Category Archives: chicanery

Trump Hyperventilating, Dissembling About Rigged Elections Seems to Be Working

August 19, 2016, 11:49 amchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

New Pew: Just 11% of Trump backers are very confident in accurate vote count in U.S. One question is whether this actually defeats turnout. After all, if it is all rigged, why bother voting?

New Trump TV Commercial Suggests Hillary Clinton Rigging Elections

August 19, 2016, 8:24 amcampaigns, chicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The new commercial begins with the words: “In Hillary Clinton’s America, the system stays rigged against Americans.” This part of the commercial features two pictures, the first a polling place with the words “vote here” and the second with a… Continue reading

“Woodhouse’s gaffe exposes real aim of NC voting law”

August 18, 2016, 9:25 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

News & Observer Editorial: Well, you have to give him this: Dallas Woodhouse, executive director of the North Carolina Republican Party, didn’t try to be clever or subtle when he sent an email to GOP members of county boards of… Continue reading

“Trump advisers waged covert influence campaign”

August 18, 2016, 5:41 pmcampaigns, chicanery, lobbyingRick Hasen

AP: A firm run by Donald Trump’s campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine’s ruling political party, attempting to sway American public opinion in favor of the country’s pro-Russian government, emails obtained by The… Continue reading

“Identity thieves target Dems’ big donors after DNC hack”

August 18, 2016, 7:25 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Politico reports.

“Kris Kobach Wants His Disastrous Voting Restrictions Adopted In Every State”

August 17, 2016, 1:07 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Right Wing Watch: Breitbart’s Ken Klukowski has a dispatch from Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s latest effort to spread his innovative voter suppression policies around the country. Over the weekend, Kobach spoke at an American Civil Rights Union… Continue reading

More on How That Scott Walker Supporter Was Caught Voting Multiple Times

August 17, 2016, 9:54 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Email from Reid Magney, public information officer of the Wisconsin Elections Commission: I’m reading your LAT oped in which you say: He was easily caught, well before Wisconsin passed its strict voter ID law. Unfortunately, things are a bit more… Continue reading

“Trump recruiting ‘election observers’ to scout for fraud”

August 17, 2016, 9:20 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

FOX News: But considering the tensions that already have flared outside Trump rallies to date, the possibility of vigilant Trump volunteers looking for voting irregularities has some analysts and officials warning about the implications for Election Day. “It sounds more… Continue reading

Trump is Threatening to Rig the Election

August 17, 2016, 8:16 amchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

My definition of election rigging in my LAT oped: An election is rigged when eligible voters are prevented from voting, when some voters can vote multiple times, when ineligible voters are allowed to vote, or when vote totals are… Continue reading

“U.S. offers states help to fight election hacking”

August 17, 2016, 8:07 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Reuters reports.

“Trump Calls On Supporters To Monitor Polling Places On Election Day”

August 17, 2016, 7:37 amchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pam Fessler reports for NPR.

“If you’re worried about rigged elections, look at Trump’s tactics first”

August 16, 2016, 1:44 pmcampaigns, chicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this oped for the LA Times. It begins: Donald Trump has begun claiming that the only way he can lose the 2016 presidential election is if the voting is rigged. But if there’s a threat to… Continue reading

Very Disappointed that The Hill Runs Roger Stone Irresponsible Column on Hacking the Election

August 16, 2016, 8:31 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Despicable.

“How this bit of nasty N.J. history may foil Trump’s vow to stop ‘rigged election'”

August 16, 2016, 7:26 amchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Must-read Jonathan Salant on RNC consent decree: The Republican National Committee has been under court-imposed limits since New Jersey’s 1981 gubernatorial election. During the campaign, state GOP officials sent letters to residents of communities with large numbers of black or… Continue reading