“Election deniers who lost secretary of state races now run several state GOP operations”

February 23, 2023, 1:52 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Zachary Roth: Many of the election deniers who ran last year for positions that would have given them control over state elections systems lost their races. But several have found a new path to exert influence: as chair of their… Continue reading

“Florida Changes Law to Boost Unjust ‘Voter Fraud’ Prosecutions”

February 23, 2023, 1:50 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Brennan Center analysis: Florida’s prosecution of ineligible voters with past convictions was politically motivated from the beginning. The individuals accused didn’t knowingly commit voter fraud — they simply weren’t aware that their past criminal convictions barred them from voting.… Continue reading

“Woke shit for transactional purposes” and “dark” Republican Donations to Buy Influence: From the Latest SBF Indictment

February 23, 2023, 1:16 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Oh my:

“Bankman-Fried charged with hundreds of illegal campaign donations”

February 23, 2023, 11:30 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

NBC News: Embattled cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried directed tens of millions of dollars of illegal campaign contributions to elected officials, prosecutors alleged in a new superseding indictment unsealed Thursday in a Manhattan federal court. The new 12-count indictment adds four… Continue reading

“Trump attorneys: Special grand jury probe ‘a clown show’”

February 23, 2023, 11:02 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The Georgia-based legal team representing former President Donald Trump accused Fulton County prosecutors of running a “clown-like” investigation into interference in Georgia’s 2020 elections, seizing on information disclosed by the forewoman of the special grand jury seated to… Continue reading

“Texas bill would make illegal voting a felony again, even if someone doesn’t know they’re ineligible to vote”

February 23, 2023, 10:58 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Votebeat reports.

“How’m I Doin’? An Introduction (and Look Ahead) to Program Evaluation in Election Administration”

February 23, 2023, 10:50 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Doug Chapin at Electionline: Ed Koch, former New York City mayor (1978-1989), was famous for greeting his constituents, on street corners or in the subway, with a simple phrase: “how’m I doin’?” It was his way of reconnecting with them and asking… Continue reading

“PAC money to electoral count objectors fell 10 percent”

February 23, 2023, 7:27 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Roll Call: Donations from corporate and trade association PACs declined in the 2022 cycle by 10 percent to Republicans who voted against certifying the 2020 election for President Joe Biden, according to an analysis of campaign reports by Accountable.us. The… Continue reading

“Former Proud Boy Says Group Prepared for ‘All-Out Revolution’ on Jan. 6”

February 23, 2023, 7:07 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: As a gang of Proud Boys stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Jeremy Bertino, one of the leaders of the far-right group, was at home in North Carolina, watching livestreams of the riot and offering advice to his… Continue reading

Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar/Live Free Event with Joan Donovan March 2 (Co-sponsored by UCLA Law ITLP)

February 22, 2023, 8:05 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

The Safeguarding Democracy Project and the Institute for Technology, Law, & Policy at UCLA Law are sponsoring my interview with Joan Donovan, co-author of Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America. This talk… Continue reading

Feb. 24 Seton Hall Conference: “Ballots and Democracy: A New Scholarly Agenda”

February 22, 2023, 7:33 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Great lineup for this conference: This symposium will focus on the relationship between ballots and democracy. Most election law experts understand that the way our ballots look can significantly influence how people vote. This Symposium will bring together activists, scholars,… Continue reading

“Mexico Hobbles Election Agency That Helped End One-Party Rule”

February 22, 2023, 7:24 pmcomparative election law, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Mexican lawmakers passed sweeping measures overhauling the nation’s electoral agency on Wednesday, dealing a blow to the institution that oversees voting and that helped push the country away from one-party rule two decades ago. The changes, which will… Continue reading

“How One City Ended Prison Gerrymandering”

February 22, 2023, 11:02 amfelon votingRick Hasen

Bolts: The Howard R. Young Correctional Institution sits between a creek and Interstate 495 in Wilmington, Delaware. For the last ten years, the prison’s 1,281 residents were counted as constituents of Wilmington’s third city council district. But when local officials… Continue reading

“Election Integrity Unit’s latest pivot has both sides in Arizona questioning whether it should exist at all”

February 22, 2023, 11:00 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Votebeat: Every year since 2019, Arizona lawmakers have instructed the state’s attorney general to spend a half-million dollars to staff an “election fraud unit,” with no further instructions. Democrats accused former Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, of using the… Continue reading