Category Archives: chicanery

“‘Fight for your life’: Georgia election workers prepare for election under cloud of threats”

October 7, 2024, 6:53 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

ABC News: In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, arguably no state became as central to former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his election loss as Georgia — the state Joe Biden stunningly won by just over… Continue reading

“Georgia Republicans sow doubt about Dominion voting machines in 2020 throwback”

October 2, 2024, 12:04 pmchicanery, election administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

CNN: Just weeks before early voting begins in Georgia, Republican Party officials and Donald Trump allies are trying to preemptively sow doubt about the viability of Dominion systems used across the key swing state, arguing in court that the machines… Continue reading

“AI Could Still Wreck the Presidential Election”

September 30, 2024, 11:26 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneir in The Atlantic.

“The Intriguing Role Public Financing of Campaigns Played in the Eric Adams Indictments”

September 27, 2024, 2:10 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy for Washington Monthly.

“Consultant fined $6 million for using AI to fake Biden’s voice in robocalls”

September 27, 2024, 5:30 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Reuters: The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday finalized a $6 million fine for a political consultant over fake robocalls that mimicked President Joe Biden’s voice, urging New Hampshire voters not to vote in that state’s Democratic primary. In May, Steven… Continue reading

“Republican Wisconsin congressman falsely suggests city clerk was lying about absentee ballots”

September 27, 2024, 5:27 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

AP: The mailing of about 2,200 duplicate absentee ballots in Wisconsin’s heavily Democratic capital city of Madison has led a Republican member of Congress to falsely suggest that the clerk was lying about the presence of barcodes on the ballots… Continue reading

“Iranians indicted in connection with Trump campaign hack”

September 26, 2024, 3:04 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: A grand jury has indicted multiple Iranians on charges related to hacking Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. The federal charges stem from an Iranian operation that allegedly stole internal Trump campaign communications this summer, according to three people familiar… Continue reading

Key Part of Indictment Against NYC Mayor Eric Adams is Foreign Conduit Campaign Contributions

September 26, 2024, 2:31 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has been indicted on federal charges of bribery conspiracy, fraud and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations. The indictment, brought by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, was unsealed… Continue reading

“Wisconsin mayor carts away absentee ballot drop box, says he did nothing wrong”

September 25, 2024, 5:08 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Insane: The mayor of a central Wisconsin city who ran for office on his opposition to absentee ballot drop boxes said Wednesday he did nothing wrong when he put on work gloves, donned a hard hat and used a… Continue reading

“The Surprising Reality of Political Violence in America”

September 22, 2024, 5:44 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: When Donald J. Trump was nearly assassinated in Pennsylvania in July, a Dartmouth political scientist named Sean Westwood happened to be in the middle of a research project asking Americans about political violence. At the time, many feared that… Continue reading

“US Senate Warns Big Tech to Act Fast Against Election Meddling”

September 18, 2024, 5:24 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Wired: Top officials from Google, Apple, and Meta testified Wednesday before the United States Senate Intelligence Committee about each of their company’s ongoing efforts to identify and disrupt foreign influence campaigns ahead of the country’s November elections. The… Continue reading

“Suspicious packages sent to election officials in at least 6 states”

September 17, 2024, 7:02 amchicaneryRick Hasen

ABC News: Suspicious packages were sent to election officials in at least six states on Monday, but there were no reports that any of the packages contained hazardous material. Powder-containing packages were sent to secretaries of state and state election… Continue reading

Election Deniers on the Ballot as State Chief Election Officers

September 16, 2024, 4:01 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Bolts: In some of these states, including Missouri, Oregon, and Vermont, a candidate is once again running who has clearly embraced false conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. They’ve proposed taking drastic actions such as ending… Continue reading