Category Archives: election subversion risk

“Trump’s DOJ makes its most sweeping demand for election data yet”

June 11, 2025, 3:01 pmelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NPR: The U.S. Department of Justice is demanding an unprecedented amount of election data from at least one state, according to documents obtained by NPR, as the DOJ transformed by the Trump administration reviews cases targeting the president’s political allies… Continue reading

“Georgia high court rejects election board’s rules for hand counts and inquiries”

June 10, 2025, 7:16 amelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

AJC: The State Election Board exceeded its authority by passing new voting rules last year, the Georgia Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday, limiting the Republican-led board’s power. The 96-page decision upholds a lower court decision last year that invalidated… Continue reading

“Oklahoma parents fight new curriculum on 2020 election ‘discrepancies’”

May 30, 2025, 11:11 amelection subversion riskJanuary 6, The Big LieJustin Levitt

The WaPo subhead: “A lawsuit alleges that state superintendent Ryan Walters added a provision on election questions without notifying some board members before they voted.” A further excerpt from the article: The draft shown to the public only mandated… Continue reading

“Man who blamed exposure to far-right content gets 3 years for threatening election officials”

May 29, 2025, 12:53 pmelection administration, election subversion riskJanuary 6, The Big Lie, threats to democracyJustin Levitt

The AP reports on a 3-year sentence for Teak Brockbank’s appalling threats to kill Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs over their handling of the elections (and similarly appalling threats against state judges… Continue reading

Important laches election case from the Georgia Supreme Court

May 29, 2025, 12:50 pmelection subversion risklachesJustin Levitt

In Dean v. Georgia, the state Supreme Court rejected a (bold) claim by a losing candidate in the Georgia Labor Commissioner primary that all other candidates in both Democratic and Republican primaries lacked the proper qualifications. The dismissal was… Continue reading

“In the face of election denial in North Carolina, the judiciary upholds democracy”

May 25, 2025, 1:53 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Stephen Richer: It took six months, but the race for the North Carolina Supreme Court is finally over. The rules of the game held – just as they did following the 2020 election – and the winner is now in… Continue reading

ELB Podcast 6:8: Danielle Lang: Is Trump’s Executive Order on Voting a Threat to Democracy?

May 21, 2025, 9:49 amauthoritarian threats in US, ELB Podcast, election administration, Election Assistance Commission, election subversion riskRick Hasen

The season finale of Season 6 of the ELB Podcast: What does the Trump executive order on elections purport to do? Why did a federal court put big parts of that executive order on hold? Does this EO threaten the… Continue reading

“Judge deals blow to Arizona case over 2020 Republican electors”

May 19, 2025, 9:39 amelection subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

WaPo: An Arizona judge has ordered state prosecutors to send back to a grand jury a case in which Republicans were charged last year for their alleged roles in trying to overturn the 2020 election, potentially jeopardizing the high-profile indictments.… Continue reading

“Disputed North Carolina race offers playbook for beaten candidates, experts warn”

May 12, 2025, 7:50 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Sam Levine for The Guardian: A disputed North Carolina state supreme court race that took nearly six months to resolve revealed a playbook for future candidates who lose elections to retroactively challenge votes, observers warn, but its ultimate resolution sent… Continue reading

My New One in The Atlantic: “America Needs More Judges Like Judge Myers; He did the right thing in North Carolina’s Supreme Court fight, and he deserves praise.”

May 7, 2025, 1:43 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

I have written this piece for The Atlantic. It begins: When judges act as partisan hacks, it is important to condemn their conduct. Last month, four Republican Justices on the North Carolina Supreme Court blessed the anti-democratic attempt by fellow… Continue reading

“Jefferson Griffin concedes North Carolina Supreme Court race”

May 7, 2025, 7:36 amelection subversion risk, judicial electionsRick Hasen

AP: The Republican challenger for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat has conceded last November’s election to the Democratic incumbent. Jefferson Griffin said in a statement to The Associated Press on Wednesday that he would not appeal a federal … Continue reading

Director of Right-Leaning Civitas Center Calls on Judge Griffin to Drop Any Appeals and Concede to Justice Riggs in North Carolina Supreme Court Election Contest

May 6, 2025, 12:44 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Andy Jackson in Carolina Journal: The state Supreme Court could have spared us this grief if the majority had followed Justice Richard Dietz’s partial dissent to the court’s April 11 ruling: [Griffin’s] claims are not justiciable in a backward… Continue reading

Breaking and Analysis: Federal District Court–in a Ruling Likely to Be Upheld on Appeal– Holds That Judge Griffin’s Attempt to Overturn the Results of the North Carolina Supreme Court Election Violates the Constitutional Rights of Voters and Orders Certification for Incumbent Justice Riggs

May 5, 2025, 5:15 pmelection subversion risk, judicial elections, votingRick Hasen

You can read the detailed analysis at this link. Here is the core holding: The court concludes that the retroactive invalidation of absentee ballots cast by overseas military and civilian voters violates their substantive due process rights, and that the… Continue reading

“Court of Appeals clears path for Republicans to take over NC Board of Elections. Stein to appeal”

April 30, 2025, 5:57 pmelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

WRAL: Control over elections administration in North Carolina could flip from Democratic to Republican control within hours, following a decision late Wednesday from the state Court of Appeals. Elections decisions in North Carolina are made by political appointees, who make… Continue reading