Category Archives: chicanery

“Russia Seen Adopting New Tactics in U.S. Election Interference Efforts”

November 8, 2018, 1:28 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Reuters: If the goals of spreading divisive content have remained the same, the methods have evolved in multiple ways, researchers say. For one, there has been less reliance on pure fiction. People have been sensitized to look for completely false… Continue reading

“Brian Kemp and His Staff Caught in a String of Falsehoods”

November 6, 2018, 9:50 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WhoWhatWhy: WhoWhatWhy asked the secretary of state’s office if it planned to conduct an audit to ascertain that unauthorized changes had not been made to voter registrations. Broce responded, “There is no such vulnerability in the system as alleged by… Continue reading

“House Dem candidates snag free rent; Party lawyers get creative with campaign finance law.”

November 5, 2018, 7:44 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: House Democrats have exploited campaign finance law to pay rent for dozens of campaign offices used by their candidates in 2018 — an arrangement that’s further padded the party’s massive financial advantage in the midterms even as Republicans cry… Continue reading

“Brian Kemp Just Engaged in a Last-Minute Act of Banana-Republic Level Voter Manipulation in Georgia”

November 4, 2018, 12:50 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: In perhaps the most outrageous example of election administration partisanship in the modern era, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who is running for governor while simultaneously in charge of the… Continue reading

Democratic Super PAC Mailer Quotes Breitbart in Mississippi Senate Race

November 4, 2018, 12:43 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Y’all Politics.

“Why the First Amendment Does Not Protect Trump Campaign Collusion with Wikileaks and Russia”

November 2, 2018, 3:43 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Bob Bauer and Ryan Goodman for Just Security.

“Hoboken developer ‘Pupie’ Raia indicted in alleged cash-for-votes scheme”

November 2, 2018, 7:57 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

NJ.com: Frank “Pupie” Raia, a real-estate developer and major figure in Hoboken politics for decades, was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday and accused of overseeing a cash-for-votes operation during the city’s 2013 municipal race. Prosecutors allege Raia, 67,… Continue reading

“Someone Paid Thousands Of Foreigners 20 Cents Each To Hide HuffPost’s Negative Coverage Of A Democratic PAC”

November 1, 2018, 12:57 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

HuffPost: HuffPost’s April 2016 report investigated the tactics of End Citizens United, a political action committee founded by three former staffers at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the party’s official organ dedicated to electing Democrats to the House of Representatives.… Continue reading

“With $30 Million, Obscure Democratic Group Floods the Zone in House Races”

October 31, 2018, 2:26 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: A structure unknown even to some of those involved, Floridians for a Fair Shake and 13 other groups around the country are funded and coordinated out of a single office in Washington, with the goal of battering Republicans for… Continue reading

“How a right-wing troll and a Russian Twitter account created 2016’s biggest voter fraud story”

October 30, 2018, 2:10 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NBC News: When Naim Tyler tweeted a video on Nov. 8, 2016, that showed an alleged voting machine malfunction in favor of Hillary Clinton, he expected some attention. But he didn’t realize what was about to happen. The video… Continue reading

Postcard Advises Arizona Democrats to Vote on Wrong Election Day

October 26, 2018, 2:52 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

cc: @rickhasen — Arizona's Politics (@AZs_Politics) October 26, 2018

One of the Messages from Russian Interference in 2018 Elections Pushed Judicial Watch’s Claim that Voter Fraud Was Rampant in “Blue States” Without Voter ID

October 19, 2018, 12:07 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Here’s the complaint from the newest members of the Fraudulent Fraud Squad. As Adam Smith flags from page 16: Hmm! https://t.co/gYTkyUISiW pic.twitter.com/643MZlkllS — Adam Smith (@asmith83) October 19, 2018 The 11 California counties claim came from Judicial Watch. More… Continue reading

“Justice Dept. charges Russian woman with interference in Midterm elections”

October 19, 2018, 11:32 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: The Justice Department on Friday charged a Russian woman for her role in a conspiracy to interfere with the 2018 U.S. election, marking the first criminal case prosecutors have brought against a foreign national for meddling in the upcoming… Continue reading

Texas: “Attorneys accuse AG Paxton of seeking voter fraud charges to suppress minority vote”

October 19, 2018, 7:34 amchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Fort Worth Star Telegram: Recent charges alleging that four women are part of an organized voter fraud ring on the city’s north side — announced just weeks before the Nov. 6 midterm election — are political moves geared to diminish… Continue reading