Hans von Spakovsky Won’t Say If the 2020 Election Was “Rigged”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2yGcbyoBnM&t=5290s
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Roundup: Colorado Supreme Court’s Disqualification of Trump from 2024 Primary Ballot
Select Coverage: WSJ & WaPo
Analysis/Opinion: Aaron Blake, David Frum, Democratic & Republican lawmakers (The Hill & Time Magazine), Maggie Haberman, Rick Hasen, Maya King, Harry Litman, Derek Muller, Hans von … Continue reading
My New One at Slate with Dahlia Lithwick: “The Effort to Suppress the Vote Is Spreading to the Republican Mainstream”
I have written this piece with Dahlia Lithwick for Slate. It begins:
It’s bad enough when a trio of voter suppression groups led by charlatans gets together at an annual secret conference sponsored in part by a group created by … Continue reading
New Documents Show Heritage Actions Activities to Make Voting and Registration Harder
The Guardian:
The 990 tax filing was obtained by the watchdog group Documented and shared with the Guardian. It points to the pivotal role that Heritage Action is increasingly playing in shaping the rules that govern US democracy.
The efforts… Continue reading
NYT on “2000 Mules”/True the Vote Nonsense; Come for the Part Where Greg Phillip Says His Method to Track Supposed Voter Fraud is a “Trade Secret”; Stay for the Von Spakovsky Lie About Federal Law and Ballot Collection
NYT:
The film, directed by the conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, is based in part on an erroneous premise: that getting paid to deliver other people’s ballots is illegal not just in states like Pennsylvania and Georgia where True the Vote… Continue reading
“Why did this EAC commissioner talk to the senator behind Arizona’s audit?”
Jessica Huseman (in Votebeat’s indispensable weekly newsletter):
A newly revealed text message about Christy McCormick, a commissioner and past chair of the Election Assistance Commission, raised eyebrows among election observers this week. The exchange between two Arizona state senators… Continue reading
More of the Brnovich Symposium on SCOTUSblog
TPM: von Spakovsky Involved with Group That Originated Crazy Conspiracy Theory that Italian Defense Contractor Changed Votes from Trump to Biden (via Satellite!) During 2020 Election
Josh Kovensky for TPM:
For those ready to believe that President Trump really won re-election, there’s one particularly fantastical conspiracy theory to hang your hat on.It’s called ItalyGate, and it offers a simple, direct, and especially implausible claim: An Italian… Continue reading
“Group that can’t find systemic voter fraud eager to help combat systemic voter fraud”
WaPo:
The whole Mother Jones report provides an interesting insight into how outside groups can (and often have) pushed legislation that they themselves have helped draft behind closed doors. But here we’ll diverge to make another point.That is this: Anderson… Continue reading
“Leaked Video: Dark Money Group Brags About Writing GOP Voter Suppression Bills Across the Country”
Mother Jones: (leaked video)
In a private meeting last month with big-money donors, the head of a top conservative group boasted that her outfit had crafted the new voter suppression law in Georgia and was doing the same with… Continue reading
LOL
Von Spakovsky at hearing.
https://twitter.com/JessicaHuseman/status/1382742368319799296
“G.O.P. and Allies Draft ‘Best Practices’ for Restricting Voting”
NYT:
In late January, a small group of dedicated volunteers from the conservative Heritage Action for America met with Republican legislators in Georgia, delivering a letter containing detailed proposals for rolling back access to voting. Within days, bills to restrict… Continue reading
Guardian Takes Deep Dive on the Three Elder Statesmen of the Fraudulent Fraud Squad: Adams, Kobach, and Von Spakovsky
Very Disappointing to See Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s Office Coordinating Policy on Voting with Noted Vote Suppressor Hans von Spakovsky
In the past I’ve found Secretary Frank LaRose of Ohio to be interested in bipartisan and commonsense approaches to election administration. He was one of the two keynotes (along with Michigan SOS Jocelyn Benson) at our February conference, “Can American… Continue reading