Monthly Archives: October 2021

“GOP senators who voted to convict Trump say it’s too soon to worry that he could undermine 2024 election”

October 8, 2021, 10:51 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Jeremy Herb for CNN: Seven Senate Republicans defied former President Donald Trump by voting to convict him for inciting an insurrection after losing the 2020 election. But eight months later, they’re largely responding with a collective shrug to warnings again… Continue reading

Rep. Cori Bush Questions Gowri Ramachandran About Election Subversion and the Cyber Ninjas Fake Arizona Audit at House Hearing

October 8, 2021, 10:22 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

You can watch here:

“Redistricting and Changing Demographics in Key States”

October 8, 2021, 10:20 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

New Brennan Center report.

Greg Sargent and Paul Blumenthal Report on Momentum Among Democrats to Reform the Electoral Count Act, and Uncertainty If Republicans Will Come Along

October 8, 2021, 8:39 amelection subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Greg Sargent in WaPo and Paul Blumenthal in HuffPo.

“Arizona audit fuels election distrust, congressional panel says”

October 8, 2021, 7:32 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: A congressional panel on Thursday portrayed the partisan review of Maricopa County’s 2020 election results as the latest in a wave of moves that feed on conspiracy theories to undermine Americans’ confidence in elections.The nearly four-hour proceeding also… Continue reading

“Frustrated voting-rights advocates claw for opening on Senate filibuster”

October 8, 2021, 7:29 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: Voting-rights advocates are seething over the near-total stagnation in Washington. But they see a new opening with the filibuster.When President Joe Biden recently floated the possibility for a filibuster carveout for raising the debt limit, supporters leapt at the… Continue reading

“Biden DOJ shields ex-Trump officials from testifying about election fraud cases”

October 8, 2021, 7:28 amDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

Politico: A top careerofficial in President Joe Biden’s Justice Department blocked efforts by Senate investigators to probe the handling of voter fraud complaints in the aftermath of the 2020 election, according to transcripts released Thursday.As Senate Judiciary Committee aides… Continue reading

“Election Subversion Is the Biggest Threat We Face; There are some good safeguards in the Manchin-Klobuchar bill that should pass before we turn to Democratic wish lists.”

October 8, 2021, 7:21 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Bill Scher in the Washington Monthly: However, the conservative law professor Derek Muller of the University of Iowa is skeptical that Manchin and Klobuchar’s Freedom to Vote Act would have any impact. “It does almost nothing to address election subversion,”… Continue reading

“Expose Eastman’s ‘Bold’ Plan for the Coup Attempt It Was”

October 8, 2021, 7:19 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Robert Alexander commentary for Real Clear Politics: Instead of discounting Trump’s radical effort as a zany scheme, we should approach it as we would any other attack upon the United States. If another country tried to attack us and… Continue reading

Must Read and Must View Photos: “When It Costs $53,000 to Vote”

October 7, 2021, 5:11 pmfelon votingRick Hasen

Jesse Wegman and Damon Winter for NYT Opinion: Twenty years ago, Judy Bolden served 18 months in a Florida prison. She has been free ever since, but she is still barred from voting by the state until she pays all… Continue reading

My Appearance on the PBS News Hour with Judy Woodruff: “How false fraud claims are eroding integrity of American election system”

October 7, 2021, 4:22 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

You can watch or listen to this extensive segment here.

“Gableman backs off: Attorney overseeing election review cancels interviews, relinquishes on subpoenas for now”

October 7, 2021, 3:56 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Patrick Marley for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: In a dramatic turnaround, an attorney reviewing the 2020 election for Assembly Republicans on Thursday canceled interviews with mayors and city clerks and backed off on subpoenas he issued to them days ago. … Continue reading

“Christian Conservative Lawyer Had Secretive Role in Bid to Block Election Result”

October 7, 2021, 3:40 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: One of the nation’s most prominent religious conservative lawyers played a critical behind-the-scenes role in the lawsuit that Republican state attorneys general filed in December in a last-ditch effort to overturn the election of President Biden, documents show.The… Continue reading

“‘The intelligence was there’: Law enforcement warnings abounded in the runup to Jan. 6”

October 7, 2021, 10:36 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: On Dec. 24, a private intelligence company that works with law enforcement issued a grave warning: Users of a pro-Trump internet forum were talking about turning violent on Jan. 6.“[A] supposedly violent insurrection by [Trump’s] supporters has ‘always… Continue reading

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