Category Archives: chicanery

“EXCLUSIVE: Absentee ballot envelopes in North Carolina fit into ‘a pattern of fraud'”

December 3, 2018, 9:41 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Judd Legum: The envelopes of the absentee ballots are a rich source of information because they require not only the signature of the voter but the signature of two witnesses. Pending an investigation by the North Carolina State Board… Continue reading

“New clues link $1 million Trump inauguration mystery money to secretive ‘dark money’ network”

November 29, 2018, 3:45 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Open Secrets: Notorious “dark money” conduit Wellspring Committee gave $14.8 million to the primary spender on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation and paid $919,900 to the mysterious LLC that made a $1 million donation to President Donald Trump’s… Continue reading

Evidence of Absentee Ballot Fraud Emerging in North Carolina Congressional Race, But Scale Uncertain

November 29, 2018, 12:14 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Here's another affidavit from a Bladen absentee voter. One reason why state officials apparently looking into such cases. #ncpol #nc9 #ncga pic.twitter.com/qC1EpVLsXp — Jim Morrill (@jimmorrill) November 29, 2018 Charlotte Observer editorial: Aha! NC voter fraud does exist. … Continue reading

“N.C. officials investigating possible irregularities in 9th Congressional District election”

November 28, 2018, 8:02 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Kirk Ross at WaPo: North Carolina election officials are investigating possible irregularities with absentee ballots in the state’s 9th Congressional District, refusing to certify the race weeks after Election Day. Unofficial results show Mark Harris, a Republican, defeating Democrat… Continue reading

“NC Elections Investigator Seized Absentee Ballots From Bladen County”

November 28, 2018, 9:45 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

The plot thickens.

With Suggestion of Chicanery, Something Strange Happening in Delay of Certification of North Carolina Congressional Race [Corrected Title]

November 27, 2018, 4:26 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

This is some major news breaking in #ncpol tonight: Via @jimmorrill: NC elections board refuses to certify 9th Congressional District race, leaving one of the closest elections in limbo https://t.co/1yhYHJMeeN pic.twitter.com/bVe8ToCjMI — Dr. Michael Bitzer (@BowTiePolitics) November 28, 2018

“No Investigators Have Talked To Georgia Democrats About Brian Kemp’s Claim They Tried To Hack Him”

November 21, 2018, 12:13 pmchicanery, voting technologyRick Hasen

BuzzFeed: Right before the election, Brian Kemp, at the time Georgia’s secretary of state and the Republican candidate for governor, announced an investigation into state Democrats, claiming they’d hacked him. He said he’d alerted federal authorities. Now, more than two… Continue reading

“A Cigarette for a Fake Signature? Election Fraud Charged on Los Angeles’ Skid Row”

November 21, 2018, 7:31 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: They are a familiar sight at farmers’ markets and public squares across California every election season: workers gathering signatures needed to place voter initiatives on the ballot. Nine people have been charged with felony election fraud after they went… Continue reading

“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

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