“GOP intervenes in Pa. Senate race vote-counting lawsuit”

May 24, 2022, 7:57 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: The national and state Republican parties are taking the same side as celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania’s neck-and-neck GOP primary contest for U.S. Senate and opposing a lawsuit that could help former hedge fund… Continue reading

David Purdue Won’t Commit to Accepting Tonight’s Election Results

May 24, 2022, 6:42 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

And it went downhill from there according to AJC’s “The Jolt:” His final major campaign stop before Tuesday’s primary was not a mega-rally in exurban Georgia or a gathering with his closest friends and supporters in his middle… Continue reading

Does California’s Top-Two Primary Create Incentives to Boost a Weaker Opponent to Run Against in Second Round?

May 24, 2022, 6:39 amprimariesRick Hasen

California Politico rounds up the evidence: In the years since California adopted a top-two primary system — which allows the highest vote-getters to advance to the general regardless of party — campaigns have perfected the art of strategically elevating… Continue reading

Requiring Majority Winners

May 23, 2022, 6:39 pmUncategorizedNed Foley

This paper, entitled Requiring Majority Winners for Congressional Elections: Harnessing Federalism to Combat Extremism, is now in page proofs: 26 Lewis & Clark Law Review 365 (2022). Here’s the abstract: “Congress should enact a law requiring a candidate for… Continue reading

Top GOP Gubernatorial Candidates in Michigan May Not Make the Ballot Because They Did Not Collect Enough Valid Petition Signatures; Thousands of Fraudulent Signatures Submitted by Petition Gatherers

May 23, 2022, 5:43 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Just wow from Detroit News: Former Detroit police Chief James Craig and businessman Perry Johnson, two of the top candidates for the Republican nomination for governor, didn’t submit enough valid petition signatures to make the ballot, according to findings… Continue reading

“McCormick takes Pa. Senate ballot fight to court”

May 23, 2022, 4:49 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: The war over every last vote in Pennsylvania’s too-close-to-call Senate GOP primary is now officially headed to the courts.David McCormick’s campaign filed a lawsuit Monday afternoon arguing that election officials must count mail-in and absentee ballots that lack… Continue reading

“The Hypnotherapist and Failed Politician Who Helped Fuel the Never-Ending Hunt for Election Fraud in Wisconsin”

May 23, 2022, 3:42 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

ProPublica reports.

As Two Republican U.S. Senate Candidates Anticipate a Recount in Razor-Thin Race, Neither Attacked the Legitimacy of the Vote Counting or the Ballots

May 23, 2022, 2:39 pmfraudulent fraud squad, recountsRick Hasen

This is what happens in a very close race but one that does not pit a Republican against a Democrat: The legal fight for every single vote in Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary has begun.Armies of attorneys representing David McCormick… Continue reading

Watch on CSPAN May 29 and 30 My Conversation with Erwin Chemerinsky About My Cheap Speech Book

May 23, 2022, 2:31 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

This program is a recording of a conversation at the Commonwealth Club. Tune in!

“Stefanik echoed ‘great replacement’ theory. But firms kept donating.”

May 23, 2022, 7:34 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: As companies pledged support and money to fight racism following George Floyd’s killing in May 2020, Tom Naratil, U.S. president of the financial firm UBS, told his 20,000 workers, “Silence is not an option.”“We all have a responsibility… Continue reading

“In a shift, GOP voters more confident in November elections”

May 23, 2022, 6:16 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

From the AJC. Note this is a poll among Republicans: The poll found that at least 60% of likely Republican voters are at least somewhat confident that the November elections will be conducted fairly and accurately, compared with one-quarter… Continue reading

“One Colorado Race Will Be About Voters’ Faith in Elections. It’s Not Looking Good.”

May 22, 2022, 5:25 pmelection administration, Election Meltdown, election subversion riskTabatha Abu El-Haj

Jennifer Oldham (in Politico) writes this long profile of the struggles facing Colorado’s State Secretary of State. “Election officials overall, 80 percent of whom are women, reported election misinformation makes their jobs more dangerous, according to a Brennan Center … Continue reading

“Inside the push that landed a Trump legal adviser on a federal election advisory board”

May 22, 2022, 5:08 pmchicanery, Election Assistance Commission, Election Meltdown, election subversion riskTabatha Abu El-Haj

CNN reports on how individuals who promote baseless voter fraud claims have been promoted for seats on an Advisory Board to the Election Assistance Commission. “Emails obtained by CNN reveal how the push extended to a federal election advisory… Continue reading

Following Supreme Court Decision in Thompson v. Hebdon, Alaska Has Gone from the State with One of the Lowest Campaign Contribution Limits to Unlimited Donations–and So Far the Legislature Won’t Fix It

May 22, 2022, 3:59 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Anchorage Daily News with the tick-tock and questions about whether the Governor, who may benefit from large donations, helped to scuttle a legislative deal.

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