Category Archives: chicanery

“This is what it took for Arizona Republicans to expel an election denier”

April 28, 2023, 7:33 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez for WaPo: The story of how Republicans decided to oust Harris — marking only the fourth time in history that an Arizona state House member has been expelled — illuminates what it takes for GOP lawmakers… Continue reading

“Public tirades, recall threats as Shasta County roils from decision to dump voting machines”

April 28, 2023, 7:23 amchicanery, voting technologyRick Hasen

LAT: Weeks after deciding to dump Dominion Voting Systems and become the largest government entity in the U.S. to hand-count its votes, Shasta County officials are now grappling with the complex logistics of actually carrying out that approach, accurately and… Continue reading

“A Fake Craigslist Ad Costs a New Hampshire Man His Right to Vote”

April 26, 2023, 7:30 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: On the day of a special election in New Hampshire in April 2021, Michael Drouin posted a fake advertisement on Craigslist offering a free trailer and listed the phone number of Bill Boyd, a candidate for a state House… Continue reading

Trump Donor Charged with Voter Fraud, Voting in Both Ohio and Florida in 2020 and 2022

April 26, 2023, 7:16 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Fox8 reports.

“The Jolt: Top Trump lawyer never saw proof of Dominion fraud claims”

April 26, 2023, 7:14 amchicanery, voting technologyRick Hasen

AJC: One of the chief architects of pro-Donald Trump election conspiracy theories conceded in a recording that she never saw evidence of voting machine fraud in Georgia — and that’s why she didn’t target election equipment maker Dominion in a… Continue reading

Arizona: “Cochise County ready to hire elections director who spread false claims of 2020 election rigging”

April 24, 2023, 4:49 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Votebeat: Cochise County is close to hiring an elections director who has repeatedly shared false claims about widespread election fraud on Facebook, including claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against former President Donald Trump. Bob Bartelsmeyer, currently the… Continue reading

“Iran gained access to election results server in 2020, military reveals”

April 24, 2023, 4:24 pmchicanery, voting technologyRick Hasen

WaPo: The U.S. military discovered that an Iranian hacking group had penetrated a local government website that was to report 2020 election results and disrupted the attack before the votes were tallied, officials revealed Monday during a conference of… Continue reading

“Testimony Suggests Trump Was at Meeting About Accessing Voting Software”

April 22, 2023, 11:27 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Former President Donald J. Trump took part in a discussion about plans to access voting system software in Michigan and Georgia as part of the effort to challenge his 2020 election loss, according to testimony from former Trump advisers.… Continue reading

“Exclusive: Text messages reveal Trump operatives considered using breached voting data to decertify Georgia’s Senate runoff in 2021”

April 21, 2023, 10:36 amchicanery, election subversion risk, voting technologyRick Hasen

CNN: In mid-January 2021, two men hired by former President Donald Trump’s legal team discussed over text message what to do with data obtained from a breached voting machine in a rural county in Georgia, including whether to use… Continue reading

“I.R.S. Official Is Said to Assert Political Meddling in Hunter Biden Inquiry”

April 21, 2023, 7:24 amchicanery, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

NYT: As Justice Department officials weigh whether to indict Hunter Biden, the investigator overseeing the Internal Revenue Service’s portion of the case has come forward with allegations of political favoritism in the inquiry that stand to add to the already… Continue reading

“Top GOP lawyer decries ease of campus voting in private pitch to RNC”

April 20, 2023, 8:59 amchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: A top Republican legal strategist told a roomful of GOP donors over the weekend that conservatives must band together to limit voting on college campuses, same-day voter registration and automatic mailing of ballots to registered voters, according to a… Continue reading

“Pa. Supreme Court angrily sanctions county for violating order on Dominion voting machines”

April 19, 2023, 11:09 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Philly Inquirer: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday said Fulton County had blatantly defied the court when it allowed a third-party company to access its 2020 voting machines. The county had first given a firm access to its Dominion voting… Continue reading

“UPDATED: Fulton prosecutors offered immunity deals to some GOP electors”

April 19, 2023, 7:34 amchicaneryRick Hasen

AJC: The Fulton County District Attorney’s office has offered immunity deals to some of the alternate GOP electors who met at the Georgia Capitol and cast phony Electoral College votes for Donald Trump following the 2020 election. In a… Continue reading

“No consequences so far after Trump supporters copied Georgia election data”

April 18, 2023, 7:28 amchicanery, election subversion risk, voting technologyRick Hasen

Mark Niesse for AJC: Caught by surveillance video, text messages and emails, overwhelming evidence shows that supporters of then-President Donald Trump copied Georgia’s statewide voting software from an election office in rural Coffee County in early 2021. Yet no… Continue reading