The Parliamentarians advised Vice President Mike Pence on January 6–not the Parliamentarian

April 25, 2022, 2:04 pmlegislation and legislaturesDerek Muller

Back in 2021, I traced the language that Vice President Mike Pence used when introducing certificates for the counting of electoral votes on January 6 (into January 7). I quoted the language, as was recorded in the Congressional Record: Hearing… Continue reading

“GOP lawmakers were deeply involved in Trump plans to overturn election, new evidence suggests”

April 25, 2022, 12:49 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: Republican members of Congress were heavily involved in calls and meetings with former President Donald Trump and his top aides as they devised a strategy to overturn the election in December 2020, according to new evidence filed in… Continue reading

“CNN Exclusive: Mark Meadows’ 2,319 text messages reveal Trump’s inner circle communications before and after Jan 6”

April 25, 2022, 9:57 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

CNN: CNN has obtained 2,319 text messages that former President Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sent and received between Election Day 2020 and President Joe Biden’s January 20, 2021 inauguration.The vast trove of texts offers the… Continue reading

“Statement from BPC Task Force on Elections: Ballot Tabulators Are Essential to Election Integrity”

April 25, 2022, 9:48 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Here.

“Redistricting legal challenge could present ‘a real mess’ for New York voters”

April 25, 2022, 9:47 amredistrictingRick Hasen

The latest.

“A Wyandotte County judge strikes down Kansas Congressional map as unconstitutional in a historic ruling”

April 25, 2022, 9:45 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Topeka Capital-Journal: A Wyandotte County judge struck down a GOP-authored Congressional map enacted earlier this year and ordered the state legislature take steps to address what he considered to be gerrymandered district lines.It is the first time a… Continue reading

“How France’s Old-School Voting System Works”

April 25, 2022, 8:09 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

From an AP Explainer: Paper ballots tucked in paper envelopes. No absentee voting, and no early voting either. French voters in Sunday’s presidential election are using and old-school system that has defied calls for more flexibility or modernization…. HOW DO… Continue reading

Will there be a “spoiler” in 2024?

April 25, 2022, 7:07 amalternative voting systems, electoral college, political partiesNed Foley

Andrew Yang is the guest on the new must-listen episode of Sarah Longwell’s Focus Group podcast. They discuss the possibility of a significant third-party, or independent, candidate in the 2024 presidential race. Yang, who’s started his own Forward Party, essentially… Continue reading

“New election laws could create barriers for voters with disabilities”

April 25, 2022, 7:05 amvoters with disabilitiesRick Hasen

USA Today reports.

Supreme Court Turns Down Rhode Island Donor Disclosure Case and Alabama Case About Libertarian Party Access to Voter Lists

April 25, 2022, 7:02 amballot access, campaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Order list.

“‘Blurring of lines’: Private lawyer plays starring role in taxpayer-funded Wisconsin election probe”

April 25, 2022, 7:00 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Wisconsin Watch: A two-story office building in a Milwaukee suburb houses three entities that have led a months-long campaign sowing doubt about Wisconsin’s 2020 presidential election.The gray, indistinct building in Brookfield lists about a dozen occupants, including a… Continue reading

“In election misinformation fight, 2020 changed everything'”

April 25, 2022, 6:58 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: Beth Bowers grew up in the 1960s and 1970s with parents who marched in protests, wrote letters to members of Congress and voted in elections big and small.Her father, a World War II veteran, and her mother, an… Continue reading

“Georgia Gov. Candidate David Perdue Opens GOP Debate By Declaring 2020 Election Was ‘Rigged and Stolen’”

April 24, 2022, 8:22 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Despicable.

“A Crusade to Challenge the 2020 Election, Blessed by Church Leaders”

April 24, 2022, 7:59 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: Evangelical churches have long been powerful vehicles for grass-roots activism and influence on the American right, mobilized around issues like abortion and gay marriage. Now, some of those churches have embraced a new cause: promoting Donald J. Trump… Continue reading

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