“In Nevada, election deniers prepare to sabotage the midterms”

October 22, 2022, 7:35 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Dana Milbank column: f the midterm elections degenerate into chaos in a couple of weeks — a very real possibility — then Nevada is poised to lead the way. Indeed, the chaos here has already begun.The election supervisors in 10… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 Panel Issues Subpoena to Trump, Setting Up Legal Battle Over Testimony”

October 21, 2022, 4:02 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack issued a subpoena on Friday to Donald J. Trump, paving the way for a potentially historic court fight over whether Congress can compel testimony from a former president.The subpoena was… Continue reading

“Pa. counties can help voters fix mail ballot errors after state Supreme Court deadlocks on the issue”

October 21, 2022, 4:00 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Philly Inquirer: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for counties to help voters fix errors like missing signatures on mail ballots before Election Day.A lower court last month denied an attempt to block counties from helping voters… Continue reading

“G.O.P. Voter Fraud Crackdowns Falter as Charges Are Dropped in Florida and Texas”

October 21, 2022, 3:34 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Dealing setbacks to Republican-led voter fraud prosecutions, judges in Florida and Texas this week dropped charges against two former felons who had been accused of casting ballots when they were not eligible to do so because of their status… Continue reading

“Graham asks Supreme Court to intervene after election ruling”

October 21, 2022, 3:30 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after a lower court ordered him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence… Continue reading

“Exclusive: Emails reveal warning to Trump team about fraud claims”

October 21, 2022, 3:26 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Axios: A senior White House lawyer expressed concerns to President Trump’s advisers and attorneys about the president signing a sworn court statement verifying inaccurate evidence of voter fraud, according to emails from December 2020 obtained by Axios.Why it matters: The… Continue reading

“Is the Tide on Campaign Finance Disclosure Quietly Shifting? A Look One Year After Americans for Prosperity v. Bonta”

October 21, 2022, 3:10 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Link to recent ABA program.

Georgia: “Election officials brace for disruptions as midterms loom”

October 21, 2022, 9:12 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AJC: As early voting is underway in Georgia’s first general election since the razor-thin 2020 presidential contest, law enforcement and election officials are watching for disruptions by radicalized individuals feeding off conspiracy theories and disproven allegations of fraud.This year’s… Continue reading

“Why US Courts Are Allowing Voters in 4 States to Use Rejected Congressional Maps”

October 21, 2022, 7:29 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

VOA on Purcell.

“Democratic Secretary of State Candidates Struggle Against Election Deniers”

October 21, 2022, 7:26 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Ted Pappageorge, the head of Culinary Union Local 226, whipped up the crowd of canvassers into a frenzy on a recent Monday morning, earning him “sí, se puede!” chants. But before he sent the canvassers out to knock on… Continue reading

“Cleta Mitchell Is Training Thousands of Trump Loyalists to Monitor the Polls on Election Day. What Could Go Wrong?”

October 21, 2022, 7:23 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

David Freedlander deep dive for New York: “It really makes me sad to see what happened to Cleta Mitchell,” said Rick Hasen, a legal scholar at UCLA who served on an election-law committee with Mitchell through the American Law… Continue reading

Must-read NYT: “How Disinformation Splintered and Became More Intractable”

October 21, 2022, 7:10 amcheap speechRick Hasen

NYT: On the morning of July 8, former President Donald J. Trump took to Truth Social, a social media platform he founded with people close to him, to claim that he had in fact won the 2020 presidential vote… Continue reading

“Texas County Asks for U.S. Election Monitors as State Plans to Send Inspectors”

October 20, 2022, 5:12 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: Officials from Harris County in Texas on Thursday requested federal election monitors from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division after the State of Texas confirmed this week that it would send a contingent of election inspectors there during the… Continue reading

“Alleged voter intimidation at Arizona drop box puts officials on watch”

October 20, 2022, 5:11 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: The report landed in the Arizona secretary of state’s online portal Monday night, around dinnertime. It contained an urgent message.“There’s a group of people hanging out near the ballot dropbox filming and photographing my wife and I as… Continue reading