“After Fox settlement, experts warn election falsehoods will persist”

April 20, 2023, 7:49 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: Fox News’s $787.5 million settlement with a voting machine company sends a stark warning to others about the cost of making false statements, but that doesn’t mean election falsehoods will disappear. The constellation of conservative networks and right-wing websites… Continue reading

“Disinformation Nation: How Partisan Politicians Distort History”

April 20, 2023, 7:29 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

This virtual event at the Brennan Center today looks great: Misinformation is on the rise. From cable news to social media, we’re very aware that what we’re hearing or reading could be wrong. And it seems our skepticism of the… Continue reading

“Trump and His Allies Must Be Held Accountable for the January 6 Insurrection”

April 20, 2023, 7:22 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

New report from CAP.

“Montana shelves GOP proposal to alter US Senate primary”

April 19, 2023, 11:33 ampolitical parties, primaries, third partiesRick Hasen

AP: A proposed change to next year’s Montana U.S. Senate primary that could have hurt Democratic Sen. Jon Tester’s reelection chances is likely dead after a state legislative committee shelved the GOP-backed measure Wednesday. Some Republican lawmakers urged on… Continue reading

“DeSantis group plans field program, showing the expanding role of super PACs”

April 19, 2023, 11:13 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

WaPo: Activists at 27 universities will soon begin meeting twice a month to organize their peers under the banner of Students for DeSantis. Office space supporting the Florida governor’s presidential ambitions will open in each of the early-voting states. And… Continue reading

“If Dianne Feinstein Were President”

April 19, 2023, 11:10 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Jerry Goldfeder for Just Security.

“Pa. Supreme Court angrily sanctions county for violating order on Dominion voting machines”

April 19, 2023, 11:09 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Philly Inquirer: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday said Fulton County had blatantly defied the court when it allowed a third-party company to access its 2020 voting machines. The county had first given a firm access to its Dominion voting… Continue reading

“Why It’s Fine that Fox and Dominion Settled; Murdoch testimony would have been more fun to watch than Succession. But the trial wouldn’t have fixed the bigger problem.”

April 19, 2023, 7:43 amcheap speech, election subversion riskRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: What does the Fox (News) say? Not enough to save American democracy. But we never should have expected that a private defamation suit could have cured this country’s ongoing election panic… Continue reading

“Another Texas Election Official Quits After Threats From Trump Supporters”

April 19, 2023, 7:39 amelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Heider Garcia, the head of elections in Tarrant County, Texas, announced this week that he would resign after facing death threats, joining other beleaguered election officials across the nation who have quit under similar circumstances. Mr. Garcia oversees elections… Continue reading

“UPDATED: Fulton prosecutors offered immunity deals to some GOP electors”

April 19, 2023, 7:34 amchicaneryRick Hasen

AJC: The Fulton County District Attorney’s office has offered immunity deals to some of the alternate GOP electors who met at the Georgia Capitol and cast phony Electoral College votes for Donald Trump following the 2020 election. In a… Continue reading

“‘You talk to people that you may never talk to:’ Ranked choice voting can elevate our political campaigns, Gehrke writes”

April 19, 2023, 7:32 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Salt Lake Tribune column.

Supreme Court’s developing Compact Clause jurisprudence may affect National Popular Vote

April 18, 2023, 3:38 pmelectoral collegeDerek Muller

Years ago, as a law student (!), I published a piece in the Election Law Journal on the Compact Clause and the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. I wrote a follow-up there, too. In these pieces, I argued… Continue reading

Texas: “Tarrant County’s celebrated elections chief resigns, citing differences with new county executive”

April 18, 2023, 8:07 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Votebeat: A North Texas elections official who was lauded by top state officials — and his critics — as one of the best administrators in the field has submitted his resignation. Heider Garcia, who has been the elections director in… Continue reading

“As Fox News case heads to trial, far right St. Louis site faces its own defamation suit; A trial is scheduled for May 9 in St. Louis in a lawsuit filed by two Georgia election workers against The Gateway Pundit”

April 18, 2023, 7:32 amcheap speechRick Hasen

Missouri Independent: They didn’t know it at the time, but Dec. 3, 2020, was the start of a nightmare for Wandrea Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman. Both were election workers in Atlanta, and that was the day Rudy… Continue reading