“The Jolt: Georgia members of Congress defend living outside of their districts”

January 31, 2023, 7:20 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AJC: Of Georgia’s 14 U.S. House members, four of them do not live in the districts they represent. There is Rep. Rich McCormick,R-Suwanee,the newly elected lawmaker whose house is just outside of the boundary lines of the 6th Congressional District.… Continue reading

“”Judge orders review that could overturn controversial Oakland school board race; Third-place finisher could come out on top after ranked choice voting debacle”

January 31, 2023, 7:17 amalternative voting systems, election administrationRick Hasen

San Jose Mercury News reports.

“Top Arizona election official seeks campaign-violation probe of Kari Lake”

January 30, 2023, 6:04 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez for WaPo: Arizona’s top election official has asked the attorney general to investigate Kari Lake, the Republican candidate who lost her bid for governor in 2022, over potential campaign violations involving the disclosure of voter signatures. The… Continue reading

“Faith in Georgia elections rises as fraud frenzy fades, AJC poll shows”

January 30, 2023, 8:03 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AJC: Two years after allegations of fraud in the presidential election that were never proved, voters have regained their trust in Georgia elections. New polling by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows that voter confidence rebounded from a low point following the… Continue reading

Douek, Persily, Stamos Podcast on Meta Replatforming Decision

January 30, 2023, 7:53 amcheap speechRick Hasen

Listen: Evelyn sits down with Nate Persily, Professor at Stanford Law School, and Alex Stamos, director of the Stanford Internet Observatory, to discuss Meta’s decision that it is reinstating former President Trump’s accounts. Nate is pragmatic, Alex is cynical,… Continue reading

“Arizona election ‘audit’ full of ineptitude, infighting and deceit, messages show”

January 30, 2023, 7:48 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: Thousands of new documents The Arizona Republic obtained from Cyber Ninjas, the obscure company state Senate Republicans hired to conduct a partisan “audit” of the 2020 election, show the endeavor was fraught with conflict and confusion. The contractors… Continue reading

Florida: “Fourth Villager cuts deal to avoid conviction in voter fraud case from 2020 election”

January 30, 2023, 7:41 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Villages News: A Villager is buying out of community service in a plea deal in a voter fraud cased dating back to the 2020 presidential election. John Rider, 62, a resident of the Village of Virginia Trace, cast… Continue reading

“Meta says it won’t punish Trump for attacking the 2020 election results. But the 2024 vote is a different story”

January 29, 2023, 9:17 amcheap speechRick Hasen

Oliver Darcy of CNN confirms the point I raised in my Slate piece: Trump can say whatever he wants about the last election without sanction: Nine minutes after Meta announced that it will allow Donald Trump back on its… Continue reading

“Trump’s Evolution in Social-Media Exile: More QAnon, More Extremes”

January 29, 2023, 9:08 amcheap speechRick Hasen

NYT: In September, former President Donald J. Trump went on Truth Social, his social network, and shared an image of himself wearing a lapel pin in the form of the letter Q, along with a phrase closely associated with the… Continue reading

“GOP Leadership Battles Expose Divisions in 2024 Battleground States”

January 29, 2023, 9:06 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WSJ: Rifts in the GOP between those who support Donald Trump’s false 2020 election fraud claims and those who want the party to move on from the former president have resurfaced in party leadership races in key states, with each… Continue reading

“Election-denying lawmakers hold key election oversight roles”

January 28, 2023, 1:02 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: Republican lawmakers who have spread election conspiracy theories and falsely claimed that the 2020 presidential outcome was rigged are overseeing legislative committees charged with setting election policy in two major political battleground states. Divided government in Pennsylvania and Arizona… Continue reading

“Justice Department asks FEC to stand down as prosecutors probe Santos”

January 27, 2023, 3:33 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: The Justice Department has asked the Federal Election Commission to hold off on any enforcement action against George Santos, the Republican congressman from New York who lied about key aspects of his biography, as prosecutors conduct a… Continue reading

“Facebook was a cash cow for Trump. It could end up being a ‘bronze goose.'”

January 27, 2023, 11:33 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Zach Montellaro for Politico.

“In State Legislatures, Old Rivalries Are Reheated by National Politics”

January 27, 2023, 10:43 amlegislation and legislaturesRick Hasen

Michael Wines for the NYT: Any definition of partisanship, of course, often reflects on which side of the aisle one sits. But urban-rural rivalries have a long history. A forthcoming study of the actions of six state legislatures from 1921… Continue reading