“Pence Must Testify to Jan. 6 Grand Jury, Judge Rules”

March 28, 2023, 7:56 pmelection subversion risk, legislation and legislaturesRick Hasen

NYT: A federal judge has ordered former Vice President Mike Pence to appear in front of a grand jury investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, largely sweeping aside two separate legal efforts by Mr.… Continue reading

“N.C. board removes election officials who refused to certify”

March 28, 2023, 7:52 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: North Carolina’s state elections board on Tuesday removed two local election officials who had refused to certify their county’s 2022 results after officials determined they violated state law. The state board voted unanimously to dismiss Surry County elections secretary… Continue reading

“A Campaign Aide Didn’t Write That Email. A.I. Did.”

March 28, 2023, 7:49 pmcheap speechRick Hasen

NYT: The Democratic Party has begun testing the use of artificial intelligence to write first drafts of some fund-raising messages, appeals that often perform better than those written entirely by human beings. Fake A.I. images of Donald J. Trump getting arrested in… Continue reading

“‘Back to 1902’: Virginia Governor Revives Lifetime Ban on Voting”

March 28, 2023, 7:40 pmfelon votingRick Hasen

Bolts: Governor Glenn Youngkin just gave himself a lot more power to pick and choose Virginia voters. The Republican governor’s administration told state lawmakers in a letter last week that he was rescinding his predecessors’ policy of automatically restoring the… Continue reading

Wisconsin: “Dane County election review finds dozens of ineligible voters who cast ballots; A small number of cases shows why election officials say Wisconsin’s disorganized system for tracking those adjudicated ‘incompetent’ to vote needs a legislative fix.”

March 28, 2023, 7:22 amvoters with disabilitiesRick Hasen

PBS Wisconsin: In 2015, Mark Wake was in a serious motorcycle crash that put him in the hospital for 10 months with a severe brain injury. “I lost half my head,” he told Wisconsin Watch. He also lost his… Continue reading

“Activist group led by Ginni Thomas received nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations”

March 28, 2023, 6:53 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: A little-known conservative activist group led by Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, collected nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations to wage a cultural battle against the left over three years, a Washington Post investigation… Continue reading

“Costly Court Race Points to a Politicized Future for Judicial Elections”

March 28, 2023, 5:34 amjudicial electionsRick Hasen

NYT: It is a judicial election like no other in American history. Thirty million dollars and counting has poured into the campaign for a swing seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, with TV ads swamping the airwaves. The candidates leave no… Continue reading

“How Election Deniers Are Making Voter Fraud Easier; A cloud of misinformation has led a half-dozen states to abandon the most powerful tool available to combat voter fraud across state lines.”

March 28, 2023, 5:32 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Alan Greenblatt for Governing.

“US Supreme Court won’t review GOP’s Kansas congressional map”

March 28, 2023, 5:29 amredistrictingRick Hasen

AP: The U.S. Supreme Court won’t review a congressional redistricting law enacted by the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature that some voters and Democrats saw as political gerrymandering. The nation’s highest court said Monday without explaination that it won’t hear an appeal… Continue reading

“Trump extends election-rigging myth to his potential criminal charges”

March 28, 2023, 5:28 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: Former president Donald Trump opened the first mega-rally of his 2024 campaign by playing a recording of the national anthem sung by inmates charged in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. In the 90-minute… Continue reading

“Top Republicans balk at Trump highlighting Jan. 6 rioters, calling it politically unwise”

March 28, 2023, 5:27 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NBC News: Top Senate Republicans broke with former President Donald Trump on Monday over his decision to feature video of Jan. 6 rioters at his weekend rally in Texas. Some disagreed with his judgment in playing a video that exalts… Continue reading

“”The Dangerous Journey of John Eastman; How a mild-mannered law professor became the architect of a scheme to overturn a presidential election”

March 28, 2023, 5:23 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Garrett Epps in the Washington Monthly: I reached out to Eastman for an interview, and to my surprise, he accepted gladly. When we spoke on the phone, he was exactly as I remembered—charming, voluble, seemingly candid, eager to engage in… Continue reading

Issue 2 of Fordham Voting Rights and Democracy Forum Now Available

March 28, 2023, 5:10 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Here: Current Issue: Volume 1, Issue 2 (2022) Articles PDF Moore v. Harper and the Consequential Effects of the Independent State Legislature TheoryChase Cooper PDF The Looming Threat of the Independent State Legislature Theory and the Erosion of … Continue reading

“Why Republicans Are So Intent on Destroying ERIC”

March 28, 2023, 5:06 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Michael Morse for Slate: Now right-wing groups are plotting to weaken ERIC and revive Crosscheck’s faulty approach. J. Christian Adams has peddled the false claim that ERIC is a “smokescreen” for Democratic efforts to turn out the vote, which… Continue reading