“Arkansas violated the Voting Rights Act by limiting help to voters, a judge rules.”

August 22, 2022, 8:04 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT: A federal judge ruled that Arkansas violated the Voting Rights Act with its six-voter limit for those who help people cast ballots in person, which critics had argued disenfranchised immigrants and people with disabilities.In a 39-page ruling issued on… Continue reading

“Inside The Right’s Historic Billion-Dollar Dark Money Transfer”

August 22, 2022, 1:55 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

The Lever/ProPublica: An elderly, ultra-secretive Chicago businessman has given the largest known donation to a political advocacy group in U.S. history — worth $1.6 billion — and the recipient is one of the prime architects of conservatives’ efforts to… Continue reading

“Files copied from voting systems were shared with Trump supporters, election deniers”

August 22, 2022, 1:32 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, voting technologyRick Hasen

WaPo: Sensitive election system files obtained by attorneys working to overturn President Donald Trump’s 2020 defeat were shared with election deniers, conspiracy theorists and right-wing commentators, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post.A Georgia computer forensics firm hired… Continue reading

“Skewtube: New breed of video sites thrive on misinformation and hate”

August 22, 2022, 10:28 amcheap speechRick Hasen

Reuters: A day after a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York last May, the video-sharing website BitChute was amplifying a far-right conspiracy theory that the massacre was a so-called false flag operation, meant to discredit gun-loving Americans.Three of the… Continue reading

My Interview on NPR’s Morning Edition: “Candidates who deny the 2020 presidential election results are winning races”

August 22, 2022, 7:05 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

You can listen here.

“Federal Appeals Court Halts Graham Testimony Before Atlanta Grand Jury”

August 22, 2022, 7:03 amlegislation and legislaturesRick Hasen

NYT: A federal appeals court temporarily blocked Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, on Sunday from testifying in the investigation into efforts by President Donald J. Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.… Continue reading

“NYC Electoral ReformHow to Increase Political Competition and Revitalize Local Democracy”

August 22, 2022, 6:59 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Manhattan Institute favors some big election reforms for NYC.

August 22, 2022, 6:56 amdirect democracyRick Hasen

“Two nonbinary candidates make history with election to Maryland’s Democratic Central Committee”

August 22, 2022, 6:53 ampolitical partiesRick Hasen

Baltimore Banner: Hopkins’ and Bowens’ strong showings in the July 19 primary has focused attention on the Democratic Party’s efforts to be more inclusive from a gender standpoint. The DCC voted in 2018 to allow nonbinary candidates to identify… Continue reading

“Election officials brace for onslaught of poll watchers”

August 22, 2022, 6:51 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Carrie Levine for VoteBeat: North Carolina’s May primary was “one of the worst elections I’ve ever worked,” said Karen Hebb, the elections director in Henderson County. “It was worse than COVID.” In addition to long conversations with skeptical voters bringing… Continue reading

“Kansas recount confirms landslide win for abortion rights, but highlights risk to democracy”

August 22, 2022, 4:09 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

KC Star: Kansas reaffirmed its landslide vote to uphold abortion rights after election officials on Sunday finished a recount that never had any chance of changing the outcome but was sought by an election denier and anti-abortion activist advancing… Continue reading

“An Unusual $1.6 Billion Donation Bolsters Conservatives”

August 22, 2022, 4:03 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: A new conservative nonprofit group scored a $1.6 billion windfall last year via a little-known donor — an extraordinary sum that could give Republicans and their causes a huge financial boost ahead of the midterms, and for years to… Continue reading

“Meet the First Election Denier Poised to Win for Secretary of State This Year”

August 21, 2022, 2:58 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Bolts: Measured by the intensity of the media glare, Tuesday night unquestionably belonged to Liz Cheney’s bid for political survival, as the conservative Republican with the dynastic name fell in a race defined by her vote to impeach Donald Trump… Continue reading

“There’s a Huge Divide Among Democrats Over How Hard to Campaign for Democracy”

August 21, 2022, 2:20 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: Of the more than $300 million spent by Democrats on broadcast advertisements this year throughout the country, ads that mentioned Jan. 6, the insurrection, democracy or stolen elections accounted for less than 4 percent of all spending, according to… Continue reading