“Texting Through an Insurrection”

February 16, 2022, 7:15 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: These and thousands of other frantic, ephemeral text messages that might have otherwise been lost to history are now key to piecing together the most vivid and comprehensive picture to date of the events surrounding the chaos… Continue reading

“Bill that would make it a crime for some to lie about election results dies in WA Senate”

February 16, 2022, 7:07 amcheap speechRick Hasen

The Seattle Times reports.

“A bipartisan deal to stop Trumpian election subversion? Not so fast.”

February 16, 2022, 7:01 amelection subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Politico: Joe Manchin is ready to speed up a bipartisan deal to combat election subversion. His friends in the GOP don’t share his sense of urgency.Manchin wants to get what’s known in the Capitol as a “framework” as soon… Continue reading

“They used to just run elections. Now they fight foreign agents.”

February 16, 2022, 6:57 amcheap speech, election administrationRick Hasen

Zach Montellaro for Politico: Voting for the 2022 midterms is already underway, and the nation’s top election officials are caught fighting a two-front war: Battling disinformation stemming from the last election, while simultaneously preparing for the next one.The officials… Continue reading

Have Small Donors Damaged Beto O’Rourke’s Election Prospects in the TX Governor’s Race?

February 16, 2022, 5:14 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

Sarah Isgur has a long essay on Texas politics, at The Sweep, which is part of the The Dispatch and behind a paywall. The piece asserts that O’Rourke’s pursuit of small donors in his presidential bid led him to positions… Continue reading

“Opposition Research Goes Hyperlocal; The liberal group American Bridge is launching a new project to collect information for campaigns against Republicans running for state and local offices.”

February 15, 2022, 4:23 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Some of the loudest Stop the Steal voices on the right are actually far removed from the levers of America’s election machinery. When a member of Congress makes false claims about hacked voting machines or stolen ballots, he… Continue reading

“Opinion | Why Democrats Shouldn’t Say the Midterms Will Be Illegitimate”

February 15, 2022, 4:15 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

David Levine Politico oped: But supporters of the bill should stop claiming that the 2022 elections may be “illegitimate” if it does not pass — an argument that President Joe Biden and other top Democrats have at least hinted… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 Inquiry Subpoenas 6 Tied to False Pro-Trump Elector Effort”

February 15, 2022, 3:21 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol subpoenaed two of Donald J. Trump’s campaign aides and Republican Party officials from battleground states on Tuesday as it dug deeper into a plan to use false… Continue reading

Majority, Concurring, and Dissenting Opinion Issued in North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case

February 15, 2022, 1:28 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

When the NC Supreme Court recently rejected the state’s congressional and state legislative maps as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander under the state constitution, the court promised opinions to follow. You can now find 217 pages of opinions at this link… Continue reading

“Stacey Abrams, David Perdue call foul on GOP proposal to ban fundraising while Georgia legislature is in session”

February 15, 2022, 10:37 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: Both the Democrat and Republican seeking to oust Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) are calling foul on a proposal by GOP lawmakers that would prohibit fundraising while the legislature is in session.State legislators say the measure is fair only… Continue reading

Political Reforms to Combat Extremism

February 15, 2022, 8:36 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

Here’s my latest NYT piece, which endorses Alaska’s Top-Four primary structure, a reform the Alaska Supreme Court recently upheld. My piece is along similar lines to those in Ned Foley’s Washington Post op-ed on the potential of the new… Continue reading

“No legal battles for California’s new election maps. But what lessons can be learned?”

February 15, 2022, 6:46 amcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

Cal Matters: As the clock struck midnight on Feb. 10, 14 people scattered around California collectively exhaled in relief.The 14 are members of the state’s independent citizens redistricting commission who drew 120 new districts for the Legislature, 52 for… Continue reading

“These companies stopped campaign donations to election objectors. Their lobbyists did not.”

February 15, 2022, 6:45 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Politico: In the weeks following last year’s riot at the U.S. Capitol, Amazon suspended all campaign donations to the 147 Republicans who objected to certifying the election that day, calling their behavior “unacceptable.”Six months later, Amazon lobbyists began doling… Continue reading

“2020 Election Denier Will Run for Top Elections Position in Colorado; Tina Peters, the Mesa County clerk, has been stripped of her county election oversight but is seeking to oversee her state’s elections as secretary of state.”

February 15, 2022, 6:43 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: A Republican county clerk in Colorado who was stripped of her responsibility of overseeing county elections is joining a growing movement of people throughout the country who spread false claims about fraud in the 2020 presidential election and want… Continue reading

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