Category Archives: chicanery

“Florida Dems hire investigator to look into altered mail ballot ‘cure’ forms”

November 19, 2018, 10:03 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

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”

November 16, 2018, 2:42 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

The Miami Herald reports.

Can’t Make this Up Dept: “Ex-chief investigator of Mercer County elections charged with voter fraud, witness tampering”

November 16, 2018, 7:32 amchicaneryRick Hasen

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

November 15, 2018, 3:42 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Lame duck shenanigans.

“Florida Dems planned to use altered forms to fix mail ballots across state after deadline”

November 15, 2018, 11:40 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

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”

November 13, 2018, 10:55 amchicaneryRick Hasen

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”

November 11, 2018, 1:04 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

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”

November 11, 2018, 12:55 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Philip Bump for WaPo.

Blockbuster WSJ Story: “Donald Trump Played Central Role in Hush Payoffs to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal”

November 9, 2018, 7:16 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

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

November 8, 2018, 7:30 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

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

“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

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