Category Archives: chicanery

Today’s Must-Read: “Obama’s secret struggle to punish Russia for Putin’s election assault”

June 23, 2017, 8:07 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

What a WaPo story: In political terms, Russia’s interference was the crime of the century, an unprecedented and largely successful destabilizing attack on American democracy. It was a case that took almost no time to solve, traced to the Kremlin… Continue reading

Quote of the Day—Trump Election Integrity Commission Edition

June 22, 2017, 2:08 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

“I don’t know why this has fallen on my shoulders,…I’m just a very small old country boy from Arkansas in this bigger commission with Vice President Pence, and I’m just going to do the best I can, to be honest.”… Continue reading

Two Democratic Members of Trump “Election Integrity” Commission Want to Add Consideration of Russian Hacking of Election Systems

June 22, 2017, 7:48 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Boston Globe: Two members of a presidential commission charged with investigating alleged voter fraud want the panel to focus on what could be the biggest fraudulent scheme of all: attempted Russian hacking of numerous state election systems. The call, by… Continue reading

“U.S. Elections Systems Vulnerable, Lawmakers Told In Dueling Hearings”

June 21, 2017, 2:40 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

NPR: Democrats on the Senate panel, however, are frustrated by DHS Secretary John Kelly’s unwillingness to disclose more detail about the states that were targeted or compromised last year. DHS acknowledges that Russia’s intelligence officers went after elections systems in… Continue reading

“Texas group that fueled Trump voter fraud claim scales back 2016 election audit”

June 21, 2017, 1:45 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Just days after his victory, Trump caused a stir by claiming — without evidence — that he would have won the popular vote in addition to the Electoral College “if you deduct the millions of people who voted… Continue reading

Bauer: “When Collusion with Russia Becomes a Crime: Part III—’Aiding and Abetting'”

June 21, 2017, 7:21 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Bob Bauer at Just Security.

“Despite NSA Claim, Elections Vendor Denies System Was Compromised In Hack Attempt”

June 20, 2017, 11:27 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Pam Fessler for NPR.

“A pro-Trump group is using Obama’s voice out of context in radio ad for Georgia’s special election”

June 19, 2017, 2:06 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: An outside group that supports President Donald Trump is running a radio ad in Atlanta ahead of Georgia’s special election Tuesday that takes the voice of former President Barack Obama out of context to make the argument that Democrats… Continue reading

Bloomingburg: “Can Hasidic Village Survive Vote Fraud Scandal?”

June 19, 2017, 10:40 amchicaneryRick Hasen

The latest on Bloomingburg from The Forward: Not least among the oddness is the saga of Rabiner, an early Hasidic pioneer in Bloomingburg. A Hasidic man who moved to Bloomingburg in 2014, Rabiner won reelection to the village board in… Continue reading

“Trump’s silence on Russian hacking hands Democrats new weapon”

June 18, 2017, 8:31 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: Democrats are uniting behind a simple message about Russian hacking during the 2016 election: Donald Trump doesn’t care. Even as the president lashes out at the series of Russia-related probes besieging his administration, Democrats say Trump has yet to… Continue reading

Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing: US Election Security: Russian Interventions and the Outlook for 2018 and Beyond

June 18, 2017, 7:35 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Advisory: Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today announced that the Committee will hold an open hearing on June 21st… Continue reading

“FBI joins investigation at Karen Handel’s house”

June 16, 2017, 11:32 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Despicable: Authorities were called to the neighborhood where [GA06 congressional candidate] Karen Handel lives in Roswell after suspicious envelopes were found in mailboxes Thursday afternoon. Police say Roxburg Drive off Old Alabama Road was shut down for several hours… Continue reading

Today’s Must-Read: BuzzFeed on Dan Backer’s “Scam PACs” and the Hyperpartisan Websites Touting Them

June 15, 2017, 7:42 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Great investigation by Craig Silverman and Tarini Parti: Those three groups — Great America PAC, Great America Alliance and Stop Hillary PAC— have been cited or promoted in some way in more than 110 articles on AAN dating back to… Continue reading

“Russian Cyber Hacks on U.S. Electoral System Far Wider Than Previously Known”

June 13, 2017, 7:41 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Bloomberg: Russia’s cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump’s election was far more widespread than has been publicly revealed, including incursions into voter databases and software systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported. In Illinois,… Continue reading

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