Trump Made at Least 713 Statements and Tweets Since 2012 Calling Voting and Elections into Question, Including 91 from January through July of This Year

Incredible stats from Susan Glasser in the New Yorker: In fact, Trump’s attack on the legitimacy of the upcoming election has been intensifying for months, as his poll standing has sunk. Trump’s “Twitter Richter scale,” as the Democratic lawyer Norm Eisen put it to me the other day, was already registering “off the charts” on the subject. … Continue reading Trump Made at Least 713 Statements and Tweets Since 2012 Calling Voting and Elections into Question, Including 91 from January through July of This Year Continue Reading

“Md. Gov. Larry Hogan says he tried to expand access to voting. Instead, he sparked a revolt”

From the Washington Post: When Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced an all-of-the-above strategy to conduct “a normal” election in November, he cast it as a decision to maximize voter access during the coronavirus pandemic. A massive backlash ensued. Over the past three weeks, the custodians of hundreds of traditional polling precincts have said they will refuse to host voters, or conditioned … Continue reading “Md. Gov. Larry Hogan says he tried to expand access to voting. Instead, he sparked a revolt” Continue Reading

“Poll: More Than Half Of Young People Lack Resources To Vote By Mail”

This title might be a bit misleading, since the text of the story refers to lack of resources or knowledge. Still, raises important issues: As the coronavirus pandemic has upended normal balloting, more than half of voters under the age of 35 say they don’t have the resources or knowledge they need to vote by mail in November, according … Continue reading “Poll: More Than Half Of Young People Lack Resources To Vote By Mail” Continue Reading

“Ransomware feared as possible saboteur for November election”

Federal authorities say one of the gravest threats to the November election is a well-timed ransomware attack that could paralyze voting operations. The threat isn’t just from foreign governments, but any fortune-seeking criminal. Ransomware attacks targeting state and local governments have been on the rise, with cyber criminals seeking quick money by seizing data and … Continue reading “Ransomware feared as possible saboteur for November election” Continue Reading

Politico Playbook: Republicans Opposed to More Election Funding Despite Massively Increased Covid-Related Costs for In-Person and Absentee Voting

This is distressing: THERE ARE A SET OF POLICY AREAS where stumbling blocks remain. DEMOCRATS want new money for the Postal Service, new money for elections and nearly $1 trillion for state and local governments. REPUBLICANS seem open to USPS money to address operational shortfalls, but they are a hard no on money going to a new mail-in balloting system. Dems … Continue reading Politico Playbook: Republicans Opposed to More Election Funding Despite Massively Increased Covid-Related Costs for In-Person and Absentee Voting Continue Reading

I Spoke with CNN’s Brian Stelter on “Reliable Sources” About Threats to the Fairness of, and Public’s Confidence in, The November Election Given My Analysis in “Election Meltdown”

Watch Part 1 and Part 2 (with co-panelists Susan Glasser and Erin Geiger Smith). More information about my new book, “Election Meltdown,” at this link. See Campaign: https://electionlawblog.org/?p=113669Contact Information:Rick HasenTags:, Wire, United States, English Continue Reading

“How the Media Could Get the Election Story Wrong We may not know the results for days, and maybe weeks. So it’s time to rethink “election night.””

Ben Smith NYT media column: Picture this Thanksgiving: turkey, football (maybe), tenser-than-usual interactions with relatives. And perhaps a new tradition: finding out who actually won the presidential election. The coronavirus crisis means that states like Pennsylvania may be counting mail-in ballots for weeks, while President Trump tweets false allegations about fraud. And the last barriers between … Continue reading “How the Media Could Get the Election Story Wrong We may not know the results for days, and maybe weeks. So it’s time to rethink “election night.”” Continue Reading

“Supreme Court Signals Federal Judiciary Won’t Mediate Fights Over Voting and Virus; High court’s conservative majority sees scant constitutional authority to weigh in on state elections”

Jess Bravin for the WSJ: If the coronavirus is pitting nervous voters against state election officials, don’t expect the federal courts to solve their problem. That is the message from a string of Supreme Court orders since April, which saw the conservative majority overturn lower court directives to extend balloting or take other measures because of … Continue reading “Supreme Court Signals Federal Judiciary Won’t Mediate Fights Over Voting and Virus; High court’s conservative majority sees scant constitutional authority to weigh in on state elections” Continue Reading

“Census Door Knocking Cut A Month Short Amid Pressure To Finish Count”

Hansi Lo Wang for NPR: The Census Bureau is cutting short critical door-knocking efforts for the 2020 census amid growing concerns among Democrats in Congress that the White House is pressuring the bureau to wrap up counting soon for political gain, NPR has learned. Attempts by the bureau’s workers to conduct in-person interviews for the census … Continue reading “Census Door Knocking Cut A Month Short Amid Pressure To Finish Count” Continue Reading