“Voter challenges, records requests swamp election offices”

September 18, 2022, 5:33 amchicaneryRick Hasen

AP: Spurred by conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election, activists around the country are using laws that allow people to challenge a voter’s right to cast a ballot to contest the registrations of thousands of voters at a… Continue reading

“Echoing Trump, These Republicans Won’t Promise to Accept 2022 Results”

September 18, 2022, 5:30 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Nearly two years after President Donald J. Trump refused to accept his defeat in the 2020 election, some of his most loyal Republican acolytes might follow in his footsteps.When asked, six Trump-backed Republican nominees for governor and the… Continue reading

Must-Read David Leonhardt NYT: “‘A Crisis Coming’: The Twin Threats to American Democracy”

September 17, 2022, 3:51 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Extensive analysis by David Leonhardt in the NYT: The United States has experienced deep political turmoil several times before over the past century. The Great Depression caused Americans to doubt the country’s economic system. World War II and the Cold… Continue reading

“Alabama GOP chair refused to show license to vote. That became a problem for poll workers.”

September 17, 2022, 3:45 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Al.com column.

“A federal court clears the way for a Texas social media law; The law, which had been blocked by a lower court, makes it possible to sue large social media platforms for taking down political viewpoints”

September 17, 2022, 3:38 pmcheap speechRick Hasen

NYT: A federal appeals court on Friday reversed a lower court’s order blocking a Texas law that stops large social media platforms from removing political posts, a blow for tech companies that say their content moderation decisions are protected… Continue reading

“How vote count mistakes by two rural counties fed Trump’s big lie”

September 16, 2022, 11:36 amvoting technologyRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld: Since 2020’s presidential election, two rural counties in Michigan and Colorado that initially reported incorrect results have had outsized roles in spreading Donald Trump’s big lie that his second term was stolen by Democrats colluding with one… Continue reading

“Virginia’s Election Integrity Unit: Safeguard or ‘stunt’?”

September 16, 2022, 6:22 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WTOP: After Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares’ announcement Friday of the formation of an Election Integrity Unit in his office, the attorney general spoke with reporters Tuesday about the structure of the new unit. Meanwhile, two commonwealth’s attorneys and… Continue reading

“Column: Prepare ballots, set up polls, fight Trump saboteurs. Election officials have their work cut out”

September 16, 2022, 6:13 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Mark Barabak LAT column.

“Trump warns of ‘problems’ like ‘we’ve never seen’ if he’s indicted”

September 16, 2022, 6:12 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: Former President Donald Trump said Thursday the nation would face “problems … the likes of which perhaps we’ve never seen” if he is indicted over his handling of classified documents after leaving office, an apparent suggestion that such a… Continue reading

“Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor says she’ll join anti-gerrymandering effort after leaving office”

September 16, 2022, 6:09 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Cleveland.com: Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor said Thursday she plans to campaign to try to end gerrymandering in Ohio once she leaves office at the end of the year.O’Connor commented Thursday on her future plans during her… Continue reading

“Fraudulent Document Cited in Supreme Court Bid to Torch Election Law”

September 15, 2022, 7:59 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Ethan Herenstein and Brian Palmer Politico piece: Supporters of a legal challenge to completely upend our electoral system are citing a fraudulent document in their brief to the Supreme Court. It’s an embarrassing error — and it underscores how flimsy… Continue reading

“Lawsuit alleges True the Vote hacked data and targeted small election vendor with racist, defamatory campaign”

September 14, 2022, 5:45 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Votebeat: A defamation and computer fraud lawsuit filed this week against Texas-based True the Vote asks a judge to essentially determine whether the election-integrity group’s campaign against a small election vendor constitutes slanderous lies or a participation in criminal… Continue reading

“Jeffrey Clark told DC Bar that DOJ search of his home linked to false statements, conspiracy, obstruction investigation”

September 14, 2022, 5:43 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

CNN: The Justice Department is investigating felony violations of false statements, conspiracy and obstruction as part of its January 6, 2021, probe that led to a recent search of former Trump administration official Jeffrey Clark’s home, according… Continue reading

“Republican members of the FEC blocked a probe of the ‘election integrity’ services provided by True the Vote to the Georgia GOP in the 2021 runoffs on grounds the services weren’t designed to influence an election”

September 14, 2022, 4:14 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

LOL: Republican members of the FEC blocked a probe of the “election integrity” services provided by True the Vote to the Georgia GOP in the 2021 runoffs on grounds the services weren’t designed to influence an election https://t.co/pTFhEOymWC pic.twitter.com/ov0QRgnWfS… Continue reading

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