“Intelligence chairman says US may be less prepared for election threats than it was four years ago”

June 4, 2024, 7:00 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

AP: With only five months before voters head to the polls, the U.S. may be more vulnerable to foreign disinformation aimed at influencing voters and undermining democracy than it was before the 2020 election, the leader of the Senate Intelligence… Continue reading

“Lawsuit could complicate absentee voting in Wisconsin”

June 3, 2024, 1:07 pmabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

Wisconsin Watch: A lawsuit that could complicate Wisconsin’s absentee voting process, create additional last-minute work for election officials and confuse voters is coming before a Marinette County judge Wednesday. The lawsuit asks Marinette County Circuit Court Judge James Morrison to… Continue reading

“News site editor’s ties to Iran, Russia show misinformation’s complexity”

June 2, 2024, 9:57 amcheap speechRick Hasen

WaPo: Recently unearthed documents reveal that leaders of an online news site aimed at Americans have received money from both Russian and Iranian government media outlets, showing how widening geopolitical alliances are making it harder to identify and trace foreign… Continue reading

“You Think You Know How Misinformation Spreads? Welcome to the Hellhole of Programmatic Advertising”

June 1, 2024, 11:13 amcheap speechRick Hasen

Steven Brill in Wired: In 2019, other than the government of Vladimir Putin, Warren Buffett was the biggest funder of Sputnik News, the Russian disinformation website controlled by the Kremlin. It wasn’t that the legendary champion of American capitalism had… Continue reading

“Kansas Supreme Court finds Kansans have no ‘fundamental right’ to vote. What it means”

May 31, 2024, 12:49 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

KC Star: The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that voting is not a fundamental right protected by the Kansas Constitution. The landmark decision on voting rights Friday is likely to weaken legal challenges to future voting restrictions in Kansas.… Continue reading

“How Texas’ push for election transparency undermines the secret ballot”

May 29, 2024, 2:42 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Votebeat and the Texas Tribune: Texas’ efforts to make elections more transparent allows the public — in limited instances — to pierce the anonymity of the ballot and find out how people voted, undermining the secrecy essential to free elections.… Continue reading

Were the Liberal Justices Savvy or Suckers in the NAMUDNO Voting Rights Case Leading to the Shelby County Case Overturning a Key Part of the Voting Rights Act? New Inside Information from Judge Tatel Shows They Were Suckers

May 29, 2024, 7:27 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Before there was Shelby County there was NAMUDNO, a case that punted on the constitutionality of a key part of the Voting Rights Act in an almost unanimous opinion. I wrote in the Supreme Court Review in 2009 that the… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with Jim Sciutto for CNN International About Threats to U.S. Democracy in 2024

May 29, 2024, 7:13 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

You can watch here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlEzRYgVgJc

“Voting rights groups in Pa. are suing to allow undated ballots to be counted. They hope to win before November’s election.”

May 29, 2024, 7:06 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Philadelphia Inquirer: Pennsylvania voting rights groups are once again seeking to overturn a state law that bars undated or incorrectly dated mail ballots from being counted. The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and Public Interest Law Center filed a… Continue reading

“Top Republicans are already rushing to buy into Trump’s 2024 election fraud narrative”

May 28, 2024, 12:31 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

CNN: Top Republicans are already rushing to buy into a new 2024 election fraud narrative sown by ex-President Donald Trump in their zeal to appease their party’s presumptive nominee. Leading party figures are increasingly warning they will only recognize the result… Continue reading

“The Republican Nominee to Lead Oregon Elections Wants to Stop All Mail Voting”

May 28, 2024, 10:23 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Bolts: The moderator of an April candidate forum hosted by the City Club of Central Oregon wanted to know: Could the Republicans running for secretary of state confirm that, if elected, they’d certify the results of Oregon elections, even when… Continue reading

“Debunking misinformation failed. Welcome to ‘pre-bunking’; Election officials around the world are adopting ‘prebunking’ campaigns, as AI and other threats jeopardize voting.”

May 26, 2024, 2:13 pmcampaigns, cheap speechRick Hasen

WaPo: Election officials and researchers from Arizona to Taiwan are adopting a radical playbook to stop falsehoods about voting before they spread online, amid fears that traditional strategies to battle misinformation are insufficient in a perilous year for democracies around… Continue reading

Missing a Crucial Distinction

May 24, 2024, 6:46 amUncategorizedNed Foley

The N.Y. Times this morning has as the top story on the front page of its website a very impressive statistical analysis of Trump’s statements sowing distrust in the legitimacy of the election in 2016, 2020, and so far this… Continue reading

Why the Stakes in the SC Redistricting Case are Lower Than Some Might Think

May 23, 2024, 12:37 pmUncategorizedRichard Pildes

Putting to the side the merits of the Court’s decision itself, I think the stakes going forward are lower than might be realized. After the 2010 round of redistricting, racial gerrymandering cases became important during a transitional phase of redistricting… Continue reading

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