Monthly Archives: December 2022

“Elon Musk’s promised Twitter exposé on the Hunter Biden story is a flop that doxxed multiple people”

December 3, 2022, 11:17 amcheap speechRick Hasen

The Verge: Free-speech crusader Elon Musk isn’t happy with Twitter’s years-old decision to suppress a news story about Hunter Biden’s laptop just ahead of the 2020 presidential election. So in an effort “to restore public trust” in Twitter, Musk indicated… Continue reading

Morgan Kousser on the PBS News Hour: WATCH: The racist history behind Georgia’s runoff elections

December 3, 2022, 10:47 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

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Donald Trump Calls to Suspend U.S. Constitution and Throw Out the Results of the 2020 Election. Have We Become Immune to How Radical and Dangerous This is?

December 3, 2022, 10:20 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Have we become immune to how radical and dangerous this all is? Just some casual Saturday treason. pic.twitter.com/iPZgyUPmJP— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) December 3, 2022

“‘Furthering false narratives’: Lake, Finchem lawsuit draws sanction order from judge”

December 2, 2022, 5:11 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: In a blistering 30-page opinion, a federal judge ordered sanctions against the attorneys of Kari Lake and Mark Finchem in their lawsuit against voting machines, hoping to deter “similarly baseless suits in the future.” Lake and Finchem, Trump-endorsed… Continue reading

“Arizona secretary of state seeks investigation of Republicans who balked at certifying election”

December 2, 2022, 3:54 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

CNN: The Arizona Secretary of State’s Office on Friday asked state and local prosecutors to investigate and take enforcement action against two Republican officials who had balked at certifying their county’s election results by the legal deadline. In the referral… Continue reading

“Michigan’s boards of canvassers didn’t derail election certification this year; And now Prop 2 eliminates the threat for good.”

December 2, 2022, 2:35 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

VoteBeat: Republican secretary of state candidate Kristina Karamo had something to say in Lansing on Monday as the Board of State Canvassers prepared to certify her loss, and she swore it wasn’t sour grapes. The election, Karamo charged without evidence… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 4:4: Lynn Vavreck & Chris Tausanovitch: Lessons for Democracy from the 2022 Midterm Elections

December 2, 2022, 1:30 pmELB Podcast, election subversion riskRick Hasen

New ELB Podcast: Did the 2022 U.S. midterm elections demonstrate that we have moved beyond risks to American democracy? What explains continued, persistent divisions across the American public along party lines? Does there remain a potential for violence associated with… Continue reading

“S.C. founding father at center of U.S. Supreme Court election case”

December 2, 2022, 1:13 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

In anticipation of the Moore v. Harper argument, Dallas Woodhouse defends the Pinckney Plan papers that have been subject to historical controversy.

“Turnout Was Strong in Georgia, but Mail Voting Plummets After New Law”

December 2, 2022, 7:24 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

NYT: While voter turnout remained strong, absentee voting in Georgia dropped off drastically in this year’s midterm election, the first major test of an expansive 2021 voting law that added restrictions for casting ballots by mail. Data released by the… Continue reading

The messy legal and practical issues behind a DNC primary calendar shuffle

December 2, 2022, 7:24 amprimariesDerek Muller

This weekend, the Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee will recommend changes to the party’s delegate selection rules and primary calendar for the 2024 election. On the topic, I strongly recommend Josh Putnam’s FrontloadingHQ for all the details. There… Continue reading

“Trump expresses solidarity with Jan. 6 rioters who stormed the Capitol”

December 2, 2022, 7:21 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: Former president Donald Trump expressed solidarity with the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, sending a video of support to a fundraising event Thursday night hosted by a group called the Patriot Freedom Project that… Continue reading

“Pennsylvania Republicans reconsider their war on mail voting”

December 2, 2022, 7:13 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Politico: For the past two years, Republican officials in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania have blasted mail voting, firing off lawsuits and bills aimed at crippling the balloting method that has become increasingly popular post-pandemic. In the wake of… Continue reading

“Republicans’ Supreme Court argument on redistricting could backfire”

December 2, 2022, 7:01 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Sam Wang oped for WaPo: But if the Republicans win in the U.S. Supreme Court, the result on a national scale would almost certainly benefit Democrats. Why? Because outside North Carolina, only swing states and blue states have curbed… Continue reading

Next Week on the Blog…

December 1, 2022, 4:30 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Derek Muller will be primary ELB blogger next week. On Wednesday, December 7, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the Moore v. Harper case. I will be live blogging the audio of the oral arguments right here on… Continue reading