“Saturday voting barred in US Senate runoff after Ga. holidays”

November 13, 2022, 3:32 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

AJC: Early voting won’t be allowed on a Saturday before the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia because it’s the day after the state holiday formerly known as Robert E. Lee’s Birthday and two days after Thanksgiving.Georgia election officials said this… Continue reading

“Voters Reject Election Deniers Running to Take Over Elections”

November 13, 2022, 10:09 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: Every election denier who sought to become the top election official in a critical battleground state lost at the polls this year, as voters roundly rejected extreme partisans who promised to restrict voting and overhaul the electoral process.The national… Continue reading

“Demonstrators protest voting tabulation process at Maricopa County Election Center in Phoenix”

November 13, 2022, 10:07 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: About 200 people gathered near the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix on Saturday to protest the voting tabulation process while holding signs that decried voter fraud.Other signs called Katie Hobbs, the Democratic candidate for Arizona… Continue reading

“Trump’s election conspiracy boosters largely accept their own defeats”

November 13, 2022, 10:02 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: Many of the nation’s most outspoken 2020 election deniers are staying quiet or conceding defeat after their own election losses this cycle.Prior to the election, experts had warned that democracy itself was at risk of being overrun by… Continue reading

“Arizona’s ‘Tricky Voting Machines’ Sound Suspiciously Familiar; In political conspiracy theories, as in television shows, the plot elements are always the same.”

November 12, 2022, 12:08 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Renee DiResta for The Atlantic: After watching such rumors spread this week—and hundreds of other viral rumors spread during the 2020 election—I’m struck by how familiar, how predictable, the rumor story lines have become. Before the 2020 election, a rash… Continue reading

Nevada: “Election denier Jim Marchant loses Nevada secretary of state’s race to Democrat Cisco Aguilar”

November 12, 2022, 11:02 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

KLAS: Democrat Cisco Aguilar has won the race to become Nevada’s next secretary of state, defeating Republican and election denier Jim Marchant.ionDeskHQ called the race for Aguilar around 4:45 p.m. Aguilar was leading by more than 2 percentage points.Aguilar, a… Continue reading

Election Denier Mark Finchem Projected to Lose AZ Secretary of State Race to Adrian Fontes

November 12, 2022, 11:00 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AZ Republic: Adrian Fontes wasn’t popping the champagne corks just yet.Minutes after being projected as the winner of Arizona’s secretary of state race on Friday night, he said he accepted the conclusion as ‘the media’s best estimation.”But he was quick… Continue reading

“Kari Lake taunts Maricopa County election officials after stoking fears on mail-in ballots”

November 12, 2022, 10:58 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake stoked fears of mail-in ballots. Now she’s taunting officials for not counting them fast enough after a record number of people held onto their mail-in ballots until Election Day.Lake accused election workers of… Continue reading

Senator Lindsay Graham Inexcusably Claims Without Evidence Voter Fraud in Nevada Senate Election

November 11, 2022, 4:13 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

So irresponsible: On a Republican conference call Thursday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), went so far as to suggest fraud in Nevada if Laxalt isn’t declared the winner. The midday call was hosted by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), chairman of… Continue reading

“The Positive and Negative Purcell Principle”

November 11, 2022, 3:38 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

New article by Harry Dodsworth in the Utah Law Review. Abstract: The Purcell Principle—the idea that courts should think twice about changing the rules before elections to avoid confusing voters—is sorely misunderstood. Despite deriving from a three-page opinion, the Purcell… Continue reading

“Electoral Federalism: Centralized or Decentralized Elections?” (Conversation Between Kevin Kosar and Me)

November 11, 2022, 3:36 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Constitutional Conversations: Richard Hasen and Kevin Kosar are both concerned about the polarizing partisan divide in American political life. Hasen believes that “rampant conspiracism leads to contagion, not containment.” He argues that in the future “Federalism and decentralization will not… Continue reading