“Brad Raffensperger’s Election Contradictions”

June 21, 2022, 9:33 amvoting technologyRick Hasen

Marilyn Marks: Today the January 6th Committee will hear much anticipated testimony from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. But there is deep irony in his appearance as the Committee exposes the roles of Trump allies in attempting… Continue reading

“400 million voting records show profound racial and geographic disparities in voter turnout in the United States”

June 21, 2022, 8:42 amvotingRick Hasen

New article by Michael Barber and John Holbein in PLOS One: One of the core tenets of a well-functioning representative democracy is that the people who vote to elect government officials are representative of the public. Here we reinforce the… Continue reading

“Election administrators go to Washington”

June 21, 2022, 8:01 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: FIRST IN SCORE — FLYING IN — Election workers from across the country are flying into the nation’s capital to beg Washington for two things that have vexed officials since the last election: security and funding. The… Continue reading

“America’s Vulnerable Elections”

June 21, 2022, 8:00 amUncategorizedNed Foley

Here’s the video of the panel discussion last Thursday, hosted by the Network for Responsible Public Policy and moderated by Pam Fessler, with Larry Jacobs, Kevin Johnson, and me. The conversation was broad, addressing not just vulnerabilities in election administration… Continue reading

New York: “FBI ballot fraud investigation shifts to GOP elections commissioner”

June 21, 2022, 7:54 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Times-Union: The focus of an FBI investigation that led to the recent guilty plea of a Troy councilwoman is shifting to Jason T. Schofield, the Republican Rensselaer County Board of Elections commissioner, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.GOP… Continue reading

“What is the Electoral Count Act, and why are people calling for reform?”

June 21, 2022, 7:49 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo explainer.

“Politicians certifying election results is risky and unnecessary”

June 21, 2022, 7:47 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Kevin Johnson opinion for The Fulcrum: In recent months, we’ve gotten a crash course in the ways that our election systems are now dangerously vulnerable to partisan interference and disorder. Numerous candidates for secretary of state deny the results… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 committee to highlight Trump’s state-level pressure to overturn the 2020 election”

June 21, 2022, 7:15 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election depended on one key thing that he never received: the blessing of Republican-controlled state legislatures. But it wasn’t for a lack of trying.The select committee intends to lay out Tuesday how… Continue reading

“Screams, threats as New Mexico counties certify vote”

June 21, 2022, 6:59 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

AP: A standoff over the security of voting machines between a Republican-leaning county in New Mexico and Democratic state officials that threatened to erupt into a wider political crisis was defused Friday after local commissioners voted to certify their election… Continue reading

Supreme Court Does Not Issue Order Today on Whether or Not to Hear Moore v. Harper, the Independent State Legislature Case

June 21, 2022, 6:38 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Nothing on today’s order list about this 800-pound-gorilla of election cases. We could get an order granting a hearing in the case on next week’s order list or a following week, or we could get one or more Justices dissenting… Continue reading

“Speaker at meeting of Ginni Thomas group called Biden’s win illegitimate long after Jan. 6, video shows”

June 20, 2022, 5:40 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: Two months after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to help President Donald Trump stay in office, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, attended a gathering of right-wing activists where a… Continue reading

“House Jan. 6 committee to reveal Meadows’ pressure on Georgia election officials”

June 20, 2022, 1:18 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

LAT: The House Jan. 6 committee plans to show that President Trump’s then-chief of staff Mark Meadows “had an intimate role … in this plot to put pressure on [Georgia] state legislators and on elections officials,” Rep. Adam B.… Continue reading

“US is worried about Russia using new efforts to exploit divisions in 2022 midterms”

June 20, 2022, 1:16 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: Homeland and national security officials are worried about how Russia could significantly exploit US divisions over the November midterms, considering scenarios like Russia staging smaller hacks of local election authorities — done with the deliberate purpose of being… Continue reading

“In honor of Juneteenth, New York enacts John Lewis Voting Rights Act to combat suppression and discrimination”

June 20, 2022, 12:06 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYDN: New York celebrated Juneteenth and paid tribute to the late civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis on Monday by enacting sweeping new voter protections.The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York, signed into law… Continue reading