New York: “Rensselaer County’s Republican elections commissioner arrested by FBI”

September 13, 2022, 10:11 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Times-Union: Jason T. Schofield, the Republican Rensselaer County Board of Elections commissioner, was arrested Tuesday morning by the FBI as he left his residence and was on his way to the county office building where he works, according to multiple… Continue reading

“Requests for info on 2020’s election hinders local officials ahead of midterms”

September 13, 2022, 10:08 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NPR reports.

“Social media firms are prepping for the midterms. Experts say it may not be enough”

September 13, 2022, 10:07 amcampaigns, cheap speechRick Hasen

NPR: With two months to go until the midterms, tech companies are getting ready: rolling out fact checks, labeling misleading claims and setting up voting guides.The election playbooks being used by Facebook, Twitter, Google-owned YouTube and TikTok are… Continue reading

“Inside a Republican Superlawyer’s Break With Donald Trump’s G.O.P.; An exclusive excerpt from a new book by David Enrich on powerful corporate law firms and how the Trump era changed and challenged one in particular.”

September 13, 2022, 6:54 amelection law biz, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Ben Ginsberg’s office at the international law firm Jones Day was like a shrine to the old Republican Party.Its walls and shelves were crowded with campaign artifacts that he had collected over the years, including on the trail… Continue reading

“Congress may force election deniers to get a lot more creative; How a few election law fixes could protect democracy in 2024.”

September 13, 2022, 6:50 amelection subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Ben Jacobs for Vox: The human mind is ingenious. It can create towering works of art and make remarkable scientific discoveries. It is, as we saw in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, also capable of inventing new ways… Continue reading

“The Fight Against an Age-Old Effort to Block Americans From Voting”

September 13, 2022, 6:42 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

ProPublica: Even though federal law guaranteed the two women the right to have someone help them vote, Coley-Pearson knew too well that this right was under attack. For all of the recent uproar over voting rights, little attention has… Continue reading

“An algorithmic approach to legislative apportionment bases and redistricting”

September 12, 2022, 7:14 pmUncategorizedNicholas Stephanopoulos

Christian Haas, Peter Miller, and Steven Kimbrough have posted this very interesting paper using a redistricting algorithm to estimate the impact on minority representation of changing the apportionment base from total population to CVAP. Their results are consistent with this… Continue reading

“Justice Dept. Issues 40 Subpoenas in Widening Jan. 6 Inquiry; Over the last week, it also seized the phones of two top Trump advisers, a sign of an escalating investigation two months before the midterm elections.”

September 12, 2022, 2:43 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: The Justice Department has issued about 40 subpoenas over the past week seeking information about the actions of former President Donald J. Trump and his associates related to the 2020 election and the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on… Continue reading

“New York Redistricting: What Happened? What’s Next?”

September 12, 2022, 2:02 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Sept. 13 NYC bar association event.

“Democrats spend tens of millions amplifying far-right candidates in nine states”

September 12, 2022, 10:41 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: Democrats have spent nearly $19 million across eight states in primaries this year amplifying far-right Republican candidates who have questioned or denied the validity of the 2020 election, according to a Washington Post analysis, interfering in GOP contests to… Continue reading

“Two Americas Index: Democracy deniers”

September 12, 2022, 10:25 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Axios: About one in three Americans prefers strong unelected leaders to weak elected leaders and says presidents should be able to remove judges over their decisions, according to the latest findings from our Axios-Ipsos Two Americas Index.Why it matters: … Continue reading

“Pence, defied subpoenas, and a final report: The Jan. 6 panel’s endgame”

September 12, 2022, 10:20 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Useful from Politico.

“Is Internet Voting Trustworthy? The Science and the Policy Battles”

September 12, 2022, 10:12 amvoting technologyRick Hasen

Andrew Appel has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, University of New Hampshire Law Review). Here is the abstract: No known technology can make internet voting secure, according to the clear scientific consensus. In some applications—such as e-pollbooks (voter sign-in),… Continue reading

Bauer and Goldsmith: “Clarity about the Electoral Count Reform Act and Gubernatorial Certification.”

September 12, 2022, 6:30 amelection subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith: In a thoughtful editorial, the Washington Post has stressed the importance of congressional action this fall on Electoral Count Act reform. It correctly identifies the Senate bill put… Continue reading

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