Category Archives: chicanery

Today’s Must-Read in NYT: “Russian Election Hacking Efforts, Wider Than Previously Known, Draw Little Scrutiny”

September 1, 2017, 11:51 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: After a presidential campaign scarred by Russian meddling, local, state and federal agencies have conducted little of the type of digital forensic investigation required to assess the impact, if any, on voting in at least 21 states whose election… Continue reading

“Former Walker Aide, Target in John Doe Probe, Loses Seventh Circuit Appeal”

August 30, 2017, 8:18 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

WisBar News: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that Cynthia Archer, a former aide to Gov. Scott Walker, cannot pursue claims against six Milwaukee prosecutors and investigators who targeted her in a John Doe probe.… Continue reading

“Cyber experts were blocked in their push to patch voting systems in 2016”

August 29, 2017, 10:33 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Troubling McClatchy report: They knew Russian operatives might try to tamper with the nation’s electronic voting systems. Many people inside the U.S. government and the Obama White House knew. In the summer of 2016, a cluster of volunteers on a… Continue reading

“U.S. state election officials still in the dark on Russian hacking”

August 25, 2017, 7:42 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Reuters: The federal government has not notified U.S. state election officials if their voting systems were targeted by suspected Russian hackers during the 2016 presidential campaign, and the information will likely never be made public, a top state election chief… Continue reading

“Lobbyist at Trump Campaign Meeting Has a Web of Russian Connections”

August 21, 2017, 7:15 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT deep dive: Rinat Akhmetshin, a Russian immigrant who met last summer with senior Trump campaign officials, has often struck colleagues as a classic Washington mercenary — loyal to his wife, his daughter and his bank account. He avoided work… Continue reading

“Trump’s Son In Crosshairs Of Special Counsel Mueller”

August 21, 2017, 6:53 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

BuzzFeed reports.

“Seattle candidate accused of defrauding first-in-nation democracy-voucher program”

August 18, 2017, 10:44 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Seattle Times: Seattle police are investigating a City Council campaign after an allegation that it tried to defraud Seattle’s first-in-the-nation, taxpayer-funded “democracy voucher” program. The police inquiry comes after a former campaign manager for Sheley Secrestwent to city… Continue reading

“At Senator Menendez’s Trial, Stakes Are High for Democrats”

August 17, 2017, 10:23 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Shane Goldmacher for the NYT: If Mr. Menendez, a Democrat, is convicted and then expelled from the United States Senate by early January, his replacement would be picked by Gov. Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey and an… Continue reading

Lawsuit Alleges Westchester Board of Elections Invalidated Campaign Petition Signatures Using “W.P.” Instead of “White Plains” in Addresses

August 14, 2017, 11:10 amballot access, chicaneryRick Hasen

If true this is a big problem.

“Voter fraud in Arizona: What it looks like, how often it happens and how it is fought”

August 14, 2017, 7:43 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

The Arizona Republic reports.

“Our Hackable Democracy”

August 10, 2017, 6:01 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Sue Halpern NYRB.

Must-Read: “Russian Cyberattack Targeted Elections Vendor Tied To Voting Day Disruptions”

August 10, 2017, 1:34 pmchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Must-read Pam Fessler for NPR: When people showed up in several North Carolina precincts to vote last November, weird things started to happen with the electronic systems used to check them in. “Voters were going in and being told that… Continue reading

“Here’s a voter fraud myth: Richard Daley ‘stole’ Illinois for John Kennedy in the 1960 election”

August 8, 2017, 8:51 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Paul von Hippel: President Trump has chartered a Commission on Election Integrity to investigate his claim that millions of voters, including undocumented immigrants, voted illegally in 2016. Although no evidence has been offered to support this allegation, it does evoke… Continue reading