“How ‘mule watchers’ evolved from a Truth Social meme into a ballot drop box patrol”

October 28, 2022, 9:05 amElection Meltdown, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NBC News: A black Jeep crept along Coury Avenue on Wednesday night, rolling by one of the many ballot drop boxes collecting early votes for the midterm elections. The driver, a man who declined to give his name, said he… Continue reading

Supreme Court Has Decided at Least 65 Emergency (Shadow Docket) Election Law Cases in Last 12 Years, Including 15 Cases in the 2020 Term; The Number Could Explode after Moore v. Harper

October 28, 2022, 7:11 amSupreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I wanted to highlight some numbers I put together with my co-authors at Manatt for our amicus brief in the Moore v. Harper case: The amount of emergency election-related litigation filed in this Court is already high. In the… Continue reading

“European Election Observers Warn of Republican Election Deniers”

October 28, 2022, 7:07 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: Election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe warned this week of “intensely divisive” rhetoric ahead of the midterm elections in the United States, noting that Republicans who have denied the 2020 election results are… Continue reading

“Election deniers hope a hand count in Nevada offers a roadmap for the future; The GOP nominee for secretary of state has pushed to jettison voting machines. One county is already experimenting with counting ballots manually.”

October 28, 2022, 7:04 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“‘Raise the challenge’: Eastman exhorts poll watchers to build a record”

October 28, 2022, 7:03 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: At a speech last week before prospective GOP poll workers and challengers in New Mexico, former Trump attorney John Eastman urged his allies to file complaints that could form the basis for court challenges to the upcoming midterm and… Continue reading

Nevada: “Hand vote count on hold after Nevada high court says illegal”

October 28, 2022, 6:56 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: An unprecedented hand-count of mail-in ballots in a rural Nevada county is on hold and may not resume after the Nevada Supreme Court said in an after-hours ruling the current process is illegal and the Republican secretary of state… Continue reading

“‘Innuendos and baseless allegations’: Milwaukee claps back after Ron Johnson sows doubts about early voting in the city”

October 28, 2022, 6:55 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: As voters have already begun streaming to the polls, Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson this week raised doubts about early in-person absentee voting in Milwaukee and suggested his supporters in the city hold off from casting their ballots… Continue reading

“Officials brace for unprecedented efforts to disrupt 2022 vote”

October 28, 2022, 6:53 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Axios: U.S. election officials are anticipating unprecedented efforts to disrupt the 2022 election, and putting battleground states on heightened alert.Why it matters: Efforts to intimidate voters and spread misinformation can erode the public’s trust in the democratic process, and safety… Continue reading

“Drop box watchers in Arizona connected to national effort from ‘2000 Mules’ creators; Clean Elections USA is trying to mobilize thousands of volunteers to collect evidence for True the Vote and a conservative sheriffs’ group, internal communications show.”

October 27, 2022, 6:36 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Scoop from Votebeat: The movement to try to catch illegal voting at ballot drop boxes in Arizona, which is spurring complaints and lawsuits alleging voter intimidation, is not the local grassroots effort it appears to be. The drop box watchers… Continue reading

Nevada Supreme Court Moves to Stop Information Release of Votes and Tallies from Hand Count of Ballots in Nye County

October 27, 2022, 6:34 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Following up on Gowri’s post and this AP report, the ACLU just got the following order from the Nevada Supreme Court: Filed Order Granting Motion for Clarification. Petitioners have now filed an emergency motion for clarification, asserting that… Continue reading

Former Prosecutors File SCOTUS Amicus Brief on Speech or Debate Clause in Lindsay Graham Emergency Motion Not to Testify Before Georgia Grand Jury Investigating 2020 Election Subversion

October 27, 2022, 6:30 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Interesting filing.

“Why We Need to Take the Partisanship Out of Certifying Elections”

October 27, 2022, 3:11 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Kevin Johnson oped for Governing.

New Common Cause Report on Proposed Bills Making It Harder to Vote

October 27, 2022, 3:11 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Find them here.

“Election Day is Nov. 8, but legal challenges already begin”

October 27, 2022, 8:21 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: Election Day is 12 days away. But in courtrooms across the country, efforts to sow doubt over the outcome have already begun.More than 100 lawsuits have been filed this year around the Nov. 8 elections. The legal challenges, largely… Continue reading