Category Archives: chicanery
With Suggestion of Chicanery, Something Strange Happening in Delay of Certification of North Carolina Congressional Race [Corrected Title]
This is some major news breaking in #ncpol tonight:
Via @jimmorrill: NC elections board refuses to certify 9th Congressional District race, leaving one of the closest elections in limbo https://t.co/1yhYHJMeeN pic.twitter.com/bVe8ToCjMI
— Dr. Michael Bitzer (@BowTiePolitics) November 28, 2018
“No Investigators Have Talked To Georgia Democrats About Brian Kemp’s Claim They Tried To Hack Him”
BuzzFeed:
Right before the election, Brian Kemp, at the time Georgia’s secretary of state and the Republican candidate for governor, announced an investigation into state Democrats, claiming they’d hacked him. He said he’d alerted federal authorities.
Now, more than two… Continue reading
“A Cigarette for a Fake Signature? Election Fraud Charged on Los Angeles’ Skid Row”
NYT:
They are a familiar sight at farmers’ markets and public squares across California every election season: workers gathering signatures needed to place voter initiatives on the ballot.
Nine people have been charged with felony election fraud after they went… Continue reading
“Florida Dems hire investigator to look into altered mail ballot ‘cure’ forms”
Tampa Bay Times:
The Florida Democratic Party has hired an investigator to dig into altered “cure affidavit” forms sent out to voters whose mail-in ballots had missing or non-matching signatures, according to a statement released by the party’s lawyer.… Continue reading
“RNC pays alleged leader of the 2000 ‘Brooks Brothers Riot’ to observe Broward recount”
Can’t Make this Up Dept: “Ex-chief investigator of Mercer County elections charged with voter fraud, witness tampering”
Trentonian:
A former chief investigator of Mercer County elections has been charged with voter fraud after officials learned she resides in Pennsylvania, yet has voted in New Jersey since at least 2012.
Andrea Palmucci-McGillicuddy, 52, is charged with fraudulent voting,… Continue reading
Wisconsin Republicans Try to Game Election Timing to Help Conservative Justice Get Reelected to State Supreme Court in 2020
“Florida Dems planned to use altered forms to fix mail ballots across state after deadline”
Naples Daily News:
A day after Florida’s election left top state races too close to call, a Democratic party leader directed staffers and volunteers to share altered election forms with voters to fix signature problems on absentee ballots after the… Continue reading
“As recount politics heat up, two Florida election officials are the targets of online harassment”
WaPo:
Several pro-Trump Facebook pages and one Twitter account on Monday posted the home address and phone number of the Broward County, Fla., election supervisor who has been the target of blistering criticism from the president and other Republicans amid… Continue reading
“An Open-and-Shut Violation of Campaign-Finance Law”
Bob Bauer for The Atlantic:
It is a strange turn of events when a president famous for denouncing “fake news” is discovered to have entered into an agreement with a media organization to finance the concealment of very real but… Continue reading
“The increasing evidence suggesting Trump violated campaign-finance law”
Philip Bump for WaPo.
Blockbuster WSJ Story: “Donald Trump Played Central Role in Hush Payoffs to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal”
WSJ:
As a presidential candidate in August 2015, Donald Trump huddled with a longtime friend, media executive David Pecker, in his cluttered 26th floor Trump Tower office and made a request.
What can you do to help my campaign? he… Continue reading
Another Troubling Development for the Rule of Law and Election Administration: Rick Scott Requests Law Enforcement to Investigate Broward County Vote Counting, As He’s Locked in a Close Race for Senate, and President Piles On
Banana republic stuff spreads.
Marc Caputo and Matt Dixon for Politico:
Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday night that he was calling for a state investigation into Broward County’s handling of tens of thousands of ballots that have led to… Continue reading