“Amazon’s Alexa has been claiming the 2020 election was stolen”

October 7, 2023, 1:53 pmcheap speechRick Hasen

WaPo: Amid concerns the rise of artificial intelligence will supercharge the spread of misinformation comes a wild fabrication from a more prosaic source: Amazon’s Alexa, which declared that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. Asked about fraud in the race… Continue reading

James Sample: “Necessity and Impossibility: Wisconsin and Recusal”

October 7, 2023, 7:56 amjudicial electionsRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from James Sample: My basic reaction to Justice Protasiewicz’s opinion is one bordering on intractable depression. It’s both necessary and impossible to disaggregate the interwoven components of the entire Wisconsin political milieu. The… Continue reading

Kurt Lash: “The Meaning and Ambiguity of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment”

October 6, 2023, 5:48 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Kurt Lash (who will be speaking at the October 20th virtual conference on Trump’s potential disqualification sponsored by the Safeguarding Democracy Project) has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment disqualified anyone… Continue reading

“Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice rejects GOP call to recuse on redistricting cases”

October 6, 2023, 4:33 pmjudicial elections, redistrictingRick Hasen

AP: The Wisconsin Supreme Court, in a 4-3 vote along partisan lines Friday, agreed to hear a challenge to Republican-drawn legislative maps after a newly elected liberal justice declined to recuse herself. Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s decision to remain on the… Continue reading

Requiring Majority Winners in November

October 6, 2023, 2:36 pmUncategorizedNed Foley

A couple of astute readers of my earlier blog post today asked me whether Georgia’s version of a runoff system would satisfy my proposed majority-winner requirement for congressional elections. The simple answer is no, for a reason that is explained… Continue reading

“A Guide to Election Year Activities of Section 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) Organizations”

October 6, 2023, 8:22 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Steven Sholk’s latest iteration of his useful guide.

A Simple Cure for House Chaos

October 6, 2023, 7:23 amUncategorizedNed Foley

As I’ve watched this week’s removal of McCarthy from the Speakership and the ensuing sense that the House may be ungovernable because of the fragmentation within its Republican conference, I return to the idea that I first advocated shortly after … Continue reading

“Kevin McCarthy’s Downfall Is the Culmination of the Tea Party”

October 6, 2023, 7:17 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico Q & A with Theda Skocpol.

“Spoiler alert: Biden world is taking third-party threats seriously”

October 6, 2023, 7:07 amthird partiesRick Hasen

Politico: LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman convened a Zoom call with 30 other like-minded donors this week to address a persistent fear among national Democrats: Third-party candidates who could undercut Joe Biden’s campaign. In particular, the donors on the line were… Continue reading

Only 23.4 Percent of 18-Year-Olds Registered to Vote in Ohio

October 5, 2023, 5:45 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Via the indispensable Laura Brill/Civics Center. That’s 100,000 potential voters. You can’t vote if you are not registered. So….

John Eastman, in Fundraising Email, Continues to Claim “election illegality and fraud” in the 2020 Election

October 5, 2023, 3:06 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Here’s a screenshot:

“Bill limiting ballot hand counting in California becomes law; one county pledges to defy statute”

October 5, 2023, 3:04 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

ABC News: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation into law on Wednesday that will limit the ability of local governments to manually count ballots less than a year after one northern county’s governing board ditched its contract with Dominion Voting… Continue reading

“Election Conspiracies Loom Over Louisiana’s Secretary of State Race”

October 5, 2023, 2:59 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

BOLTS Mag. reports.

“Trump Seeks Dismissal of Federal Election Case, Claiming Immunity”

October 5, 2023, 1:19 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump asked a judge on Thursday to throw out a federal indictment accusing him of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and claimed that because the charges relate to actions he took as… Continue reading