Category Archives: chicanery

“False News Targeting Latinos Trails the Election; Rampant falsehoods evolved online on Wednesday, intended to make Spanish speakers question the unfolding election results and believe that President Trump was being robbed of victory.”

November 9, 2020, 7:54 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: The posts proliferated on election night before anything remotely definitive was known about the results of the presidential race. “Robado,” they falsely repeated again and again in Spanish: President Trump was being robbed of a victory. He had won… Continue reading

Life Imitates Veep: First Witness Giuliani Called Up at Press Conference to Talk About Voter Fraud was a Convicted Sex Offender

November 9, 2020, 7:07 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: The first person Rudy Giuliani, the attorney for President Donald Trump, called up as a witness to baseless allegations of vote counting shenanigans in Philadelphia during a press conference last week is a sex offender who for years has… Continue reading

Betsy DeVos’s Former Chief of Staff Confirms No Democratic Chicanery in Detroit Vote Count

November 7, 2020, 8:21 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Tim Alberta (linking to this Politico piece): This is Betsy DeVos's former chief of staff. He spent years running the Michigan GOP's election day operations. He knows the Detroit election heads personally, has intimate knowledge of the processes there,… Continue reading

“‘Get to TCF’: What really happened inside Detroit’s ballot counting center”

November 6, 2020, 12:47 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Deep dive in the Detroit Free Press: Chris Thomas, a former long-time director of elections for the Michigan Secretary of State, addressed the concerns of Republican challengers and debunked rumors of foulplay that circulated on social media.Thomas, who has worked… Continue reading

“Trump-linked figures have boosted #StopTheSteal movement”

November 6, 2020, 12:25 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: Demonstrations across the country protesting alleged fraud in this week’s election have ties to major conservative activist groups and MAGA personalities affiliated with President Donald Trump, according to multiple misinformation researchers.Many of these protests have been organized by… Continue reading

“Trump-associated firm helped send unmarked texts urging vote protests in Philadelphia”

November 6, 2020, 7:50 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: A Republican firm run by a top aide to President Trump’s 2020 campaign appears to have helped send unmarked text messages on Thursday that urged supporters in Philadelphia to converge outside a building where local election officials counted votes.… Continue reading

Wisconsin Republicans Urged to Get PA Republicans to Commit Voter Fraud to Help Trump win PA; Never Heard Something Dumber

November 6, 2020, 6:51 amchicaneryRick Hasen

This is some really 4th dimensional chess stuff: Wisconsin Republicans solicit PA Republicans to commit voter fraud by sending in late ballots to make the election look fraudulent to cause courts to throw out Pennsylvania’s election results—after using the Supreme… Continue reading

“Armed Agents Are Allowed in Ballot-Counting Venues, Justice Dept. Tells Prosecutors”

November 4, 2020, 7:36 pmchicanery, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

NYT: The Justice Department told federal prosecutors in an email early on Wednesday that the law allowed them to send armed federal officers to ballot-counting locations around the country to investigate potential voter fraud, according to three people who described… Continue reading

“Suspicious robocall campaign warning people to ‘stay home’ spooks voters nationwide”

November 3, 2020, 8:51 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: An unidentified robocaller has placed an estimated 10 million calls in the past several weeks warning people to “stay safe and stay home,” spooking some Americans who said they saw it as an attempt to scare them away from… Continue reading

Must-read from Ned Foley: “Closing Argument: All the President’s Bedlam”

November 3, 2020, 8:32 amchicanery, Election MeltdownRick Hasen

You really need to read the whole thing: President Trump is talking about “bedlam” — and even “violence in the streets” — if results aren’t known on election night. In fact, he is trying to create bedlam where none exists.… Continue reading

New Retro Report: “Poll Watchers and the Long History of Voter Intimidation” (Watch here, including on the 1981 Consent Decree Against the RNC)

November 2, 2020, 10:25 amchicanery, UncategorizedRick Hasen

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A literal Fraudulent Fraud Squad: “The Trump Campaign’s Chaotic Closing Strategy”

November 2, 2020, 6:59 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

McKay Coppins for The Atlantic: In the coming days, thousands of pro-Trump poll watchers are set to fan out across battleground states—smartphones in hand—and post themselves outside voting locations to hunt for evidence of fraud. This “army” has been coached… Continue reading

#2Days Out: My New One at Slate: “Trump Can’t Just ‘Declare’ Victory”

November 1, 2020, 2:55 pm#2DaysOut, chicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate (and part of the #2DaysOut symposium). It begins: Just count the damn votes.We are nearing the end of a ridiculous pandemic-laden election season, where we may hit record turnout despite the most blatant… Continue reading

North Carolina: “Police use pepper-spray on protesters — including children — marching to Alamance polls”

October 31, 2020, 2:58 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

News and Observer: Alamance County sheriff’s deputies and Graham police pepper-sprayed people — including a 5-year-old girl and other children — who were participating in the “I Am Change” march to the polls on Saturday afternoon.A racially diverse group of… Continue reading

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