New York: “FBI ballot fraud investigation shifts to GOP elections commissioner”

June 21, 2022, 7:54 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Times-Union: The focus of an FBI investigation that led to the recent guilty plea of a Troy councilwoman is shifting to Jason T. Schofield, the Republican Rensselaer County Board of Elections commissioner, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.GOP… Continue reading

“What is the Electoral Count Act, and why are people calling for reform?”

June 21, 2022, 7:49 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo explainer.

“Politicians certifying election results is risky and unnecessary”

June 21, 2022, 7:47 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Kevin Johnson opinion for The Fulcrum: In recent months, we’ve gotten a crash course in the ways that our election systems are now dangerously vulnerable to partisan interference and disorder. Numerous candidates for secretary of state deny the results… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 committee to highlight Trump’s state-level pressure to overturn the 2020 election”

June 21, 2022, 7:15 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election depended on one key thing that he never received: the blessing of Republican-controlled state legislatures. But it wasn’t for a lack of trying.The select committee intends to lay out Tuesday how… Continue reading

“Screams, threats as New Mexico counties certify vote”

June 21, 2022, 6:59 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

AP: A standoff over the security of voting machines between a Republican-leaning county in New Mexico and Democratic state officials that threatened to erupt into a wider political crisis was defused Friday after local commissioners voted to certify their election… Continue reading

Supreme Court Does Not Issue Order Today on Whether or Not to Hear Moore v. Harper, the Independent State Legislature Case

June 21, 2022, 6:38 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Nothing on today’s order list about this 800-pound-gorilla of election cases. We could get an order granting a hearing in the case on next week’s order list or a following week, or we could get one or more Justices dissenting… Continue reading

“Speaker at meeting of Ginni Thomas group called Biden’s win illegitimate long after Jan. 6, video shows”

June 20, 2022, 5:40 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: Two months after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to help President Donald Trump stay in office, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, attended a gathering of right-wing activists where a… Continue reading

“House Jan. 6 committee to reveal Meadows’ pressure on Georgia election officials”

June 20, 2022, 1:18 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

LAT: The House Jan. 6 committee plans to show that President Trump’s then-chief of staff Mark Meadows “had an intimate role … in this plot to put pressure on [Georgia] state legislators and on elections officials,” Rep. Adam B.… Continue reading

“US is worried about Russia using new efforts to exploit divisions in 2022 midterms”

June 20, 2022, 1:16 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: Homeland and national security officials are worried about how Russia could significantly exploit US divisions over the November midterms, considering scenarios like Russia staging smaller hacks of local election authorities — done with the deliberate purpose of being… Continue reading

“In honor of Juneteenth, New York enacts John Lewis Voting Rights Act to combat suppression and discrimination”

June 20, 2022, 12:06 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYDN: New York celebrated Juneteenth and paid tribute to the late civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis on Monday by enacting sweeping new voter protections.The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York, signed into law… Continue reading

Richard Winger: “California’s Faulty Rules for Presidential Candidates Running Outside the Two Major Parties”

June 20, 2022, 11:36 amballot accessRick Hasen

Richard Winger, author of Ballot Access News, has written this guest post: California public officials are proud of the state’s protection for voting rights, but there is one area of voting rights in which California procedures are among the… Continue reading

“Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Election Official”

June 20, 2022, 11:26 amchicaneryRick Hasen

USDOJ release: A Nebraska man pleaded guilty today to making multiple threatening posts on an Instagram page associated with an election official.According to court documents, Travis Ford, 42, of Lincoln, made multiple threats in August 2021 toward the election… Continue reading

“The Influence of Partisanship on Supreme Court Election Law Rulings”

June 20, 2022, 11:24 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Anthony Gaughan has posted this draft on SSRN (Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy). Here is the abstract: This article examines the role of partisanship in Supreme Court election law rulings. To that end, it surveys the… Continue reading