Monthly Archives: July 2020

“Column: Time is running out for a crucial Ohio election law fix”

July 27, 2020, 6:57 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Ohio SOS Frank LaRose in Columbus Dispatch: While absentee voting is trusted by millions of Ohioans as a safe and secure way to vote, and our state ranks among the top in the nation for this voter-first convenience, our system… Continue reading

“100 days out, parties fear chaotic election”

July 27, 2020, 6:53 amElection MeltdownRick Hasen

Reid Wilson for The Hill: A little more than three months before November’s election, partisans who back both President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are growing anxious over what they see as the mounting potential for a chaotic… Continue reading

“Private-Equity Executives Pour $92 Million Into 2020 Races Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman, who gave $10 million to a group aiming to defend the Senate’s Republican majority, leads political spending in the industry”

July 27, 2020, 6:51 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WSJ reports.

“Postal Workers Union Sounds Alarm Over Budget, Trump Administration Rhetoric On Mail-In Ballots”

July 27, 2020, 6:37 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

KPIX reports.

“Trump keeps touting New Jersey fraud case to attack mail voting. Local leaders say he’s not telling the whole story.”

July 26, 2020, 6:34 pmabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

Rosalind Helderman for WaPo. White House officials said the president has railed privately about the New Jersey city’s election to his advisers. And conservative groups have launched their own efforts to spotlight the problems in Paterson, including Judicial Watch and… Continue reading

“A month later, this New York City primary is still a train wreck and a warning to us all”

July 26, 2020, 6:21 pmabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

WaPo: The city’s hottest primary election is the 12th Congressional District.In one corner, you have Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, a pal of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s who has been in Congress since 1993 and was recently elected chair of the… Continue reading

“Election Officials Are Vulnerable to Email Attacks, Report Shows Six jurisdictions used software that Russian spies have targeted in cyberattacks”

July 26, 2020, 12:22 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

WSJ: Many of the thousands of county and local election officials who will be administering November’s presidential election are running email systems that could leave them vulnerable to online attacks, a new report has found.Cybersecurity vendor Area 1 Security… Continue reading

“LeBron James group to donate $100,000 toward paying Florida ex-felons’ fines so they can vote”

July 26, 2020, 12:09 pmfelon votingRick Hasen

The Week reports.

North Carolina “Republican who had prominent role in redistricting to retire”

July 26, 2020, 12:04 pmelection law biz, redistrictingRick Hasen

WRAL: A Republican lawmaker who played a prominent role in North Carolina’s redistricting process announced Friday that he will not seek reelection this fall and will instead retire from his post at the end of the year.Citing a “great… Continue reading

“How to minimize 2020 election chaos”

July 26, 2020, 12:02 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

Jennifer Rubin WaPo column: We also need responsible behavior from mainstream media outlets. It is too much to hope that Twitter or Facebook will take down all posts that attempt to suppress the vote, circulate false claims of fraud… Continue reading

“A bipartisan group secretly gathered to game out a contested Trump-Biden election. It wasn’t pretty”

July 26, 2020, 12:00 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

Boston Globe: On the second Friday in June, a group of political operatives, former government and military officials, and academics quietly convened online for what became a disturbing exercise in the fragility of American democracy.The group, which included Democrats… Continue reading

Scheduled to Be Sunday on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” Taking About the Fairness and Legitimacy of the 2020 Election

July 25, 2020, 1:36 pmElection MeltdownRick Hasen

[Sunday update: This segment was delayed because of coverage of John Lewis’s funeral procession crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge.] Tune in at 11 am eastern, and especially about the role of the media. See recommendations 5 and 6 of our… Continue reading

“U.S. Warns Russia, China and Iran Are Trying to Interfere in the Election. Democrats Say It’s Far Worse.”

July 25, 2020, 1:31 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: American intelligence officials issued a public warning on Friday that China was “expanding its influence efforts” in the United States ahead of the presidential election, along with Russia and Iran, but Democrats briefed on the matter said the threat… Continue reading

“A 2020 Question 100 Days Out: Will the Elections Be Free and Fair? President Trump baselessly rages about voter fraud, while Joe Biden warns of foreign interference.”

July 25, 2020, 1:28 pmElection Meltdown, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT reports.

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