“LexisNexis Launches New Voting Law Resource to Provide a Transparent Overview of the U.S. Election Landscape”

August 11, 2022, 10:41 ampedagogyRick Hasen

Release: LexisNexis® Legal & Professional and the LexisNexis® Rule of Law Foundation today announced the launch of the LexisNexis® U.S. Voting Laws & Legislation Center. The initial release of the tool provides free, public access to a curated and… Continue reading

“Inbox beware: Federal watchdog approves Google program to let campaigns skip spam filters”

August 11, 2022, 9:59 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Politico: The Federal Election Commission, the nation’s chief campaign finance watchdog agency, gave its blessing to a program proposed by Google on Thursday that will effectively allow federal campaigns and other political committees to bypass spam filters and land in… Continue reading

“At least 10 Republican nominees for state elections chief have disputed the legitimacy of the 2020 election”

August 11, 2022, 9:35 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Daniel Dale for CNN: In at least 10 states, the Republican nominee for the job of overseeing future elections is someone who has questioned, rejected or tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election.Secretaries of state will play a… Continue reading

Twitter Announces It is Beginning to Enforce Its Civic Integrity Policy for the 2022 Midterm Elections

August 11, 2022, 8:05 amcheap speechRick Hasen

From the thread: https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1557713457469964288?s=20&t=CG-6O4YYzzE43i52ni31gQ We will be watching to see how this goes.

“Countering the New Election Subversion: The Democracy Principle and the Role of State Courts”

August 11, 2022, 8:03 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Jessica Bulman-Pozen and Miriam Seifter have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Wisconsin Law Review). Here is the abstract: Among the threats to American democracy, the most serious may also be the most banal: that future elections will be compromised… Continue reading

“Historians privately warn Biden that America’s democracy is teetering”

August 11, 2022, 7:10 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: President Biden paused last week, during one of the busiest stretches of his presidency, for a nearly two-hour private history lesson from a group of academics who raised alarms about the dire condition of democracy at home and abroad.The… Continue reading

“Sen. Graham fights subpoena in Georgia election probe”

August 11, 2022, 7:06 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: Prosecutors in Atlanta said they need a special grand jury to hear from U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham because he may be able to provide insight into the extent of any coordinated efforts to influence the results of the… Continue reading

2022 Election Law Teacher Database

August 11, 2022, 6:46 amelection law bizRick Hasen

It is now available here.

“From The Grassroots To The Top Of The Ticket, Election Denial Looms Large in GOP”

August 10, 2022, 8:32 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NPR’s Consider This.

Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Law Requiring that Initiative Circulators Be Montana Residents, Upholds Ban on Paying Petition Circulators Per Signature

August 10, 2022, 4:38 pmdirect democracyRick Hasen

You can find the unanimous opinion at this link.

“Seizure of Congressman’s Phone Is Latest Sign of Escalating Election Inquiry”

August 10, 2022, 3:24 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: The F.B.I.’s seizure of Representative Scott Perry’s phone this week was at least the third major action in recent months taken in connection with an escalating federal investigation into efforts by several close allies of former President Donald… Continue reading

Ben Horton: “Trump is Disqualified from Future Public Office Under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, and State Officials Should Not Wait for Congress to Ensure That the Constitution is Enforced”

August 10, 2022, 11:00 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Ben Horton of Free Speech for People: Given the news of the FBI executing a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, Professor Rick Hasen recently reposted Professor Ned Foley’s suggestion from last October that… Continue reading

“Hunting for Voter Fraud, Conspiracy Theorists Organize ‘Stakeouts’”

August 10, 2022, 7:05 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: One night last month, on the recommendation of a man known online as Captain K, a small group gathered in an Arizona parking lot and waited in folding chairs, hoping to catch the people they believed were trying… Continue reading

“After Mar-a-Lago search, users on pro-Trump forums agitate for ‘civil war’ — including a Jan. 6 rioter”

August 10, 2022, 7:01 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NBC News: Some users on pro-Trump internet forums told users to “lock and load,” agitated for civil war and urged protesters to head to Mar-a-Lago in the hours after news broke that the FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s… Continue reading

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