“Tucker Carlson, with video provided by Speaker McCarthy, falsely depicts Jan. 6 riot as a peaceful gathering”

March 6, 2023, 7:21 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NBC News: Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Monday released security video from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, using footage provided exclusively to him by Speaker Kevin McCarthy to portray the riot as a peaceful gathering. Carlson… Continue reading

“Election deniers take aim at group that helps states maintain voter rolls; Florida and two other states quit the organization on Monday, adding to defections that defenders say are fed by misinformation and will only make it easier to commit voter fraud”

March 6, 2023, 7:06 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: At a time of hyperpolarization over voting and elections, Democrats and Republicans had largely managed to agree on one thing — that a little-known data-sharing consortium of more than 30 states has helped keep voter rolls updated… Continue reading

“Election Reform? Don’t Forget the Constitution”

March 6, 2023, 10:48 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Rick LaRue at Constitutional Conversations.

“‘If You Ain’t First, You’re Last'” How State ‘Sore-Loser’ Laws Make It Impossible For Trump To Run A Successful Third-Party Campaign If He Loses The Republican Primary”

March 6, 2023, 7:55 amballot accessRick Hasen

Jason Torchinsky, Steve Roberts, Dennis Polio, and Andrew Pardue write in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy: In recent months, Donald Trump and his supporters have stoked rumors that he may run asa third-party candidate for president in… Continue reading

“Timid media and GOP figures are again, dangerously, normalizing Trump”

March 6, 2023, 7:49 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Jennifer Rubin WaPo column: We saw throughout Donald Trump’s two presidential campaigns and four years in the White House a symbiotic relationship between mainstream media outlets and Republicans, in which both made Trump out to bea far more normal politician… Continue reading

“’52 years in the making’: Rosie Castro takes the reins as temporary District 7 council member”

March 6, 2023, 7:44 amelection law bizRick Hasen

San Antonio Express News: For many supporters of Rosie Castro, hearing the civil rights activist say “here” Thursday from the City Council dais was a long time coming. The Thursday meeting was supposed to be a final interview before the… Continue reading

Arizona Court Orders Sanctions Against Election Denier Candidate Mark Finchem from Bringing His Election Contest in Bad Faith After Losing Election

March 6, 2023, 7:39 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

You can read the findings and order at this link. The court found that Finchem’s attempt to contest his loss were groundless and brought in bad faith. The judge imposed attorneys’ fees as sanctions. (h/t Yvonne Wingett Sanchez)

“As Trump Inquiry Continues, Republicans Seek Oversight of Georgia Prosecutors”

March 6, 2023, 7:32 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: To Fani T. Willis, the district attorney in Atlanta, several bills in the Georgia legislature that would make it easier to remove local prosecutors are racist and perhaps retaliatory for her ongoing investigation of former President Donald J. Trump.… Continue reading

“Restoring rights for felons a rare bipartisan voting change”

March 6, 2023, 7:31 amfelon votingRick Hasen

AP: Restoring the voting rights of former felons drew national attention after Florida lawmakers weakened a voter-approved constitutional amendment and after a new election police unit championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis arrested 20 former felons. Several of them said… Continue reading

“Far-right US Republicans receive millions from new class of debt hardliners”

March 6, 2023, 4:40 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

Paywalled story from the Financial Times on the changing ecosystem of large donors on the Republican side: A new class of political donors is funnelling millions of dollars to far-right Republicans, as growing dissatisfaction with the party establishment fuels support… Continue reading

“In Selma, Biden says right to vote remains under assault”

March 5, 2023, 2:44 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

AP: President Joe Biden used the searing memories of Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” to recommit to a cornerstone of democracy, lionizing a seminal moment from the civil rights movement at a time when he has been unable to push enhanced… Continue reading

“Trump Says He Would Stay in 2024 Race if Indicted”

March 5, 2023, 9:48 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Former President Donald J. Trump said on Saturday that he would not drop out of the 2024 presidential race if he was indicted in one of several investigations he is facing. Mr. Trump made the comments to a group… Continue reading

“Trump attorney reappointed to Wisconsin Supreme Court judicial conduct advisory committee”

March 4, 2023, 11:33 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Wisconsin State Journal: Attorney Jim Troupis, who was involved in the 2020 scheme to put Republican electors in place in several states, including Wisconsin, to deliver Electoral College votes for former President Donald Trump, has been reappointed by the… Continue reading

“Election conspiracies fuel dispute over voter fraud system”

March 4, 2023, 11:28 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: A bipartisan effort among states to combat voter fraud has found itself in the crosshairs of conspiracy theories fueled by Donald Trump’s false claims about the 2020 presidential election and now faces an uncertain future. One state has dropped… Continue reading