“Trump, GOP allies escalate election fraud conspiracies in Pennsylvania”

October 30, 2024, 5:11 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNBC: Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday baselessly claimed that Pennsylvania is “cheating” at “large scale levels,” escalating his spread of election fraud conspiracies in this all-important swing state. The Republican presidential nominee’s Truth Social post in the final… Continue reading

What I Told Chris Hayes in June 2020 About Trump and Election Delays

October 30, 2024, 4:53 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Just came across this quote from me on All In with Chris Hayes, June 10, 2020: “We may have a full week where we don’t know who has won in Pennsylvania while those absentee ballots are counted. If Trump is… Continue reading

“Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk’s Get-Out-the-Vote Effort”

October 30, 2024, 4:49 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Wired, with the subhed: “America PAC door knockers were flown to Michigan, driven in the back of a U-Haul, and told they’d have to pay hotel bills unless they met unrealistic quotas. One was surprised they were working to… Continue reading

“Elon Musk-Funded PAC Supercharges ‘Progress 2028’ Democrat Impersonation Ad Campaign”

October 30, 2024, 4:42 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, cheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

404 Media: An Elon Musk-funded super PAC has expanded an advertising campaign in which it is impersonating Democrats and targeting registered Republicans with policies unpopular with conservatives they say Kamala Harris will pass if she wins the election. The policies,… Continue reading

PA: “Judge orders Bucks County to extend mail ballot deadline following Trump legal challenge”

October 30, 2024, 4:18 pmabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

WHYY: A Pennsylvania judge ordered Bucks County to extend its mail ballot deadline to 5 p.m. Friday. The order stems from a legal challenge by the Trump campaign, which alleged the county turned away voters who stood in line to… Continue reading

Third Circuit Unsurprisingly Confirms that Cornel West Cannot Get on the Pennsylvania Ballot at This Late Date (Update: West Has Gone to SCOTUS)

October 30, 2024, 4:10 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Order. Update: Petition before Justice Alito.

“Looking back to 2020 for a Guide to How Fast the Votes Will Be Reported in 2024”

October 30, 2024, 10:24 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

The indispensable Charles Stewart: What does all this mean for 2024? I would highlight three things. First, pre-processing make a difference, although it makes the biggest difference in the early hours of counting. In 2020, seventeen states prohibited processing of… Continue reading

I Spoke to the International Crisis Group Podcast “Ripple Effect” on “Are the U.S. Elections at Risk of Subversion?”

October 30, 2024, 10:19 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

You can listen here.

Something Weird is Going on with the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Announcement of Receipt of Fraudulent Voter Registration Applications

October 30, 2024, 9:47 amchicaneryRick Hasen

This editorial suggests one theory of why officials announced the investigation now, but refused to say which group submitted the faulty registrations. But I wonder if that information is being kept under wraps because it was Republican-affiliated groups that engaged… Continue reading

“In Election’s Final Days, Dark Money and ‘Gray Money’ Fund ‘Dirty Tricks'”

October 30, 2024, 7:55 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: The campaign literature that landed in Republican mailboxes in North Carolina this week was jarring. On one side was a sonogram image of a human fetus, with this message: “Her heart is beating. We all know it. Only the… Continue reading

NYT Goes Deep with Marc Elias Profile

October 30, 2024, 7:51 amelection law bizRick Hasen

NYT: In January, the law firm of the powerful Democratic lawyer Marc Elias launched a gambit intended to help his party. The Elias Law Group petitioned the Federal Election Commission to allow a George Soros-funded political action committee to coordinate… Continue reading

“Trump campaign announces lawsuit against Bucks County over long lines and early cut-offs for voters casting mail ballots”

October 30, 2024, 7:49 amelection administrationDerek Muller

One more story to watch in Pennsylvania, from the Philadelphia Inquirer (UPDATE: the court extended the deadline by one day, per the story here): Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is planning to file a lawsuit against Bucks County over… Continue reading

Colorado, Man (Colorado Secretary of State posted spreadsheet with voting system passwords)

October 30, 2024, 7:42 amelection administrationRick Hasen

9News: The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office inadvertently posted a spreadsheet to its website with a hidden tab that included voting system passwords. In a statement to 9NEWS, a spokesperson for the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office said that… Continue reading

Breaking: Injected New Uncertainty into Pennsylvania’s Voting Rules, Intermediate Appeals Court Rules over Dissents that Failing to Count Undated or Misdated But Timely Mail-in Ballots Violates the PA Constitution: What Happens Next?

October 30, 2024, 7:37 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

You can find the opinions and dissents at this link. This specific question comes up in the context of a special election, now over, in Pennsylvania, but it’s the same issue that the PA Supreme Court recently declined to opine… Continue reading

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