Feb. 23 Georgetown Event: “The January 6th Investigation and the Ongoing Threat of Violent Extremism: A Conversation with Former Select Committee Investigators”
This in-person/online event looks great.
“Far-right election denier beats Trump’s pick for Michigan GOP”
WaPo:
Republicans here, reeling from a midterm election rout that many blamed on the influence of former president Donald Trump, respondedSaturdayby spurning the former president’s choice for state party chair — and choosing someone even more extreme.
Kristina Karamo,… Continue reading
“Antisemitic Influencers, Fake Journalists: Inside an Israeli Factory for Online Deception”
Haaretz:
Percepto International, which is owned by media consultant Lior Chorev and Royi Burstien (a retired lieutenant colonel from the Israeli army’s intelligence corps), is in large measure a continuation of Psy Group – the business Burstien used to run.… Continue reading
“Republican losses fan election conspiracies in rural Arizona”
Nick Riccardi AP dispatch from Cochise County:
Trump last year backed a slate of candidates for top state election positions in Arizona and elsewhere who parroted his lie about losing the 2020 presidential election due to voter fraud. Every… Continue reading
“Lawsuit is latest evidence of bogus ‘stolen election’ claims”
AP:
Two years after former President Donald Trump’s false claims about widespread election fraud sparked an attack on the U.S. Capitol, more evidence is piling up that those who spread the misinformation knew it was false.
On Thursday, the voting… Continue reading
“Bice: Supreme Court candidate Daniel Kelly was paid $120,000 by Republicans to work on ‘election integrity,’ advise on fake electors”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Former state Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly — who has been critical of his opponents for their partisanship — has been paid nearly $120,000 by the state Republican Party and the Republican National Committee over the past two years… Continue reading
“Georgia GOP finances legal fees for fake electors”
AJC:
The Georgia GOP spent more than $200,000 last year to bankroll the legal fees of phony Republican electors who could face criminal charges amid Fulton County’s probe of whether Donald Trump and his allies committed crimes while trying to… Continue reading
Access Archived Audio of AALS Panel on Remedies: Remedies in the Restatement
I participated in this panel and you can listen here. The sound quality is not good. Here’s the description from the catalogue (Doug Laycock could not make it but was honored with a lifetime achievement award–you can hear that… Continue reading
Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN
Here:
RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days)TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Election Law & Voting Rights (Topic)
As of: 19 Dec 2022 – 17 Feb 2023
RankPaperDownloads1.The New Judicial Power Grab… Continue reading
“Kari Lake loses appeal in Arizona governor race challenge” (With link to unanimous opinion)
AP:
An Arizona appeals court has rejected Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor’s race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, denying her request to throw out election results in the state’s most populous county and hold… Continue reading
Must-read from Andrew Appel: “Unrecoverable Election Screwup in Williamson County TX”
Andrew over at Freedom to Tinker, with the kind of problem that is not going to be caught by a typical post election audit:
In the November 2020 election in Williamson County, Texas, flawed e-pollbook software resulted in voters inadvertently… Continue reading
“Fox Stars Privately Expressed Disbelief About Election Fraud Claims. ‘Crazy Stuff.'”
NYT:
Newly disclosed messages and testimony from some of the biggest stars and most senior executives at Fox News revealed that they privately expressed disbelief about President Donald J. Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him,… Continue reading
“Security experts warn of foreign cyber threat to 2024 voting”
AP:
Top state election and cybersecurity officials on Thursday warned about threats posed by Top state election and cybersecurity officials on Thursday warned about threats posed by Russia and other foreign adversaries ahead of the 2024 elections, noting that America’s… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of My Interview with Jake Grumbach, Author of “Laboratories Against Democracy,” for the Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar series
Outstanding discussion about Jake’s important book. Watch: