Category Archives: chicanery

“Foreign Hackers Cripple Texas County’s Email System, Raising Election Security Concerns”

September 24, 2020, 8:36 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

ProPublica: The previously unreported attack on Hamilton illustrates an overlooked security weakness that could hamper the November election: the vulnerability of email systems in county offices that handle the voting process from registration to casting and counting ballots. Although experts… Continue reading

“Facebook Takes Down Fake Pages Created in China Aimed at Influencing U.S. Election”

September 23, 2020, 7:45 amcampaigns, cheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Facebook has detected limited Chinese operations intended to both help and hurt President Trump’s re-election chances, the company announced on Tuesday, the first public disclosure of Chinese efforts to influence the presidential election in November.The Chinese activity, while modest… Continue reading

“How Republicans Are Trying to Use the Green Party to Their Advantage”

September 22, 2020, 9:51 pmballot access, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: With Mr. Trump trailing Joseph R. Biden Jr. in most national and swing-state polls, Republicans are again trying to help third parties that may appeal to Democratic voters and siphon off votes from Mr. Biden. This is taking place… Continue reading

“FBI warns against foreign disinformation regarding election results”

September 22, 2020, 5:15 pmchicanery, Election MeltdownRick Hasen

CNN: The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned the public Tuesday that foreign actors might spread disinformation about the results of the 2020 election and encouraged voters to be patient with delayed results.”The increased use of mail-in… Continue reading

“In secret recording, trainer for Unlock Michigan advises on unlawful tactics”

September 22, 2020, 7:46 amchicanery, direct democracyRick Hasen

Detroit Free Press: The company collecting signatures to strip Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of her emergency powers coached paid petition circulators on giving voters false information, illegally collecting signatures without witnessing them, trespassing on private property, and even lying under oath,… Continue reading

“Secret CIA assessment: Putin ‘probably directing’ influence operation to denigrate Biden”

September 22, 2020, 7:05 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Josh Rogin WaPo column: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top aides are “probably directing” a Russian foreign influence operation to interfere in the 2020 presidential election against former vice president Joe Biden, which involves a prominent Ukrainian lawmaker connected… Continue reading

“Trump Supporters Disrupt Early Voting in Virginia” (And the Virginia GOP Troublingly Gloats About It in a Tweet)

September 20, 2020, 9:15 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: A group of Trump supporters waving campaign flags disrupted the second day of early voting in Fairfax, Va., on Saturday, chanting “four more years” as voters entered a polling location and, at one point, forming a line that… Continue reading

“Prepare for the Worst and Fight for the Best: A Citizen’s Guide to 2020 Electoral Interference”

September 18, 2020, 11:46 amchicanery, Election MeltdownRick Hasen

Just Security.

“Wisconsin Elections Commission: 19 Reported Cases Of Possible Voter Fraud Over Nearly 2 Years”

September 16, 2020, 8:05 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

WPR: The violations were: Seven reports of an undeliverable Election Day registration confirmation postcard.Four reports of an individual attempting to vote twice in the same election by trying to cast a ballot in two different municipalities.Three reports of an… Continue reading

“Pro-Trump youth group enlists teens in secretive campaign likened to a ‘troll farm,’ prompting rebuke by Facebook and Twitter”

September 15, 2020, 5:44 pmcampaigns, cheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Washington Post: One tweet claimed coronavirus numbers were intentionally inflated, adding, “It’s hard to know what to believe.” Another warned, “Don’t trust Dr. Fauci.”A Facebook comment argued that mail-in ballots “will lead to fraud for this election,” while an Instagram… Continue reading

von Spakovsky Mischief: “No Democrats Allowed: A Conservative Lawyer Holds Secret Voter Fraud Meetings With State Election Officials”

September 15, 2020, 11:29 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

ProPublica: Starting in early spring, as the coronavirus took hold, a conservative lawyer at the forefront of raising alarms about voting by mail held multiple private briefings exclusively for Republican state election officials, according to previously unreported public records.The… Continue reading

“A bug in Joe Biden’s campaign app gave anyone access to millions of voter files”

September 14, 2020, 2:17 pmcampaigns, cheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Tech Crunch: A privacy bug in Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s official campaign app allowed anyone to look up sensitive voter information on millions of Americans, a security researcher has found.The campaign app, Vote Joe, allows Biden supporters to… Continue reading

“‘This is f—ing crazy’: Florida Latinos swamped by wild conspiracy theories; A flood of disinformation and deceptive claims is damaging Joe Biden in the nation’s biggest swing state.”

September 14, 2020, 1:57 pmcampaigns, cheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: George Soros directs a “deep state” global conspiracy network. A Joe Biden win would put America in control of “Jews and Blacks.” The Democratic nominee has a pedophilia problem.Wild disinformation like this is inundating Spanish-speaking residents of South… Continue reading

Blockbuster BuzzFeed Story: “Facebook Is Turning A Blind Eye To Global Political Manipulation, According To This Explosive Secret Memo”

September 14, 2020, 1:32 pmcampaigns, cheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

So troubling: Facebook ignored or was slow to act on evidence that fake accounts on its platform have been undermining elections and political affairs around the world, according to an explosive memo sent by a recently fired Facebook employee and… Continue reading

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