“A Tale of Two Primary (Systems)”

August 17, 2022, 10:48 amUncategorizedNed Foley

Echoing Aaron Blake’s analysis in the Washington Post, which I blogged about yesterday, Amy Walter, Jessica Taylor, and Dave Wasserman, all of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, jointly highlight the importance of the difference in electoral… Continue reading

“Rightwing sheriffs’ groups ramp up drives to monitor US midterm elections”

August 17, 2022, 8:33 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

The Guardian: Two groups of rightwing sheriffs that echo some of Donald Trump’s false claims about widespread voting fraud in 2020 are ramping up drives to monitor this year’s elections for potential voting and election fraud.The two Arizona-led groups… Continue reading

Quote of the Day

August 17, 2022, 8:31 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

“I can’t tell you the number of times somebody said, ‘You don’t have to believe the election is stolen, the important thing isn’t believing it, it’s saying it. . . . That is what a Republican is supposed to do… Continue reading

“Redistricting, abortion supercharge state Supreme Court races”

August 17, 2022, 7:38 amjudicial electionsRick Hasen

Politico reports.

“Facebook has a midterm strategy. Trump won’t be part of it.”

August 17, 2022, 7:36 amcheap speechRick Hasen

Politico: Facebook will not move up its timeline for reviewing its decision to suspend Donald Trump, regardless of whether he announces he’s running again for president, a top company executive told POLITICO.In sticking to its January timetable, Facebook has decided… Continue reading

“Robin Vos says Michael Gableman could lose his law license over 2020 election review, records violations”

August 17, 2022, 7:25 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman could lose his law license over his conduct during the taxpayer-funded review of the 2020 election — but he stopped just short of calling for it.“It’s… Continue reading

Must-Listen NPR Report: “The unspoken role of race in the Jan. 6 riot” (Featuring Important Analysis from Stanford Prof. Hakeem Jefferson)

August 17, 2022, 7:17 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Listen here. (Reporter Sandhya Dirks) I’ve written in both Election Meltdown and Cheap Speech on the racial undertones of much of the talk of voter fraud and stolen elections. But this report helped emphasize some themes that deserve more… Continue reading

“Widespread Partisan Gerrymandering Mostly Cancels Nationally, but Reduces Electoral Competition”

August 17, 2022, 5:00 amUncategorizedNicholas Stephanopoulos

This interesting new paper by Chris Kenny et al. compares the newly enacted House plans across the country to sets of randomly generated maps. The bottom line is that the House as a whole is just slightly more pro-Republican than… Continue reading

“Round robin” versus “instant runoff”

August 17, 2022, 4:56 amUncategorizedNed Foley

As Rick Pildes observed a few days ago, Alaska’s at-large House seat may show the significance of using different versions of ranked-choice voting. Now that we have some preliminary returns in both the special election and the first round of… Continue reading

“What surviving GOP impeachment backers have in common: Alternative primaries”

August 16, 2022, 4:51 pmUncategorizedNed Foley

Aaron Blake for The Washington Post, contemplating Lisa Murkowski’s potential survival against her Trump-backed challenger because of Alaska’s new Top Four with RCV system, observes that the only two House Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment to survive did… Continue reading

True the Vote’s Gregg Phillips Continues the Election Fraud Grift

August 16, 2022, 11:01 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Daily Beast: Earlier this year, election-fraud conspiracy theorist Gregg Phillips shot to fame on the right as one of the stars of 2,000 Mules, conservative pundit Dinesh D’Souza’s quasi-documentary attempt to prove the 2020 election was stolen. Since the movie’s… Continue reading

“Poll worker shortage looms ahead of Georgia election”

August 16, 2022, 10:17 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AJC: Poll workers, the essential employees needed to run elections, are in short supply in Georgia as early voting is set to begin in just over two months.“Help wanted,” say election officials who are struggling to find thousands of… Continue reading

“Securing U.S. Elections: A Method for Prioritizing Cybersecurity Risk in Election Infrastructure”

August 16, 2022, 8:41 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

New Rand report: U.S. election systems are diverse in terms of governance and technology. This reflects the constitutional roles reserved for the states in administering and running elections but makes it challenging to develop a national picture of cybersecurity risk… Continue reading

“Independent State Legislatures and Presidential Elections: Addressing Misconceptions About Current Law and Prospects for Reform”

August 16, 2022, 8:39 amelection subversion risk, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Genevieve Nadeau and Helen White for Just Security: During the recent Senate Rules Committee hearing on Electoral Count Act reform, Senator Angus King (I-ME) asked a question that seems to be on many minds: What is the independent state… Continue reading