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Arizona Republic: A congressional panel on Thursday portrayed the partisan review of Maricopa County's 2020 election results as the latest in a wave of moves that feed on conspiracy theories to undermine Americans' confidence in elections.The nearly ...
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  1.  “Arizona audit fuels election distrust, congressional panel says”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125116>
  2.  “Frustrated voting-rights advocates claw for opening on Senate filibuster”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125114>
  3.  “Biden DOJ shields ex-Trump officials from testifying about election fraud cases”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125112>
  4.  “Election Subversion Is the Biggest Threat We Face; There are some good safeguards in the Manchin-Klobuchar bill that should pass before we turn to Democratic wish lists.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125110>
  5.  “Expose Eastman’s ‘Bold’ Plan for the Coup Attempt It Was”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125108>
  6.  Must Read and Must View Photos: “When It Costs $53,000 to Vote”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125106>
  7.  My Appearance on the PBS News Hour with Judy Woodruff: “How false fraud claims are eroding integrity of American election system”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125104>
  8.  “Gableman backs off: Attorney overseeing election review cancels interviews, relinquishes on subpoenas for now”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125102>
  9.  “Christian Conservative Lawyer Had Secretive Role in Bid to Block Election Result”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125100>
  10. “‘The intelligence was there’: Law enforcement warnings abounded in the runup to Jan. 6”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125098>
  11. “Behind the Curtain of Post-Election Canvassing, Audits, and Certification”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125096>

“Arizona audit fuels election distrust, congressional panel says”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181285376&f=1116553&c=7958628&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 08, 2021
Arizona Republic:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/10/07/arizona-audit-fuels-election-distrust-congressional-panel-says/6029022001/> A congressional panel on Thursday portrayed the partisan review of Maricopa County’s 2020 election results as the latest in a wave of moves that feed on conspiracy theories to undermine Americans’ confidence in elections.The nearly four-hour proceeding also… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125116>

“Frustrated voting-rights advocates claw for opening on Senate filibuster”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181285378&f=1116553&c=7958628&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 08, 2021
Politico:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~www.politico.com/news/2021/10/07/voting-rights-advocates-senate-filibuster-515630> Voting-rights advocates are seething over the near-total stagnation in Washington. But they see a new opening with the filibuster.When President Joe Biden recently floated the possibility<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~www.politico.com/news/2021/10/05/biden-nuclear-option-standoff-mcconnell-515222> for a filibuster carveout for raising the debt limit, supporters leapt at the… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125114>

“Biden DOJ shields ex-Trump officials from testifying about election fraud cases”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181285380&f=1116553&c=7958628&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 08, 2021
Politico<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~www.politico.com/news/2021/10/07/doj-shields-ex-trump-officials-515594>: A top careerofficial in President Joe Biden’s Justice Department blocked efforts by Senate investigators to probe the handling of voter fraud complaints in the aftermath of the 2020 election, according to transcripts released Thursday.As Senate Judiciary Committee aides… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125112>

“Election Subversion Is the Biggest Threat We Face; There are some good safeguards in the Manchin-Klobuchar bill that should pass before we turn to Democratic wish lists.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181285382&f=1116553&c=7958628&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 08, 2021
Bill Scher<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~washingtonmonthly.com/2021/10/08/election-subversion-is-the-biggest-threat-we-face/> in the Washington Monthly: However, the conservative law professor Derek Muller of the University of Iowa is skeptical that Manchin and Klobuchar’s Freedom to Vote Act would have any impact. “It does almost nothing to address election subversion,”… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125110>

“Expose Eastman’s ‘Bold’ Plan for the Coup Attempt It Was”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181285384&f=1116553&c=7958628&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 08, 2021
Robert Alexander commentary for Real Clear Politics<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/10/08/expose_eastmans_bold_plan_for_the_coup_attempt_it_was_146529.html>: Instead of discounting Trump’s radical effort as a zany scheme, we should approach it as we would any other attack upon the United States. If another country tried to attack us and… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125108>

Must Read and Must View Photos: “When It Costs $53,000 to Vote”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181285386&f=1116553&c=7958628&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 07, 2021
Jesse Wegman and Damon Winter<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/opinion/election-voting-fine-felony-florida.html?referringSource=articleShare> for NYT Opinion: Twenty years ago, Judy Bolden served 18 months in a Florida prison. She has been free ever since, but she is still barred from voting by the state until she pays all… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125106>

My Appearance on the PBS News Hour with Judy Woodruff: “How false fraud claims are eroding integrity of American election system”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181285388&f=1116553&c=7958628&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 07, 2021
You can watch or listen to this extensive segment here<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-false-fraud-claims-are-eroding-integrity-of-american-election-system>.

“Gableman backs off: Attorney overseeing election review cancels interviews, relinquishes on subpoenas for now”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181285390&f=1116553&c=7958628&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 07, 2021
Patrick Marley<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2021/10/07/gableman-backs-off-interviews-subpoenas-election-officials/6043413001/> for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: In a dramatic turnaround, an attorney reviewing the 2020 election for Assembly Republicans on Thursday canceled interviews with mayors and city clerks and backed off on subpoenas he issued to them days ago. … Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125102>

“Christian Conservative Lawyer Had Secretive Role in Bid to Block Election Result”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181285392&f=1116553&c=7958628&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 07, 2021
NYT<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/us/politics/religious-conservative-michael-farris-lawsuit-2020-election.html>: One of the nation’s most prominent religious conservative lawyers played a critical behind-the-scenes role in the lawsuit that Republican state attorneys general filed in December in a last-ditch effort to overturn the election of President Biden, documents show.The… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125100>

“‘The intelligence was there’: Law enforcement warnings abounded in the runup to Jan. 6”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181285394&f=1116553&c=7958628&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 07, 2021
Politico<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~www.politico.com/news/2021/10/07/law-enforcement-warnings-january-6-515531?nname=playbook-pm&nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nrid=0000014e-f109-dd93-ad7f-f90d0def0000&nlid=964328>: On Dec. 24, a private intelligence company that works with law enforcement issued a grave warning: Users of a pro-Trump internet forum were talking about turning violent on Jan. 6.“[A] supposedly violent insurrection by [Trump’s] supporters has ‘always… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125098>

“Behind the Curtain of Post-Election Canvassing, Audits, and Certification”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181285396&f=1116553&c=7958628&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 07, 2021
New report<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7958628_/~bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/behind-the-curtain-of-elections/> from Matthew Weil and Christopher Thomas of the Bipartisan Policy Center.
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