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Ginni Thomas Believes There is Lots of Evidence of Fraud and Irregularities in 2020 (There Isn’t), Can’t Point to Any of It, and Apparently No Evidence Can Convince Her Otherwise
“The ‘Red Wave’ Washout: How Skewed Polls Fed a False Election Narrative”
NYT:
In the election’s immediate aftermath, the polling failures appeared to be in keeping with misfires in 2016 and 2020, when the strength of Donald J. Trump’s support was widely underestimated, and with the continuing struggles of an industry that… Continue reading
North Carolina: “AG: Meadows won’t face voter fraud charges in North Carolina”
AP:
Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff to President Donald Trump, won’t face voter fraud charges related to his 2020 registration and absentee vote in North Carolina, the state’s attorney general announced Friday.
Meadows, a… Continue reading
Kris Kobach Committee Agrees to Pay $30,000 Fine, Admits to Taking Illegal in-Kind Corporate Contribution from the “We Build the Wall Foundation” During U.S. Senate Run
Documents.
Others involved in the “We Build the Wall Foundation” have been convicted of crimes.
“Santos, a Suburban House and $11,000 in Campaign Payments for ‘Rent'”
NYT:
The company was called Cleaner 123, and over the course of four months, it received nearly $11,000 from the campaign of George Santos, the representative-elect from New York who appears to have invented whole swaths of his life story.… Continue reading
Arizona: “Pinal County election results: 500-vote discrepancy was ‘human error'”
Arizona Republic:
Three months after a disastrous primary, Pinal County seemed to pull off a smooth Election Day in November.
But the county made errors in counting some ballots, officials said as a 500-vote discrepancy between certified election tallies and… Continue reading
My 2022 Opeds and Commentaries
Here they are, in reverse chronological order:
I’ve Been Way More Worried About American Democracy Than I Am Right Now, Slate, November 14, 2022
The Courts are the Only Thing Holding Back Total Election Subversion, The Atlantic, November 2,… Continue reading
President Biden Signs Into Law the Electoral Count Reform Act
BFD, as Biden might say.
“Arizona: ‘Assessing our options’: Hamadeh calls for hand count, explores legal avenues in AG race”
Arizona Republic:
Republican candidate for attorney general Abe Hamadeh and his attorneys are continuing to question results and exploring legal options after a statewide recount showed a significant vote gain in his favor.
With almost 2.51 million votes cast in… Continue reading
“Century-old law let voters file baseless recount petitions and delay Pa.’s election certification; Election experts and advocates say Legislature should update 1927 statute that was written for an era of machine politics.”
VoteBeat:
Good-government advocates and voting experts say Pennsylvania should change a recount law that was weaponized by activists and delayed the state’s certification by several weeks.
A Votebeat and Spotlight PA review of historical legislative records and news articles… Continue reading
Arizona Recount Results Announced, Narrowing Democrat’s Win in AG Race
The margin went from 511 to 280 votes.
Hamadeh, the Republican who is behind, still might pursue legal action.
No details yet on where the numbers changed in the counties.
“George Santos, Lester Chang and Legislative Exclusion”
“Criminal prosecution is the wrong idea. Use the 14th Amendment on Trump.”
Bruce Ackerman and Gerald Magliocca WaPo oped.