“In Wisconsin, G.O.P. Voters Demand the Impossible: Decertifying 2020”

August 8, 2022, 7:37 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: When she started her campaign for governor of Wisconsin, former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, a Republican, acknowledged that President Biden had been legitimately elected.She soon backtracked. Eventually, she said the 2020 election had been “rigged” against former… Continue reading

“Exclusive: Trump-backed Michigan attorney general candidate involved in voting-system breach, documents show”

August 8, 2022, 7:34 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Reuters: he Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general led a team that gained unauthorized access to voting equipment while hunting for evidence to support former President Donald Trump’s false election-fraud claims, according to a Reuters analysis of court filings and… Continue reading

“Five US States Will Decide If the 2024 Election Can Be Stolen”

August 8, 2022, 7:33 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Bloomberg: In the last two years, Republicans have sought to remove state officials who wouldn’t manufacture votes and falsely declare him the winner. They changed the way elections are run in response to his conspiracy theories. Most importantly, they’ve… Continue reading

ECA reform must comply with the Constitution, as the bipartisan Senate ECRA bill does (but as some proposals to revise it would not)

August 7, 2022, 5:50 pmUncategorizedNed Foley

The bipartisan Electoral Count Reform Act has no “fatal flaw,” as some incorrectly argue. Rather, the Senate bill is well-designed to suit its essential purpose of requiring ballots cast in presidential elections be counted according to the rules established… Continue reading

Michael McConnell and I Discuss and Debate the Electoral Count Act Reform Bill and the Independent State Legislature Theory for the National Constitution Center

August 6, 2022, 1:03 pmUncategorizedRichard Pildes

For the National Constitution Center’s podcast, the Center’s President and CEO, Jeff Rosen, moderated this discussion. Available at this link.

“Democrats have joined Republicans in calling their opponents ‘enemies’”

August 6, 2022, 10:52 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

From Aug. 1 piece by Philip Bump in Wash. Post: In February 2021, soon after President Biden took office, CBS News and its pollster YouGov released data showing that most Republicans viewed Democrats in precisely that way. Asked to evaluate… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video of My Appearance on CNN’s Smerconish Show Talking About Democrats Supporting Republican Election Deniers in Primaries as Easier Candidates to Beat in General Election: Are Democrats Playing with Fire?

August 6, 2022, 9:44 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Watch here.

“Trump targets top Wisconsin GOP lawmaker for not overturning election”

August 6, 2022, 6:06 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: One year ago this month, Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) sat on a private plane with Donald Trump and updatedthe former president on the investigation he had launched into the 2020 election, even though there was… Continue reading

Georgia: “Federal judge rules PSC election ‘unlawfully dilutes’ Black voting power”

August 5, 2022, 12:52 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

AJC: A federal judge ruled Friday that Georgia must end statewide elections for the Public Service Commission because they discriminate against Black voters, a decision that could bar state officials from holding a November election to fill two seats.U.S.… Continue reading

Mark Rush Reviews My “Cheap Speech” Book for the Law and Politics Book Review

August 5, 2022, 10:29 amcheap speechRick Hasen

You can read the review at this link.

Friday Facebook Fail: “Meta quieter on election misinformation as midterms loom”

August 5, 2022, 10:21 amcheap speech, election subversion riskRick Hasen

AP: Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in U.S. elections as the November midterm vote approaches.It’s a sharp departure from the social media giant’s multibillion-dollar efforts to… Continue reading

No Matter What the Supreme Court Decides about the Independent State Legislature Theory, State Legislatures Will Still Be Bound by Federal Law and the U.S. Constitution

August 5, 2022, 7:56 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

A large group of election-law experts has made this point. Nonetheless, there continues to be confusion and misunderstanding in some public commentary about this fundamental legal fact. This confusion has also slipped into some discussions about the Electoral Count Reform… Continue reading

“Senate GOP escalates its attack on Google over email spam”

August 5, 2022, 6:56 amcampaignsRick Hasen

WaPo: The National Republican Senatorial Committee, the campaign arm of the Republican caucus, is preparing to escalate its attack on Google over the company’s email spam filter, which it blames for recent fundraising disappointments, according to documents obtained by… Continue reading

“Force multipliers: How one donor network is pushing the envelope on California campaign money”

August 5, 2022, 6:50 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Cal Matters: Sift through the campaign contributions to Robert Rivas, the Salinas Democrat angling to become the next speaker of the California Assembly, and a name keeps popping up: Govern For California.The organization’s statewide chapter gave the maximum $9,800… Continue reading

Election Law Blog

The law of politics and the politics of law