Category Archives: chicanery

Trump’s Executive Order on the Census

July 12, 2019, 10:59 amcensus litigation, chicaneryJustin Levitt

Hi. Please don’t consider this a preview for the coming week: most of the posts will be a lot shorter. I promise. Until yesterday, the official government reason for getting citizenship information in connection with the decennial census was the… Continue reading

“F.E.C. Allows Security Company to Help 2020 Candidates Defend Campaigns”

July 12, 2019, 8:04 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicanery, federal election commissionRick Hasen

NYT: The Federal Election Commission said on Thursday that a Silicon Valley security company could immediately start helping 2020 presidential candidates defend their campaigns from the kinds of malicious email attacks that Russian hackers exploited in the 2016 election.The… Continue reading

“Trump officials warn of ‘active threats’ to US elections”

July 11, 2019, 9:10 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

AP: The Trump administration warned of unspecified “active threats” to U.S. elections as top security officials briefed Congress Wednesday on steps the government has taken to improve election security in the wake of Russian interference in 2016.Director of National… Continue reading

“Dems clash with Republicans over election security”

July 10, 2019, 5:14 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: House Democrats and Senate Republicans may have attended similar classified briefings on election security Wednesday, but they left with opposite conclusions.House Democrats expressed deep concerns about the White House’s ability to protect voting systems in 2020, drawing fresh… Continue reading

“The Shocking Final Count in the Queens District Attorney Race: What Happened”

July 5, 2019, 7:09 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Almost immediately after the news broke of Ms. Katz’s breakthrough, people began speculating about more nefarious explanations.In particular, Ms. Cabán’s supporters have accused the Queens County Democratic Party, whose leaders supported Ms. Katz, of engineering the disqualification of… Continue reading

“The U.S. isn’t prepared to fend off foreign meddling in 2020. We need a national strategy”

July 2, 2019, 8:47 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Casey Corcoran, Bo Julie Crowley and Raina Davis LAT oped.

“‘Hide the evidence’: New Texas law may help GOP keep secrets about its redistricting strategy”

July 1, 2019, 10:39 amchicanery, redistrictingRick Hasen

Dallas Morning News: Texas has passed a new law that lets lawmakers conceal their emails and other communications from public scrutiny, as they prepare to redraw the state’s voting maps.The law’s Republican authors, North Texas’ Rep. Charlie Geren and… Continue reading

President Jimmy Carter, Without Adequate Evidence, Troublingly Claims Russian Interference Changed 2016 Election Outcome to Favor Trump, Calls Trump “Illegitimate President”

June 30, 2019, 12:42 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: Former President Jimmy Carter questioned the legitimacy of Donald Trump’s presidency on Thursday, saying he would likely not be in the White House if the Russians did not interfere in the 2016 presidential election.“I think a full investigation… Continue reading

Hoboken New Jersey Absentee Ballot Case Shows Why This Kind of Fraud (Unlike Impersonation Fraud) Can Happen: People Can Verify How Others Voted

June 26, 2019, 7:52 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

From the DOJ press release: From October 2013 through November 2013, Raia instructed Dio Braxton, Matt Calicchio, Lizaida Camis, and other conspirators who worked for his campaign, to pay certain Hoboken voters $50 if those voters applied for and… Continue reading

“Our next election is dangerously vulnerable, a top Democrat warns. Does Trump care?”

June 25, 2019, 8:24 amchicanery, election administration, Uncategorized, voting technologyRick Hasen

Important Greg Sargent interview with Sen. Wyden.

“Want to See How Disinformation Could Play Out in 2020? Just Look Overseas.”

June 21, 2019, 10:07 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Mother Jones reports.

“Foreign spending in our elections is a threat to our national sovereignty”

June 21, 2019, 9:04 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub with this WaPo oped: Concerns about foreign attempts to intervene in our political system date back to the founding of our republic. As chair of the Federal Election Commission, I am gravely concerned about ongoing… Continue reading

I Testified at House Judiciary Committee on Foreign Interference in the 2016 and 2020 Elections, and the Implications of the Mueller Report and President Trump’s Statements Welcoming 2020 Foreign Help

June 20, 2019, 5:37 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

My Written Testimony begins: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to speak about a matter that is among the greatest concerns I have had in twenty-five years of researching and teaching about American election law and… Continue reading