Monthly Archives: November 2020

President Trump’s Wants PA to Have Rejected Absentees at a 30x Higher Rate

November 16, 2020, 1:48 pmUncategorizedRichard Pildes

A recent tweet argues that PA rejected absentees at only a 0.03% rate this year, compared to 1% in 2016. Let’s suppose PA rejected another 0.97% of absentees then. PA has counted 2,615,512 absentee ballots. Even if 100% of these… Continue reading

“The Trump campaign’s disingenuous spin on its watered-down voter fraud claims”

November 16, 2020, 11:30 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

I have reviewed the amended complaint filed in court and can attest to the accuracy of the reporting in this Washington Post story: The crux of The Post’s report is that the lawsuit removed claims that elections officials violated… Continue reading

Trump’s Legal Path to Overturn the Election Results Appears 100 Percent Dead

November 16, 2020, 9:01 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

With an overwhelming number of losses and withdrawals of cases, there is no path for the Trump campaign to overturn the results in a single state, much less states making up more than 36 electoral college votes. It’s over. Trump… Continue reading

True the Vote Voluntarily Dismisses Lawsuit Targeting Michigan Counties with Large Numbers of African American Voters [Update: Bopp Dismisses Wisconsin Suit Too]

November 16, 2020, 8:16 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Details: Just yesterday, the Republican lawyer who brought this suit was defending it in the Free Press: https://t.co/MNdCXiggKa. Now they're dropping it. The Republican lawfare campaign against the election results continues to crumble. https://t.co/2bY5lTmrvz— Sam Bagenstos (@sbagen) November … Continue reading

“Claims of voter fraud are common. It’s the fraud that’s rare.”

November 16, 2020, 7:16 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“As a G.O.P. Playbook on Voter Fraud Falls Flat, Some Ask: What’s Next?”

November 16, 2020, 7:14 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Michael Wines for the NYT: It was an election where Republican charges of fictitious voter fraud took center stage before, during and after the count, backed by a barrage of lawsuits intent on making it harder to cast or tally… Continue reading

“Why Obama Fears for Our Democracy”

November 16, 2020, 7:11 amcheap speechRick Hasen

The Atlantic: Two issues that run deeper for Obama than Trump’s personal deficiencies concern the changes he sees in the Republican Party and the broader conservative movement. “I did not believe how easily the Republican establishment, people who had been… Continue reading

11/17 Ash Event: “Voting in the Extraordinary 2020 Elections: What Worked for Voters, What Didn’t?”

November 16, 2020, 7:04 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

RSVP details: Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2020, 12:00pm to 1:15pm Location: Virtual Event (Registration Required) While it is way too early for a ‘retrospective’ given just how extraordinary this year’s election has been, we do now know a lot about the voting… Continue reading

Brendan Nyhan Talks to NPR About the Erosion of Democratic Norms in the 2020 Election Season

November 15, 2020, 7:52 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

You can listen here. NYHAN: That’s right. I think coup is the wrong way to think about this. We’re not seeing an attempted military takeover. What we’re seeing instead is a violation of the norms of democracy that we depend… Continue reading

“How a post-election crisis was manufactured in Pennsylvania”

November 15, 2020, 7:49 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Marshall Cohen for CNN: It was the nightmare scenario everyone saw coming: a nail-biter presidential election that was too close to call on election night, with the entire world forced to patiently wait on slow results from Pennsylvania as it… Continue reading

“Stop the Steal’s massive disinformation campaign connected to Roger Stone”

November 15, 2020, 7:43 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: It is an internet battle cry: Stop the Steal has swept across inboxes, Facebook pages and Twitter like an out-of-control virus, spreading misinformation and violent rhetoric — and spilling into real life, like the protest planned for DC this… Continue reading

NYT Traces Trump Voter Fraud Charges Over Time

November 15, 2020, 7:40 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Like similar episodes in Las Vegas, Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, the scene in Detroit was the culmination of a yearslong strategy by Mr. Trump to use the power of the executive branch, an army of lawyers, the echo chamber… Continue reading

“Georgia Recount Yields Few Changes in Vote Totals, Democrats Say”

November 15, 2020, 7:30 pmrecountsRick Hasen

Bloomberg: Georgia’s hand audit of ballots cast in the presidential election is proceeding rapidly with little change in the results so far, according to lawyers working for President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign.Some 48 of the state’s 159 counties have finished their… Continue reading

“Trump campaign jettisons major parts of its legal challenge against Pennsylvania’s election results”

November 15, 2020, 7:20 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: President Trump’s campaign on Sunday scrapped a major part of its federal lawsuit challenging the election results in Pennsylvania.Trump’s attorneys filed a revised version of the lawsuit, removing allegations that election officials violated the Trump campaign’s constitutional rights by… Continue reading