“The Republicans Who Want Election Laws to ‘Stay Broken’”

August 2, 2022, 7:24 amfederal election commissionRick Hasen

Daily Beast: For years, critics have argued the Federal Election Commission has been effectively broken. Now MAGA-land is going to court to make sure it stays that way.The FEC is charged with civil enforcement of campaign finance laws, but in… Continue reading

“RNC links up with ‘Stop the Steal’ advocates to train poll workers”

August 2, 2022, 7:18 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: The Republican National Committee has been relying on a stable of the party’s most prolific spreaders of false stolen-election theories to pilot a sweeping “election integrity” operation to recruit and coach thousands of poll workers in eight battleground… Continue reading

Request for Submissions: AALS Section on Election Law, Works in Progress Panel, “New Voices in Election Law”

August 2, 2022, 6:30 amUncategorizedDerek Muller

From an email I recently sent to the AALS Section on Election Law listserv: As Chair of the Section on Election Law, it’s my privilege to share that in addition to our annual program (which will take place Friday, January… Continue reading

“Misleading text urges ‘yes’ vote in Kansas to ‘give women a choice.’ Source is unknown”

August 1, 2022, 8:41 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

KC Star: An anonymous group is sending a misleading text to Kansas voters telling them to “vote yes” in order to protect choice. “Women in KS are losing their choice on reproductive rights. Voting YES on the amendment will give… Continue reading

“Wisconsin DOJ probes voter fraud stunt as election officials debate absentee rules”

August 1, 2022, 8:30 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Patrick Marley for WaPo: With a few clicks of a mouse this week, a conservative activist sent Wisconsin’s elections apparatus into disarray ahead of the Aug. 9 primary.Harry Wait of Dover, Wis., said he requested absentee ballots in the … Continue reading

“Arizona official refutes review that counted 282 dead voters”

August 1, 2022, 8:27 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Monday his investigators found just one dead voter after thoroughly reviewing findings from a partisan review of the 2020 election that alleged 282 ballots were cast in the name of someone who had… Continue reading

Some Thoughts on the Connection Between the “Independent State Legislature Theory” and the Risks of State Legislatures Overturning the Will of the Voters in Presidential Elections

August 1, 2022, 3:52 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

See my tweet thread starting here: I've been meaning to comment for a while on @derektmuller's claims that journalists are not only getting it wrong in understanding the risks of the independent state legislature doctrine (at issue in… Continue reading

“Former Democratic leaders blast party’s ‘risky and unethical’ meddling in GOP primaries”

August 1, 2022, 1:50 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: About three dozen former Democratic House and Senate members have signed on to an open letter blistering national Democrats for their meddling in this year’s Republican primaries, often to the benefit of pro-Donald Trump hard-liners.The letter, shared … Continue reading

Wed. Senate Rules Committee Hearing on the Electoral Count Reform Act

August 1, 2022, 11:10 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Great set of witnesses.

What Ken Gross and Tom Brady Have in Common

August 1, 2022, 11:05 amelection law bizRick Hasen

An unretirement: KEN GROSS LANDS AT AKIN GUMP: Ken Gross, who retired earlier this year after more than three decades advising clients on campaign finance, ethics and lobbying laws at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, has come out of… Continue reading

Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN

August 1, 2022, 11:03 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Here: Recent Top Papers (60 days) As of: 02 Jun 2022 – 01 Aug 2022 RankPaperDownloads1.Textualism, Judicial Supremacy, and the Independent State Legislature Theory Leah Litman and Katherine ShawUniversity of Michigan Law School and Yeshiva University – Benjamin… Continue reading

“State officials scramble to respond as election skepticism goes hyper-local”

August 1, 2022, 10:58 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Fredreka Schouten for CNN: And as adherents of election skepticism have pushed their theories into more obscure corners of American democracy, state election officials are now scrambling to address the new challenges. They warn that these isolated pockets of resistance… Continue reading

Pam Karlan: “The Virtues of the Electoral Count Reform Act”

August 1, 2022, 7:30 amelection subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Pam Karlan, now back at Stanford: The Electoral Count Reform Act (ECRA) is a vast improvement over the existing Electoral Count Act of 1887, whose ambiguities and gaps became evident during… Continue reading

“Trump-Backed Conspiracy Theorist Vies to Take Over Arizona Elections”

August 1, 2022, 7:28 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: This spring, Mark Finchem traveled to Mar-a-Lago for the premiere of a documentary advancing the specious notion that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen from President Donald J. Trump by an army of leftists stuffing drop boxes with… Continue reading