite this outcome, it would be foolish to believe the danger has passed. Election deniers continue to work in some election offices around the country, and in 2022, they won more… Continue reading

“Pence Must Testify to Jan. 6 Grand Jury, Judge Rules”

March 28, 2023, 7:56 pmelection subversion risk, legislation and legislaturesRick Hasen

NYT: A federal judge has ordered former Vice President Mike Pence to appear in front of a grand jury investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, largely sweeping aside two separate legal efforts by Mr.… Continue reading