Category Archives: chicanery

Watch Archived Video of Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar, “AI, Social Media, the Information Environment and the 2024 Elections” (Klonick, Nyhan, Persily)

October 22, 2024, 3:40 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

This was a great conversation, in some ways reassuring and in other ways definitely not. Watch here:

Guess Who’s Going to Own a Claim to $2 Million in Debt from the Trump Campaign? Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss

October 22, 2024, 1:30 pmchicanery, RemediesRick Hasen

From an order related to collecting on the defamation judgment from Rudy Giuliani: Defendant testified under oath at the Section 341 meeting of creditors in his bankruptcy case that he is owed “about two million dollars” by either or both… Continue reading

“How elderly dementia patients are unwittingly fueling political campaigns”

October 22, 2024, 9:45 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicanery, voters with disabilitiesRick Hasen

CNN: The 80-year-old communications engineer from Texas had saved for decades, driving around in an old car and buying clothes from thrift stores so he’d have enough money to enjoy his retirement years. But as dementia robbed him of his… Continue reading

“Republicans Who Led 2020 Election Denial Now Sowing Doubt in 2024 Votes”

October 22, 2024, 7:52 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Starting in late 2020, Representative Scott Perry was one of the ringleaders of the Republican plot to use the House’s constitutional role in certifying the electoral count to delegitimize the results in a bid to help Donald J. Trump… Continue reading

“Republican Official in Arizona Pleads Guilty in Election Certification Case”

October 21, 2024, 3:56 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: A Republican county official in Arizona who delayed certification of the 2022 election pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge of failing or refusing to perform her duty as an election officer. The official, Peggy Judd, had cited concerns… Continue reading

ELB Podcast 6:3: From Nov. 5 to Jan. 6: Are We Prepared for a Fair and Safe Election? (Ginsberg, Diamond, Kleinfeld, Tolson)

October 21, 2024, 1:54 pmchicanery, ELB Podcast, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Season 6, Episode 3 of the ELB Podcast: What are the risks to a peaceful transition of power once all the votes have been cast? What can we learn from history and from other democracies about our moment of democratic… Continue reading

“Protecting Your Vote: Nevada’s ‘swingiest’ county emerges as key battleground in election certification fight”

October 21, 2024, 6:21 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

ABC News: Politicos in Washoe County, Nevada, proudly refer to their home as “the swingiest county in the swingiest state,” where voters in the sprawling and sparsely populated swath of desert might very well tilt the scales of a deadlocked … Continue reading

“How Republicans pushed social media companies to stop fighting election misinformation”

October 21, 2024, 6:13 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: Three years ago, major internet platforms including Meta, Twitter and YouTube responded to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots with decisive action — suspending thousands of accounts that had spread election lies and removing posts glorifying the attack on… Continue reading

“U.S. cybersecurity chief says election systems have ‘never been more secure'”

October 20, 2024, 7:56 pmchicanery, voting technologyRick Hasen

NPR: Amid widespread concerns of outside interference influencing the results this year’s presidential election, the head of the country’s cybersecurity agency says election infrastructure is more secure than ever. State and local election officials across the country have made big… Continue reading

Elon Musk Veers Into Clearly Illegal Vote Buying, Offering $1 Million Per Day Lottery Prize Only to Registered Voters

October 19, 2024, 6:40 pmchicanery, vote buyingRick Hasen

Hugo Lowell: “Elon Musk says on stage at a town hall that America PAC will be awarding $1 million every day until the election to a registered Pennsylvania voter who has signed his petition. Musk awarded the first $1… Continue reading

“Pro-Trump dark money network tied to Elon Musk behind fake pro-Harris campaign scheme”

October 19, 2024, 9:36 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Open Secrets: An initiative called Progress 2028 that purports to be Kamala Harris’ liberal counter to the conservative Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 is actually run by a dark money network supporting former President Donald Trump. Building America’s Future, the dark… Continue reading

“Elon Musk-Funded PAC Chases Jewish and Muslim Votes With Wildly Conflicting Messaging”

October 19, 2024, 7:59 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Daily Beast: A pro-Donald Trump Super PAC funded by Elon Musk is chasing votes in two key swing states—in ways that outright contradict each other. According to Meta and Snapchat’s political ad disclosures, the Future Coalition PAC has… Continue reading

“Citizen advocates are training to disrupt 2024 elections in the name of election integrity”

October 19, 2024, 7:43 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Sarah Wire for USA Today: For the last four years, a network of right-wing activists and Trump allies, like Clements, has crisscrossed the country and held thousands of organizing meetings in order to create an army of tens of thousands of… Continue reading

Election Betting Markets as a New Source for Disinformation? “A Mystery $30 Million Wave of Pro-Trump Bets Has Moved a Popular Prediction Market”

October 18, 2024, 8:21 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

WSJ: Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are neck and neck in the polls. But in one popular betting market, the odds have skewed heavily in Trump’s favor, raising questions about a recent flurry of wagers and… Continue reading

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