ELB Podcast Episode 4:6: Jake Grumbach: Laboratories Against Democracy

February 20, 2023, 4:17 pmELB PodcastRick Hasen

New ELB Podcast: Does our decentralized system of government create conditions to strengthen or weaken democratic institutions? Why have red and blue states adopted different sets of election rules, with some Republican states adopting restrictive registration and voting laws? Would… Continue reading

Feb. 23 Georgetown Event: “The January 6th Investigation and the Ongoing Threat of Violent Extremism: A Conversation with Former Select Committee Investigators”

February 20, 2023, 3:56 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

This in-person/online event looks great.

“Far-right election denier beats Trump’s pick for Michigan GOP”

February 19, 2023, 12:18 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Republicans here, reeling from a midterm election rout that many blamed on the influence of former president Donald Trump, respondedSaturdayby spurning the former president’s choice for state party chair — and choosing someone even more extreme. Kristina Karamo,… Continue reading

“Antisemitic Influencers, Fake Journalists: Inside an Israeli Factory for Online Deception”

February 19, 2023, 12:12 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Haaretz: Percepto International, which is owned by media consultant Lior Chorev and Royi Burstien (a retired lieutenant colonel from the Israeli army’s intelligence corps), is in large measure a continuation of Psy Group – the business Burstien used to run.… Continue reading

“Republican losses fan election conspiracies in rural Arizona”

February 18, 2023, 3:59 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Nick Riccardi AP dispatch from Cochise County: Trump last year backed a slate of candidates for top state election positions in Arizona and elsewhere who parroted his lie about losing the 2020 presidential election due to voter fraud. Every… Continue reading

“Lawsuit is latest evidence of bogus ‘stolen election’ claims”

February 17, 2023, 4:33 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: Two years after former President Donald Trump’s false claims about widespread election fraud sparked an attack on the U.S. Capitol, more evidence is piling up that those who spread the misinformation knew it was false. On Thursday, the voting… Continue reading

“Bice: Supreme Court candidate Daniel Kelly was paid $120,000 by Republicans to work on ‘election integrity,’ advise on fake electors”

February 17, 2023, 12:33 pmfraudulent fraud squad, judicial electionsRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Former state Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly — who has been critical of his opponents for their partisanship — has been paid nearly $120,000 by the state Republican Party and the Republican National Committee over the past two years… Continue reading

“Georgia GOP finances legal fees for fake electors”

February 17, 2023, 7:33 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

AJC: The Georgia GOP spent more than $200,000 last year to bankroll the legal fees of phony Republican electors who could face criminal charges amid Fulton County’s probe of whether Donald Trump and his allies committed crimes while trying to… Continue reading

Access Archived Audio of AALS Panel on Remedies: Remedies in the Restatement

February 17, 2023, 7:23 amRemediesRick Hasen

I participated in this panel and you can listen here. The sound quality is not good. Here’s the description from the catalogue (Doug Laycock could not make it but was honored with a lifetime achievement award–you can hear that… Continue reading

Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN

February 17, 2023, 7:14 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Here: RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days)TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Election Law & Voting Rights (Topic) As of: 19 Dec 2022 – 17 Feb 2023 RankPaperDownloads1.The New Judicial Power Grab… Continue reading

“Kari Lake loses appeal in Arizona governor race challenge” (With link to unanimous opinion)

February 16, 2023, 7:10 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

AP: An Arizona appeals court has rejected Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor’s race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, denying her request to throw out election results in the state’s most populous county and hold… Continue reading

Must-read from Andrew Appel: “Unrecoverable Election Screwup in Williamson County TX”

February 16, 2023, 5:14 pmelection administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

Andrew over at Freedom to Tinker, with the kind of problem that is not going to be caught by a typical post election audit: In the November 2020 election in Williamson County, Texas, flawed e-pollbook software resulted in voters inadvertently… Continue reading

“Fox Stars Privately Expressed Disbelief About Election Fraud Claims. ‘Crazy Stuff.'”

February 16, 2023, 4:53 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Newly disclosed messages and testimony from some of the biggest stars and most senior executives at Fox News revealed that they privately expressed disbelief about President Donald J. Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him,… Continue reading

“Security experts warn of foreign cyber threat to 2024 voting”

February 16, 2023, 3:30 pmchicanery, election administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

AP: Top state election and cybersecurity officials on Thursday warned about threats posed by Top state election and cybersecurity officials on Thursday warned about threats posed by Russia and other foreign adversaries ahead of the 2024 elections, noting that America’s… Continue reading