Monthly Archives: September 2020

Ohio Won’t Announce Full Count of Mail-In Ballot Results Until 10 Days After the Election [corrected link]

September 27, 2020, 12:10 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

This is something I did not know, and it increases the chances for uncertainty and problems after the election: A Fox News Poll released the same day showed that 59% of Ohio voters planning to cast their ballot in person favor Trump,… Continue reading

“Reps. Mucarsel-Powell, Castro call for FBI investigation of disinformation aimed at Latinos”

September 27, 2020, 12:04 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NBC News reports.

“How the Supreme Court could decide the election”

September 27, 2020, 10:56 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Axios reports.

The Normally Understated Dan Balz: “Facing possible defeat, Trump threatens the integrity of the election”

September 27, 2020, 7:52 amElection MeltdownRick Hasen

Dan Balz WaPo column: Each week has brought evidence of the damage President Trump has done during his nearly four years in office. According to his own words, he is not finished. This past week brought a renewed warning of… Continue reading

“Will Trump’s Presidency Ever End? America Is in Terrible Danger”

September 27, 2020, 7:46 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Frank Bruni NYT column: On Wednesday The Atlantic rushed its November cover story onto the web with an explanatory, almost apocalyptic note by its editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, that some journalism is too important to wait. The article… Continue reading

“Are Republican Judges Putting Their Thumbs on the Electoral Scale?”

September 27, 2020, 7:41 amSupreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Erwin Chemerinsky NYT oped.

“In Critical Swing State, Trump Again Stokes Doubt on Election Process”

September 27, 2020, 7:39 amElection MeltdownRick Hasen

NYT: President Trump sought again on Saturday night to cast doubt on the integrity of the presidential election, telling supporters that the only way Democrats can win in Pennsylvania is to “cheat on the ballots” and raising the prospect that… Continue reading

Great Effort to Educate Pennsylvania Voters About “Naked Ballots” and How to Properly Submit a Mail-In Ballot

September 27, 2020, 7:36 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Love this:

“Trump readies thousands of attorneys for election fight”

September 27, 2020, 7:33 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: A year before President Donald Trump alarmed Americans with talk of disputing elections last week, his team started building a massive legal network to do just that.Dozens of lawyers from three major law firms have been hired. Thousands of… Continue reading

Norm Ornstein on CBS News About News Media Transparency on Calling Election Results

September 27, 2020, 7:24 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Watch here.

“Voters’ Poorly Marked Ovals Could Lead to Contested Ballots”

September 27, 2020, 7:23 amelection administrationRick Hasen

AP reports. EVERY state right now should put in place rules beforehand as to how to judge whether a poorly marked oval is counted, and how.

Brendan Nyhan on Morning Joe: “This is a democratic emergency, says professor”

September 27, 2020, 7:20 amElection MeltdownRick Hasen

Watch here.

“Error discovered on Georgia touchscreens in US Senate race”

September 26, 2020, 1:23 pmelection administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

AJC: Georgia election officials said Saturday they found a programming error on the state’s voting touchscreens that caused a row of candidates in the 21-person U.S. Senate special election to disappear at times when flipping back and forth between… Continue reading

Former Fla. Supreme Court Justice Charles Wells, Democratic Justice Who Sided with Bush in Bush v. Gore Case Before It Got To SCOTUS Writes “President Trump’s threat to not accept the outcome of the election is a grave and real threat to our democracy”

September 26, 2020, 1:17 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Start here (via Bill Kristol): 1. I was among those who received an e-mail this morning from the former Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, Charles T. Wells. I asked Justice Wells for permission to quote from his… Continue reading