Category Archives: chicanery

“Who Will Watch Trump’s Vigilante Poll-Watchers?”

October 18, 2016, 5:22 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Brentin Mock: True the Vote and their affiliates are notorious for drawing harassment complaints for their unwelcome and unlicensed “policing” of black and Latino polling sites in Houston, Texas, and beyond. I personally watched and reported Republican Party-affiliated and True… Continue reading

Snopes on “Project Veritas’ Election 2016 ‘Rigging’ Videos”

October 18, 2016, 4:30 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

The verdict: The videos are, as is typical of O’Keefe’s, work somewhat of a gish gallop, comprising a constellation of allegations and assertions that is virtually impossible to fact check without complete clips of the involved conversations. Nearly all… Continue reading

“Ecuador Cut Off Julian Assange’s Internet Because Of His Effect On The US Election”

October 18, 2016, 4:12 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

BuzzFeed reports. I expect the Russians will simply shift to DC Leaks, Guccifer II or some other means of getting out what they want to get out.

Ted Cruz Won’t Vouch for the Integrity of Texas’s Elections

October 18, 2016, 4:08 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Read it here.

The Latest (Possible) Dirty Trick? Telling People to Vote Online via Text

October 18, 2016, 11:24 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Hard to know if this is a real dirty trick, or just a dirty trick to make it look like there are dirty tricks going on. Snopes: The provenance of the meme was unclear. It was most likely intended… Continue reading

Pence, Citing Instances of Voter Fraud, Wants People Going to Polling Places “in a Respectful Way”

October 18, 2016, 11:10 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Watch.

“RNC members agree with Trump: It’s rigged”; Reince Silent

October 18, 2016, 10:56 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Moment of truth time ,people. Also: The GOP is trying to put out a ‘rigged’ election fire that it helped start

“Indiana state police investigating possible voter fraud”

October 18, 2016, 10:03 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

WISH: Thousands of birth dates and names listed on Indiana voter registrations were changed, officials said Tuesday, prompting an investigation into possible voter fraud. Hoosiers reported finding the incorrect information when checking to see if they were registered to vote,… Continue reading

“Controversial Republican Mike Roman to run Donald Trump’s ‘election protection'”

October 18, 2016, 9:04 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Must-read from Ben Jacobs of The Guardian: Donald Trump’s “election protection” effort will be run by Mike Roman, a Republican operative best known for promoting a video of apparent voter intimidation by the New Black Panthers outside a polling place… Continue reading

“Donald Trump says the election is ‘rigged.’ Here’s what his supporters think that means.”

October 18, 2016, 9:00 amcampaigns, chicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: At a campaign rally here Monday evening, Dave Radtke, 66, said he expects Democrats will load people on buses in Chicago and bring them to Wisconsin to vote, where legal residents are allowed to register on Election Day. … Continue reading

“Election officials brace for fallout from Trump’s claims of a ‘rigged’ vote”

October 18, 2016, 8:58 amcampaigns, chicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: Donald Trump’s escalating effort to undermine the presidential election as “rigged” has alarmed government officials administering the vote as well as Democratic and Republican leaders, who are anxiously preparing for the possibility of unrest or even violence on Election… Continue reading

“McConnell, denounce Trump’s ‘rigged election’ comments”

October 18, 2016, 8:53 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Josh Douglas for CNN.

“Trump poses an unprecedented threat to the peaceful transition of power”

October 18, 2016, 8:39 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo editorial: Now, for the first time in modern history, a major-party candidate rejects both sides of that equation. If he loses, Donald Trump says, it will be due to cheating that makes the result illegitimate. If he wins, he… Continue reading

“Shameful Silence on Donald Trump’s Lies About Vote-Rigging”

October 18, 2016, 8:36 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT editorial: Instead of disavowing this absurdity outright, Republican leaders sit by in spineless silence. Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, and Paul Ryan, the speaker of the House, are the two most powerful Republicans in the country and should… Continue reading