Category Archives: chicanery

“State Dept. accuses Russia of ‘PR stunt’ in election-monitoring flap”

October 20, 2016, 12:54 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: The State Department on Thursday accused Moscow of a “PR stunt” after reports emerged that the U.S. had rejected Russia’s request to send delegates to “monitor” November’s polls — the latest twist in a bizarre election season sullied by… Continue reading

New Trump Comments on Conceding If He Loses Seem to Say Two Contradictory Things

October 20, 2016, 11:30 amchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo on Trump’s latest comments, and it seems like he seems like he’s saying two contradictory things: Donald Trump said Thursday that he would accept the results of the presidential election “if I win,” but he doubled down on… Continue reading

“Trump’s Bogus Voter Fraud Claims”

October 20, 2016, 11:09 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

FactCheck.org.

“What the New James O’Keefe Videos Show and What They Don’t”

October 20, 2016, 9:38 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Ed Kilgore for NY Mag: Not being an election lawyer or someone trained to spot misleadingly spliced video material (something O’Keefe has been accused of in the past), I am in no position to make a comprehensive assessment of the… Continue reading

“Even Fox News Acknowledges ‘Experts Say Voter Fraud Is Rare’”

October 20, 2016, 9:15 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Oh, karma.

“Democrats Play Up Donald Trump’s Hedge on Accepting Election Result”

October 20, 2016, 8:36 amcampaigns, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Alex Burns for the NYT.

“Donald Trump Brings Election ‘Rigging’ Charges Front and Center”

October 20, 2016, 8:29 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Byron Tau for the WSJ: Charges that election results might be rigged have moved from the fringes of U.S. politics to a central issue in the closing days of the 2016 campaign as Republican Donald Trump has repeatedly and without… Continue reading

“Fact check: Arizona GOP’s misleading claim on ‘ballot harvesting'”

October 20, 2016, 8:26 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Arizona Republic.

“Let’s take Rudy Giuliani’s voter-fraud theories to their natural conclusion”

October 20, 2016, 8:24 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Philip Bump: In the most recent RealClearPolitics polling average in the state, Hillary Clinton leads Trump by 6.2 points, earning 46.4 percent to Trump’s 40.2. Assuming 6 million people vote, that means that we’d expect the final vote tally in… Continue reading

“Donald Trump’s charge on the election’s integrity reverberates in both campaigns”

October 20, 2016, 8:20 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Questioned directly as to whether he would accept the outcome should Democratic nominee Clinton prevail Nov. 8, Trump demurred. “I’ll keep you in suspense,” the Republican nominee said. Clinton called Trump’s answer “horrifying,” saying he was “talking down our… Continue reading

“Kobach warns that non-citizens could tip election”

October 20, 2016, 7:52 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Bryan Lowry for the Wichita Eagle: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an early endorser and adviser to Trump, says he thinks enough non-citizens are registered to vote in swing states that it could tip the balance of the presidential… Continue reading

RNC, Desperate to Try to Avoid Extension of Voter Intimidation Consent Decree, Tries to Distance from Trump

October 20, 2016, 7:39 amchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Back on August 12, I wrote: With Trump’s dangerous and irresponsible hyperventilating about voter fraud and cheating in Pennsylvania potentially costing him the election, it is probably no surprise, as reported by theWeekly Standard, that Trump is seeking “election … Continue reading

Indiana SOS, Who Yelled Voter Registration Fraud, Now Has to Walk It Back

October 20, 2016, 6:56 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

IBJ: A day after warning of potential widespread voting fraud, Indiana’s secretary of state acknowledged Wednesday that many of the thousands of altered registration forms she flagged might just be from residents rushing to correct their names or birth dates… Continue reading

Donald Trump’s Makes Chilling and Unprecedented Debate Comment About Not Accepting the Result of the Election

October 19, 2016, 8:13 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: Mr. Trump also insisted, as he has in recent days, that the general election has been rigged against him, and he twice refused to say that he would accept its result. “I will look at it at the time,”… Continue reading