“Trump’s election conspiracy boosters largely accept their own defeats”

November 13, 2022, 10:02 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: Many of the nation’s most outspoken 2020 election deniers are staying quiet or conceding defeat after their own election losses this cycle.Prior to the election, experts had warned that democracy itself was at risk of being overrun by… Continue reading

“Arizona’s ‘Tricky Voting Machines’ Sound Suspiciously Familiar; In political conspiracy theories, as in television shows, the plot elements are always the same.”

November 12, 2022, 12:08 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Renee DiResta for The Atlantic: After watching such rumors spread this week—and hundreds of other viral rumors spread during the 2020 election—I’m struck by how familiar, how predictable, the rumor story lines have become. Before the 2020 election, a rash… Continue reading

Nevada: “Election denier Jim Marchant loses Nevada secretary of state’s race to Democrat Cisco Aguilar”

November 12, 2022, 11:02 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

KLAS: Democrat Cisco Aguilar has won the race to become Nevada’s next secretary of state, defeating Republican and election denier Jim Marchant.ionDeskHQ called the race for Aguilar around 4:45 p.m. Aguilar was leading by more than 2 percentage points.Aguilar, a… Continue reading

Election Denier Mark Finchem Projected to Lose AZ Secretary of State Race to Adrian Fontes

November 12, 2022, 11:00 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AZ Republic: Adrian Fontes wasn’t popping the champagne corks just yet.Minutes after being projected as the winner of Arizona’s secretary of state race on Friday night, he said he accepted the conclusion as ‘the media’s best estimation.”But he was quick… Continue reading

“Kari Lake taunts Maricopa County election officials after stoking fears on mail-in ballots”

November 12, 2022, 10:58 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake stoked fears of mail-in ballots. Now she’s taunting officials for not counting them fast enough after a record number of people held onto their mail-in ballots until Election Day.Lake accused election workers of… Continue reading

Senator Lindsay Graham Inexcusably Claims Without Evidence Voter Fraud in Nevada Senate Election

November 11, 2022, 4:13 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

So irresponsible: On a Republican conference call Thursday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), went so far as to suggest fraud in Nevada if Laxalt isn’t declared the winner. The midday call was hosted by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), chairman of… Continue reading

“The Positive and Negative Purcell Principle”

November 11, 2022, 3:38 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

New article by Harry Dodsworth in the Utah Law Review. Abstract: The Purcell Principle—the idea that courts should think twice about changing the rules before elections to avoid confusing voters—is sorely misunderstood. Despite deriving from a three-page opinion, the Purcell… Continue reading

“Electoral Federalism: Centralized or Decentralized Elections?” (Conversation Between Kevin Kosar and Me)

November 11, 2022, 3:36 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Constitutional Conversations: Richard Hasen and Kevin Kosar are both concerned about the polarizing partisan divide in American political life. Hasen believes that “rampant conspiracism leads to contagion, not containment.” He argues that in the future “Federalism and decentralization will not… Continue reading

Michigan Junior Scholars Call for Papers

November 11, 2022, 3:34 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Details.

Proposed FEC Rulemaking on “Internet Communication Disclaimers and Definition of ‘Public Communication'”

November 11, 2022, 3:32 pmcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

This draft is on the agenda for Thursday’s FEC meeting.

Useful story on Arizona

November 11, 2022, 7:25 amUncategorizedNed Foley

From the Washington Post, with details over allegations relating to the counting of ballots especially in Maricopa County.

“Arizona Election Officials Call on G.O.P. Candidates to Tone Down the Rhetoric”

November 10, 2022, 7:37 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: Election officials in Arizona’s most populous and politically important county announced Thursday that they would not complete counting ballots until early next week, adding to tensions in a state at the center of the false narrative that the 2020… Continue reading

“LA County drops charges against election software executive, citing ‘potential bias”

November 10, 2022, 7:28 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NPR: In an abrupt reversal, Los Angeles County has dismissed charges against the chief executive of an election software company, marking the end of a case that prominent election deniers cited as evidence of foul play in American elections.Eugene Yu,… Continue reading

OSCE Releases Preliminary Assessment of U.S. Midterm Elections

November 10, 2022, 12:28 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

You can find the document here.

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