“Blake Masters Could Become the First ‘Based’ Senator”

August 14, 2022, 7:09 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: Buried deep in a recent story about Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters is a particularly revealing comment from one of Masters’ supporters, posted on an exclusive Discord chat: “How can one man be so based?”The uninitiated reader might… Continue reading

“On TikTok, Election Misinformation Thrives Ahead of Midterms”

August 14, 2022, 7:04 pmcheap speechRick Hasen

NYT: In Germany, TikTok accounts impersonated prominent political figures during the country’s last national election. In Colombia, misleading TikTok posts falsely attributed a quotation from one candidate to a cartoon villain and allowed a woman to masquerade as another … Continue reading

“Michigan plot to breach voting machines points to a national pattern”

August 14, 2022, 6:49 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: In states across the country, including Colorado, Pennsylvania and Georgia, attempts to inappropriately access voting machines have spurred investigations. They have also sparked concern among election authorities that, while voting systems are broadly secure, breaches by those looking… Continue reading

There’s plenty of time for litigation under the Electoral Count Reform Act

August 14, 2022, 11:26 amelectoral collegeDerek Muller

A couple of weeks ago, I was privileged to testify before the Senate Rules Committee in support of the Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022. You can view my testimony (along with those of other witnesses and a video of… Continue reading

“Ex-Trump AG Barr, others launch Republican-backed election law group”

August 13, 2022, 5:21 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

I missed this Reuters story from a few weeks ago: Prominent Republicans including former U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday launched a new legal group they say is aimed at defending state legislatures’ right to set election laws.The nonprofit… Continue reading

“Defamation Suit About Election Falsehoods Puts Fox on Its Heels”

August 13, 2022, 5:09 pmcheap speechRick Hasen

NYT: Those bogus assertions — made day after day, including allegations that Dominion was a front for the communist government in Venezuela and that its voting machines could switch votes from one candidate to another — are at the center… Continue reading

Trump, Palin, and Alaska’s RCV Special Election Aug. 16th

August 13, 2022, 6:15 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

Alaska’s ranked-choice voting special election on Aug. 16th to fill its vacant, single seat in the US House is generating two issues I want to flag. First, in recently campaigning in a tele-rally for Sarah Palin, Donald Trump reportedly told… Continue reading

“Robin Vos fires Michael Gableman, ending a 2020 election review that’s cost taxpayers more than $1 million and produced no evidence of fraud”

August 12, 2022, 2:03 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos fired Michael Gableman on Friday, more than a year after he hired the former Supreme Court justice to probe the 2020 election and three days after Vos barely survived a primary challenge Gableman… Continue reading

6th Edition of “Goldfeder’s Modern Election Law” Now Published

August 12, 2022, 11:25 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

A bible for NY election lawyers has a new edition.

“Robin Vos looking for ‘natural conclusion’ to Michael Gableman’s election review”

August 12, 2022, 10:15 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Wisconsin State Journal: The more than $1.1 million taxpayer-funded, GOP-ordered review of the 2020 election appears to be on its last legs, but the wheels began coming off five months ago when lead investigator Michael Gableman recommended the Legislature… Continue reading

11th Circuit, Over Strong Dissent by Judge Rosenbaum over Application of the Purcell Principle, Stays Order Delaying Georgia Public Utility Commission Elections with At-Large Plan Likely to Violate Voting Rights Act [corrected title]

August 12, 2022, 9:55 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can find the opinion and dissent here. In my view (consistent with the views in my article identifying the “Purcell principle”), Judge Rosenbaum’s integration of Purcell into the broader Nken standard for considering emergency relief is the right… Continue reading

“Conservative push to alter Constitution focuses on primaries”

August 12, 2022, 9:18 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: The fliers piled up in mailboxes in central South Dakota like snow during a high-plains blizzard: “Transgender Sex Education in Schools?” one asked. “Vote Against Sex Ed Radical Mary Duvall for State Senate.”The mailers were part of a… Continue reading

“This conservative group helped push a disputed election theory”

August 12, 2022, 8:46 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Hansi Lo Wang for NPR: A controversial legal theory that could radically reshape presidential and congressional elections has had a vocal supporter in filings to the U.S. Supreme Court.Since 2020, a conservative group advocating for more restrictive voting laws has… Continue reading

Pennsylvania error prompts meeting with judge over Lancaster County mail-in ballot case

August 12, 2022, 7:50 amelection administrationDerek Muller

Last month, I blogged about the mail-in ballot dispute in Pennsylvania. I noted that mandamus was not appropriate and the case was nothing like the recent Otero County, New Mexico case. That dispute took about 48 hours to resolve.… Continue reading