Two Days into Being New Owner of Twitter, Elon Must Tweets Disinformation About the Attack on the Husband of the Speaker of the House

October 30, 2022, 9:13 amcheap speechRick Hasen

Axios: It’s been just two days since Elon Musk officially bought Twitter. Already, the billionaire businessman is using the platform to spread speculation to his 112 million followers — about the biggest U.S. news of the weekend.Driving the news: Early… Continue reading

“High stakes in N. Carolina court races with majority on line” (Would a Republican Win Reverse the Partisan Gerrymandering Holding and Moot Moore v. Harper?)

October 30, 2022, 9:10 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP reports. If Republicans take control, one could imagine a reversal of the holding that the state constitution contains controls on partisan gerrymandering. Depending on when that happens, it could moot the Moore v. Harper case pending before the US… Continue reading

“TV Prepares for a Chaotic Midterm Night; Broadcasters face challenges as they approach the climax of an election season marked by disinformation and distrust.”

October 30, 2022, 9:07 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT reports.

The Problem of Pendulum Politics

October 30, 2022, 6:51 amUncategorizedNed Foley

Another must-listen podcast (in my judgment): this one from Ezra Klein, interviewing John Sides and Lynn Vavreck about their new book, Bitter End (also co-authored with Chris Tausanovitch). I’ve starting reading the book, and so far it’s a must-read, but… Continue reading

“In chaotic court hearing, True the Vote leaders found in contempt; Testimony from Gregg Phillips and Catherine Engelbrecht muddies explanation of how they acquired evidence used to target election vendor Konnech — and who helped.”

October 29, 2022, 4:49 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Wild story from VoteBeat.

Emergency Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal Filed in 9th Circuit in Arizona Drop Box Voter Intimidation Case

October 29, 2022, 10:24 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

You can find the motion here: For the past two weeks, Defendants have incited and engaged in a campaign of voter intimidation at ballot drop boxes in Arizona, with the express purpose of keeping people from using them to… Continue reading

“Violent attack on Paul Pelosi latest shock in country on edge about threats to democracy”

October 29, 2022, 10:17 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP reports.

“It’s 2024. Trump Backers Won’t Certify the Election. What Next, Legally?”

October 29, 2022, 10:06 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: It’s a nightmare scenario for American democracy: The officials incharge of certifying an election refuse to do so, setting off a blizzard of litigation and possibly a constitutional crisis.And there are worrying signs that the fears of independent scholars,… Continue reading

“Facebook’s parent is fined nearly $25M for violating a campaign finance disclosure law”

October 29, 2022, 10:03 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NPR reports.

Federal Court Refuses to Block Ballot Drop Box Monitoring Activities That Plaintiffs Allege Has Been Intimidating Voters Citing First Amendment, But Invites Voters to Come Back with Evidence of Threats and Intimidation Should They Materialize

October 28, 2022, 1:44 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

The order is here. I understand the difficulty of balancing the First Amendment interests here, but I think the judge did not put enough weight into how these acts of monitoring people while being armed and mask is a… Continue reading

“As Moore v. Harper Takes Shape, a Broad Coalition Takes Aim at the Independent State Legislature Theory”

October 28, 2022, 1:38 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Helen White for Just Security.

“Inside the secretive effort by Trump allies to access voting machines; How rural Coffee County, Ga., became an early target in the multistate search for purported evidence of fraud after the 2020 election”

October 28, 2022, 9:07 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“How ‘mule watchers’ evolved from a Truth Social meme into a ballot drop box patrol”

October 28, 2022, 9:05 amElection Meltdown, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NBC News: A black Jeep crept along Coury Avenue on Wednesday night, rolling by one of the many ballot drop boxes collecting early votes for the midterm elections. The driver, a man who declined to give his name, said he… Continue reading

Supreme Court Has Decided at Least 65 Emergency (Shadow Docket) Election Law Cases in Last 12 Years, Including 15 Cases in the 2020 Term; The Number Could Explode after Moore v. Harper

October 28, 2022, 7:11 amSupreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I wanted to highlight some numbers I put together with my co-authors at Manatt for our amicus brief in the Moore v. Harper case: The amount of emergency election-related litigation filed in this Court is already high. In the… Continue reading

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