“Vote-by-mail rejections are testing integrity of Texas Republicans’ voting law”

January 24, 2022, 11:26 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Alexa Ura for Texas Tribune: Barely started down the path toward the first elections conducted under voting restrictions enacted last year by Republican lawmakers, Texas voters and local election officials have found themselves enveloped in a fog of errors,… Continue reading

“Democrats make surprising inroads in redistricting fight”

January 24, 2022, 11:25 amredistrictingRick Hasen

AP: Democrats braced for disaster when state legislatures began redrawing congressional maps, fearing that Republican dominance of statehouses would tilt power away from them for the next decade.But as the redistricting process reaches its final stages, that anxiety… Continue reading

“Trump followers zero in on secretary of state campaigns”

January 24, 2022, 11:22 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Zach Montellaro for Politico: Donald Trump’s pick to become Arizona’s top elections official raised more campaign cash in 2021 than his two potential Democratic opponents combined — a sign of MAGA-world’s deep engagement in taking over under-the-radar positions in charge… Continue reading

Nevada: “Election official departures rising amid burnout, angry voters, new requirements”

January 24, 2022, 11:21 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Nevada Independent: More Nevadans than ever made their voices heard in the 2020 election, spurred by intense interest in the presidential race and helped by law changes that vastly expanded paths to register and multiplied voting options that… Continue reading

Newt Gingrich Threatens That Members of Congress Serving on January 6 Investigation Committee Could Face Jail Time if Republicans Retake House

January 24, 2022, 7:00 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Despicable.

“How Trump’s flirtation with an anti-insurrection law inspired Jan. 6 insurrection”

January 24, 2022, 6:54 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: Within days of President Donald Trump’s election defeat, Stewart Rhodes began talking about the Insurrection Act as critical to the country’s future.The bombastic founder of the extremist group Oath Keepers told followers that the obscure, rarely used… Continue reading

“For Many Who Marched, Jan. 6 Was Only the Beginning”

January 24, 2022, 6:52 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: For these Donald Trump supporters, the next chapter of Jan. 6 is not the ashes of a disgraced insurrection, but an amorphous new movement fueled by grievances against vaccines and President Biden, and a deepened devotion to his… Continue reading

“How Arizona’s slate of electors planned to deliver Trump a second presidential term”

January 24, 2022, 6:50 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: Among the alternate Republican electors from Arizona were Jim Lamon, currently a U.S. Senate candidate; Jake Hoffman, a state representative; Anthony Kern, a former state lawmaker running for a state Senate seat; and Kelli Ward, the… Continue reading

“No, Biden and Trump are not alike on election legitimacy”

January 24, 2022, 6:47 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

CNN’ column by John Harwood: In other words, Trump unsuccessfully sought to replace a legitimate election outcome with an illegitimate one; his allies aim to improve the chances of succeeding next time. Biden sought safeguards against illegitimate outcomes… Continue reading

“Start the Steal: New MAGA Emails Reveal Plot to Hand Arizona to Trump”

January 24, 2022, 6:44 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Andy Kroll for Rolling Stone: The technology was complicated, but the plan was simple: Scan mail-in and absentee ballots in populous Maricopa County, remove the “invalid votes,” and recertify the state’s 2020 election count, surely declaring then-President Donald Trump the… Continue reading

EJ Dionne: “Opinion: Giving up on voting rights now would be unconscionable”

January 24, 2022, 6:40 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

New WaPo column.

Robert Kuttner Comes Out Against Stand-Alone Electoral College Act Reform

January 24, 2022, 6:30 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Here at TAP.

Lawfare podcast on ECA reform

January 24, 2022, 5:55 amUncategorizedNed Foley

I very much enjoyed talking with Scott Anderson about the need to revise the Electoral Count Act in order to mitigate the risk of Congress, in a future joint session under the Twelfth Amendment, subverting a valid Electoral College victory… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 Panel and State Officials Seek Answers on Fake Trump Electors”

January 22, 2022, 11:36 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Law enforcement officials, members of Congress and the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are digging deeper into the role that fake slates of electors played in efforts by former President Donald J. Trump to… Continue reading