“Lawsuit is latest evidence of bogus ‘stolen election’ claims”

February 17, 2023, 4:33 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: Two years after former President Donald Trump’s false claims about widespread election fraud sparked an attack on the U.S. Capitol, more evidence is piling up that those who spread the misinformation knew it was false. On Thursday, the voting… Continue reading

“Bice: Supreme Court candidate Daniel Kelly was paid $120,000 by Republicans to work on ‘election integrity,’ advise on fake electors”

February 17, 2023, 12:33 pmfraudulent fraud squad, judicial electionsRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Former state Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly — who has been critical of his opponents for their partisanship — has been paid nearly $120,000 by the state Republican Party and the Republican National Committee over the past two years… Continue reading

“Georgia GOP finances legal fees for fake electors”

February 17, 2023, 7:33 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

AJC: The Georgia GOP spent more than $200,000 last year to bankroll the legal fees of phony Republican electors who could face criminal charges amid Fulton County’s probe of whether Donald Trump and his allies committed crimes while trying to… Continue reading

Access Archived Audio of AALS Panel on Remedies: Remedies in the Restatement

February 17, 2023, 7:23 amRemediesRick Hasen

I participated in this panel and you can listen here. The sound quality is not good. Here’s the description from the catalogue (Doug Laycock could not make it but was honored with a lifetime achievement award–you can hear that… Continue reading

Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN

February 17, 2023, 7:14 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Here: RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days)TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Election Law & Voting Rights (Topic) As of: 19 Dec 2022 – 17 Feb 2023 RankPaperDownloads1.The New Judicial Power Grab… Continue reading

“Kari Lake loses appeal in Arizona governor race challenge” (With link to unanimous opinion)

February 16, 2023, 7:10 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

AP: An Arizona appeals court has rejected Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor’s race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, denying her request to throw out election results in the state’s most populous county and hold… Continue reading

Must-read from Andrew Appel: “Unrecoverable Election Screwup in Williamson County TX”

February 16, 2023, 5:14 pmelection administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

Andrew over at Freedom to Tinker, with the kind of problem that is not going to be caught by a typical post election audit: In the November 2020 election in Williamson County, Texas, flawed e-pollbook software resulted in voters inadvertently… Continue reading

“Fox Stars Privately Expressed Disbelief About Election Fraud Claims. ‘Crazy Stuff.'”

February 16, 2023, 4:53 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Newly disclosed messages and testimony from some of the biggest stars and most senior executives at Fox News revealed that they privately expressed disbelief about President Donald J. Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him,… Continue reading

“Security experts warn of foreign cyber threat to 2024 voting”

February 16, 2023, 3:30 pmchicanery, election administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

AP: Top state election and cybersecurity officials on Thursday warned about threats posed by Top state election and cybersecurity officials on Thursday warned about threats posed by Russia and other foreign adversaries ahead of the 2024 elections, noting that America’s… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video of My Interview with Jake Grumbach, Author of “Laboratories Against Democracy,” for the Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar series

February 16, 2023, 3:27 pmelection subversion risk, UncategorizedRick Hasen

Outstanding discussion about Jake’s important book. Watch:

Why Haven’t the Parties in Moore v. Harper (At Least Publicly) Alerted the Supreme Court That The Case May Be Mooted by the North Carolina Supreme Court?

February 16, 2023, 2:38 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

With news today that the Supreme Court cancelled oral argument in the Title 42 case on immigration after the Biden DOJ informed the Court that the Title 42 policy will end in a few months with the end of the… Continue reading

“Election-Denying Republican Candidates Underperformed in the 2022 Midterms”

February 16, 2023, 11:32 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Janet Malzahn and Andrew Hall working paper: We combine newly collected election data with records of public denials of the results of the 2020 election to estimate the degree to which election-denying Republican candidates for senator, governor, secretary of… Continue reading

“The Escalating Attacks on Citizen Lawmaking; Even in red states, strong majorities of voters keep passing progressive ballot measures. Republican threats to direct democracy should be resisted to give voters with different party loyalties a way to advance common interests.”

February 16, 2023, 9:23 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Jeff Milchen oped in Governing.

“Issue One announces new Faces of Democracy members, including Secretaries of State Brad Raffensperger and Jocelyn Benson”

February 16, 2023, 9:20 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Announcement: Issue One is pleased to welcome Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to Faces of Democracy, a growing bipartisan campaign made up of election officials and poll workers from across the country united in… Continue reading

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