“‘There Is Nowhere I Feel Safe’: Election Officials Describe Threats Fueled by Trump”

June 22, 2022, 7:09 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Rusty Bowers, the Republican speaker of Arizona’s House, braced every weekend for hordes of Trump supporters, some with weapons, who swarmed his home and blared videos that called him a pedophile.“We had a daughter who was gravely ill,… Continue reading

“Liberal groups devote millions to blocking GOP election deniers”

June 22, 2022, 7:06 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, one of the nation’s top political donors, gathered more than a dozen billionaires or their representatives over Zoom Friday to sound an alarm about the coming elections.“MAGA leaders intend to use 2022 midterm wins… Continue reading

Rusty Bowers, Who Testified About Intense Pressure on Him to Help Trump Steal the Election, Says He Would Still Vote for Trump Again If He Ran Against Biden

June 22, 2022, 7:00 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Unreal quote from the AP: Calls from top advisers to former President Donald Trump to help overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss were an unsupported, unwise and “juvenile” effort that attacked a bedrock principal of American democracy, Arizona’s House speaker said… Continue reading

House Committee Administration Hearing Today: “A Growing Threat: How Disinformation Damages American Democracy”

June 22, 2022, 6:54 amcheap speechRick Hasen

This looks important.

Wisconsin: “GOP governor candidate Tim Michels won’t say whether he would certify the next presidential election”

June 22, 2022, 6:51 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Former President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate for governor won’t say whether he would certify the next presidential election if Trump makes another run for the White House and again loses the key battleground state of Wisconsin. Tim Michels,… Continue reading

I Was on Meet the Press Now with Arizona SOS Katie Hobbs Talking About Today’s January 6 Committee Hearing

June 21, 2022, 3:34 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

You can watch here (beginning around the 21 minute mark).

“David Ritter concedes Lehigh County judge race, ending a months-long battle from the 2021 election”

June 21, 2022, 12:29 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

The Morning Call: Attorney David Ritter conceded Tuesday in the contested 2021 election campaign for judge on the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas after a monthslong battle over undated ballots that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Congressman Hatton W. Sumners’s 1928 Amendment to the Electoral Count Act”

June 21, 2022, 12:27 pmelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Josiah Daniel has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Inspired by the April 4, 2022 issuance of “Principles for ECA Reform” by the working group convened by the American Law Institute, this paper makes three points. First,… Continue reading

Livetweeting Today’s January 6 Hearing

June 21, 2022, 10:43 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

You can follow along here.

“Brad Raffensperger’s Election Contradictions”

June 21, 2022, 9:33 amvoting technologyRick Hasen

Marilyn Marks: Today the January 6th Committee will hear much anticipated testimony from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. But there is deep irony in his appearance as the Committee exposes the roles of Trump allies in attempting… Continue reading

“400 million voting records show profound racial and geographic disparities in voter turnout in the United States”

June 21, 2022, 8:42 amvotingRick Hasen

New article by Michael Barber and John Holbein in PLOS One: One of the core tenets of a well-functioning representative democracy is that the people who vote to elect government officials are representative of the public. Here we reinforce the… Continue reading

“Election administrators go to Washington”

June 21, 2022, 8:01 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: FIRST IN SCORE — FLYING IN — Election workers from across the country are flying into the nation’s capital to beg Washington for two things that have vexed officials since the last election: security and funding. The… Continue reading

“America’s Vulnerable Elections”

June 21, 2022, 8:00 amUncategorizedNed Foley

Here’s the video of the panel discussion last Thursday, hosted by the Network for Responsible Public Policy and moderated by Pam Fessler, with Larry Jacobs, Kevin Johnson, and me. The conversation was broad, addressing not just vulnerabilities in election administration… Continue reading

New York: “FBI ballot fraud investigation shifts to GOP elections commissioner”

June 21, 2022, 7:54 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Times-Union: The focus of an FBI investigation that led to the recent guilty plea of a Troy councilwoman is shifting to Jason T. Schofield, the Republican Rensselaer County Board of Elections commissioner, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.GOP… Continue reading