“Man, 81, Pleads Guilty To Voting in N.H. and Mass.”
If this is the proof of the busloads of voters, those are very, very small buses.
Category Archives: chicanery
“Census 2020 Tests Social-Media Giants’ Ability to Combat Disinformation”
The Wall St. Journal highlights the social media fight against disinformation ahead of the 2020 census.
“Cyber attacks and electronic voting errors threaten 2020 outcome, experts warn”
The Guardian reports.
Cybersecurity is exceedingly important. And now your reminder that at least in the
past, we have been more prone
to hacking than the voting systems.
“Feds: No Evidence Hackers Disrupted North Carolina Voting”
With lots of election security concerns in the air, a
problem in 2016 with electronic pollbooks in Durham County generated a fair
amount of attention. At the time, it
didn’t look like a malicious incursion, but that didn’t stop speculation,… Continue reading
9 Iowans suspected of voting twice in 2018
The cases have been referred for further investigation. The initial flag apparently comes from ERIC (the Electronic Registration Information Center), which is more careful than other systems at screening for false positives.
“How Close Did Russia Really Come to Hacking the 2016 Election?”
Kim Zetter for Politico:
Public confidence in the integrity of the 2016 election outcome rests largely on the belief that the Russian hackers—who did, in fact, attempt to meddle in the election, according to the U.S. intelligence community—were blocked before… Continue reading
“U.S. Cybercom contemplates information warfare to counter Russian interference in 2020 election”
WaPo:
Military cyber officials are developing information warfare tactics that could be deployed against senior Russian officials and oligarchs if Moscow tries to interfere in the 2020 U.S. elections through hacking election systems or sowing widespread discord, according to… Continue reading
“The Role of Campaign Finance Laws in the Ukraine Scandal”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy at the Brennan Center.
“Couple Pleads Guilty To Voting In N.H. And Mass. During 2016 Election”
NHPR:
A couple who split their time between New Hampshire and Massachusetts pled guilty on Monday to charges that they voted in both states during the November 2016 election. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office indicted Grace and John S.… Continue reading
“Russian disinformation network said to have helped spread smear of U.S. ambassador to Ukraine”
WaPo:
The story that appeared on The Hill website on March 20 was startling.Marie Yovanovitch, the American ambassador to Ukraine, had given a “list of people whom we should not prosecute” to Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Yuriy Lutsenko, according to… Continue reading
“2020 Campaigns Throw Their Hands Up on Disinformation”
NYT:
In 2018, Lisa Kaplan assembled a small team inside the re-election campaign for Senator Angus King, an independent from Maine. Wary of how Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, it set out to find and respond to … Continue reading
“A Great Big Gift Not on Trump’s Disclosure Form: Giuliani’s Legal Advice”
NYT:
For the past 20 months, President Trump has received free personal legal services from one of America’s highest-paid lawyers, who has traveled around the country and across the ocean to defend him in the special counsel’s inquiry and press… Continue reading
“Giuliani Associate Parnas Got $1 Million From Russia, U.S. Says”
Bloomberg:
Rudy Giuliani’s associate Lev Parnas got $1 million from Russia in September, a month before he was charged with conspiring to funnel foreign money into U.S. political campaigns, according to U.S. prosecutors who asked a judge to jail him… Continue reading
“Mexican resident and Trump supporter sentenced for voter fraud, identity theft in California”
SacBee:
Lerma, 64, is a native of Leon, Mexico, who authorities say posed as an American named Hiram Enrique Velez after buying a birth certificate and Social Security card in that name in Chicago in 1992.
For the past 20… Continue reading