Two Studies on Political Party Roles in Election Certification from ERN

September 6, 2022, 7:44 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Via TPM: After votes are tabulated locally, state election laws designate an individual or board to confirm the totals add up and to certify victory for the winning candidate. A new Election Reformers Network (ERN) analysis finds that in… Continue reading

“Biden Puts Defense of Democracy at Center of Agenda, at Home and Abroad”

September 6, 2022, 7:38 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: It is the element of President Biden’s foreign policy that overlaps most significantly with his domestic agenda: defending democracy.His drive to buttress democracy at home and abroad has taken on more urgency as Russia wages war in Ukraine,… Continue reading

“More Than 1 In 2 Americans Will Have An Election Denier On The Ballot This Fall”

September 6, 2022, 7:33 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

538: From the Carolinas to California, Montana to Florida, election denialism has spread across the country. Candidates who support former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen will appear on ballots in nearly every state this… Continue reading

ELB Book Corner: Routledge Handbook of Election Law: Voters around the world are increasingly often challenging election results

September 6, 2022, 7:00 amcomparative election law, ELB Book CornerRick Hasen

I am pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner some of the authors of the Routledge Handbook of Election Law. Here is the first of three posts, by Jurij Toplak: Jurij Toplak David Schultz and I have edited… Continue reading

“As Midterms Near, Election Rule Raises Dilemma for Trump Inquiries”

September 5, 2022, 7:34 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NY Times: As the midterm elections near, top Justice Department officials are weighing whether to temporarily scale back work in criminal investigations involving former President Donald J. Trump because of an unwritten rule forbidding overt actions that could improperly… Continue reading

“Claims of voter fraud, old as the republic, still work as weapons for Trump

September 5, 2022, 6:26 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Ron Elving for NPR.

“New congressional maps dilute Black power, critics say”

September 5, 2022, 6:24 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

AP reports.

“Sarah Palin’s defeat in Alaska proves ranked-choice voting works”

September 5, 2022, 6:12 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo editorial.

“Rationalizing Democracy: The Perceptual Bias and (Un)Democratic Behavior”

September 5, 2022, 8:32 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

Intriguing experimental paper from Suthan Krishnarajan in the APSR: Democracy often confronts citizens with a dilemma: stand firm on democracy while losing out on policy or accept undemocratic behavior and gain politically. Existing literature demonstrates that citizens generally choose the… Continue reading

“A Second Constitutional Convention? Some Republicans Want to Force One”

September 4, 2022, 6:31 pmlegislation and legislaturesRick Hasen

Carl Hulse for the NYT.

Watch Archived Video of My Appearance on CNN Talking About Ginni Thomas, Justice Thomas, January 6 and the Supreme Court

September 4, 2022, 2:50 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

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“Handling of Georgia election breach investigation questioned”

September 4, 2022, 12:29 pmchicanery, voting technologyRick Hasen

AJC: A recording first surfaced six months ago claiming that a team copied “every piece of equipment” in Coffee County’s elections office after the 2020 election, but it wasn’t Georgia investigators who confirmed that confidential voting data had been taken.Instead,… Continue reading

“GOP escalates fight against citizen-led ballot initiatives”

September 4, 2022, 9:02 amdirect democracyRick Hasen

AP: Hundreds of thousands of people signed petitions this year backing proposed ballot initiatives to expand voting access, ensure abortion rights and legalize recreational marijuana in Arizona, Arkansas and Michigan.Yet voters might not get a say because Republican officials… Continue reading

“US election conspiracies find fertile ground in conferences”

September 4, 2022, 9:01 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

AP: Over eight hours with only a brief lunch break, attendees were deluged with election conspiracies, complete with charts and slide shows. Speakers talked about tampering of voting machines or the systems that store voter rolls, ballot-box stuffing and massive… Continue reading