The Strange Tale of Tina Peters

June 27, 2022, 8:45 amUncategorizedBruce Cain and Emily Zhang

NYTimes: The strange tale of Tina Peters — a once-ordinary public servant consumed by conspiracy theories and catapulted to minor stardom by believers — will take its next twist on Tuesday, when voters decide whether to make the indicted… Continue reading

GOP poll watcher training casts unfounded suspicion on Arizona elections

June 27, 2022, 8:41 amUncategorizedBruce Cain and Emily Zhang

Votebeat: The Republican National Committee is telling potential Arizona polling place observers that there are “festering problems” in how elections are run, such as security issues with vote-counting machines and problems with voter rolls, as it trains them for… Continue reading

Must-Read Ned Foley Interview with Issac Chotiner of the New Yorker About the Need to Fix the Electoral Count Act and January 6

June 27, 2022, 7:05 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

You can read it here.

ELB Book Corner: George Thomas: “There’s So Much That’s Not in the Constitution”

June 27, 2022, 7:00 amELB Book Corner, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I am pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner George Thomas, author of The (Un)Written Constitution. Here is the first of three posts: As we prepare for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, the country is… Continue reading

Supreme Court Does Not Issue Order in “Independent State Legislature” Theory Case, Making It Less Likely That the Court Will Hear the Case….

June 27, 2022, 6:39 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

and more likely someone is writing a dissent from denial. I have more analysis in this twitter thread. I think it is more likely they’ll take the case out of Pennsylvania.

“The Supreme Court has chipped away at the Voting Rights Act for 9 years. This case could be the next blow.”

June 27, 2022, 6:08 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Zach Montellaro for Politico: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been slowly whittled away over the last decade by the Supreme Court — and a case set to be heard in the fall could shrink the protections offered by… Continue reading

Bipartisan Effort on Electoral Reform

June 26, 2022, 10:19 amUncategorizedNed Foley

The National Institute for Civic Advocacy is hosting a program on bipartisan electoral reform, of which a revised Electoral Count Act is a key component. The program is tomorrow, Monday, June 27, at 10:30 ET, in Washington, DC, at the… Continue reading

Lee Drutman Bemoans the Decline of Competitive Districts

June 26, 2022, 7:05 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

I was glad to see this piece by Lee, which Rick H. flagged earlier. At the start of this redistricting cycle, I argued that creating more competitive districts was one means, among several, to increase the election prospects of more… Continue reading

“‘One Person, One Vote’ Review: Gerrymander to Win the Game”

June 24, 2022, 2:50 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

WSJ review of Nick Seabrook’s new book, One Person, One Vote: A Surprising History of Gerrymandering in America.

I Talked to KCRW’s “Left, Right, and Center” about Anti-Election Subversion Legislation Prospects and Jan. 6

June 24, 2022, 2:16 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

You can listen here.

My New NY Times Oped on the Necessity of Indicting Donald Trump: “No One Is Above the Law, and That Starts With Donald Trump”

June 24, 2022, 7:35 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

I have written this piece for the NYT. It begins: In a 2019 ruling requiring the former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify at a congressional hearing about former President Donald J. Trump’s alleged abuses of power, Judge Kentanji… Continue reading

“Ron Johnson now says he helped coordinate effort to pass false elector slates to Pence, but his new explanation drew a quick rebuke”

June 24, 2022, 6:55 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: After initially claiming to be “basically unaware” of an effort by his staff to get fake presidential elector documents to Vice President Mike Pence, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Thursday he coordinated with a Wisconsin attorney to pass… Continue reading

“Gov. Kemp to testify in Fulton County’s Trump probe”

June 24, 2022, 6:41 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

AJC: Gov. Brian Kemp will deliver testimony next month to Fulton County prosecutors investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 elections, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.But unlike the parade of witnesses who have appeared at the Fulton courthouse to… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 Panel Outlines Trump’s Bid to Coerce Justice Dept. Official”

June 23, 2022, 9:47 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol painted a vivid picture on Thursday of how former President Donald J. Trump directed a wide-ranging bid to strong-arm the Justice Department into overturning the 2020 election, the… Continue reading