Category Archives: chicanery

“Fake intern who recorded McCaskill campaign had access to voter info, campaign says”

October 18, 2018, 3:33 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

KC Star: A conservative activist with Project Veritas posed as an intern with U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill’s campaign and had access to voter information, according to a stack of documents McCaskill’s lawyer delivered to Attorney General Josh Hawley’s office Friday.… Continue reading

“Exclusive: Facebook to ban misinformation on voting in upcoming U.S. elections”

October 15, 2018, 1:21 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Reuters: Facebook Inc (FB.O) will ban false information about voting requirements and fake reports of violence or long lines at polling stations in the run-up to and during next month’s U.S. midterm elections, company executives told Reuters, the… Continue reading

“DHS finds increasing attempts to hack U.S. election systems ahead of midterms”

October 15, 2018, 1:17 pmcampaigns, chicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Pete Williams and Ken Dilanian for NBC News: The Department of Homeland Security says it’s working to identify who — or what — is behind an increasing number of attempted cyber attacks on U.S. election databases ahead of next month’s… Continue reading

“U.S. Still Hasn’t Finalized Election Security Plans—and the Midterms Are Weeks Away”

October 15, 2018, 12:06 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Daily Beast: The midterms are less than a month away. But working groups inside the intelligence community charged with overseeing election security are still trying to finalize plans for countering foreign interference in the 2018 elections, three senior officials involved… Continue reading

“4 Women Indicted in North Texas Voter Fraud Ring”

October 12, 2018, 3:23 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

NBC DFW: Four women who are accused of targeting elderly voters in 2016 were indicted on 30 felony counts of voter fraud and arrested following an investigation by the office of the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The defendants were… Continue reading

“Rick Gates Sought Online Manipulation Plans From Israeli Intelligence Firm for Trump Campaign”

October 9, 2018, 6:49 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: A top Trump campaign official requested proposals in 2016 from an Israeli company to create fake online identities, to use social media manipulation and to gather intelligence to help defeat Republican primary race opponents and Hillary Clinton, according to… Continue reading

Today’s Must-Read: “Russia’s Pro-Gun Influence Accounts Copied The NRA — And Sometimes, Vice Versa”

September 21, 2018, 9:28 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Tim Mak for NPR with a fascinating report: Russian social media agitators who pushed pro-gun messages in the United States sometimes copied the language of the National Rifle Association. And sometimes, the NRA copied them. What isn’t clear is whether… Continue reading

“The Plot to Subvert an Election”

September 20, 2018, 7:23 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Deep NYT dive: For many Americans, the Trump-Russia story as it has been voluminously reported over the past two years is a confusing tangle of unfamiliar names and cyberjargon, further obscured by the shout-fest of partisan politics. What Robert S.… Continue reading

What’s Behind the DOJ Request for Voting Documents in North Carolina?

September 13, 2018, 3:55 pmchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld: According to two now-retired senior North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement (BOE) officials — Gary Bartlett, its former executive director, who served for 20 years in that post, and Marshall Tutor, his top investigator —… Continue reading

“Trump Officials Prepared For Supreme Court Fight Over Census Question”

September 13, 2018, 9:31 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Hansi Lo Wang, who has been the go-to reporter on Censusgate, with this NPR report.

“Exclusive: Trump to target foreign meddling in U.S. elections with sanctions order – sources”

September 11, 2018, 9:20 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Reuters: President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order as soon as Wednesday that will slap sanctions on any foreign companies or people who interfere in U.S. elections, based on intelligence agency findings, two sources familiar with the matter… Continue reading

The North Carolina subpoenas get even more disturbing

September 11, 2018, 11:24 amchicanery, voter registrationJustin Levitt

Looks like the North Carolina US Attorney’s Office also subpoenaed the state DMV. The subpoena is here. Among the other information sought: DMV voter registration documents (including from citizens) for individuals not born in the US and documents (including… Continue reading