Category Archives: chicanery

Michigan: “GOP bills would embolden challengers and create election chaos, voting rights advocates say”

May 19, 2021, 8:32 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Detroit Free Press: A series of Republican bills that would dramatically expand the rights of poll watchers and election challengers would burden election administrators, cause delays for voters at polling locations, open the door to voter intimidation and re-create… Continue reading

“Arizona Republicans fight back against election fraud claims”

May 18, 2021, 6:02 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: The top Republicans in Arizona’s largest county gave an impassioned defense of their handling of the 2020 election Monday, calling on fellow members of the GOP and business leaders to speak out against an unprecedented partisan election audit.The GOP-dominated… Continue reading

“Group that can’t find systemic voter fraud eager to help combat systemic voter fraud”

May 17, 2021, 6:58 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: The whole Mother Jones report provides an interesting insight into how outside groups can (and often have) pushed legislation that they themselves have helped draft behind closed doors. But here we’ll diverge to make another point.That is this: Anderson… Continue reading

“Man charged with wife’s murder illegally cast her ballot for Trump, officials say: ‘I just thought, give him another vote’”

May 17, 2021, 6:54 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: The county clerk immediately knew something strange was going on last fall. A mail ballot had arrived from Suzanne Morphew — a woman missing since May.“There’s posters all over our town,” said Lori Mitchell, the clerk and recorder in… Continue reading

“Chinese businessman with links to Steve Bannon is driving force for a sprawling disinformation network, researchers say”

May 17, 2021, 6:51 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: A sprawling online network tied to Chinese businessman Guo Wengui has become a potent platform for disinformation in the United States, attacking the safety of coronavirus vaccines, promoting false election-fraud claims and spreading baseless QAnon conspiracies, according to research… Continue reading

“Republican Arizona election official says Trump ‘unhinged'”

May 16, 2021, 9:57 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: The Republican who now leads the Arizona county elections department targeted by a GOP audit of the 2020 election results is slamming former President Donald Trump and others in his party for their continued falsehoods about how the election… Continue reading

“Arizona audit funding cloaked in secrecy”

May 16, 2021, 9:53 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: Three weeks into the Arizona Senate’s unorthodox audit of the 2020 presidential election results, one potential winner seems to be emerging, regardless of any count: Cyber Ninjas, the Florida-based consulting firm being paid to lead the analysis of… Continue reading

Todd Rokita Goes After Kristen Clarke

May 14, 2021, 6:34 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Bloomberg Law: President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Justice Department’s civil rights division, already facing a tough confirmation fight, has received a civil investigative demand from Indiana’s Republican attorney general as part of his probe into Big Tech… Continue reading

“‘Normal tourist visit’: Republicans recast deadly Jan. 6 attack by pro-Trump mob”

May 13, 2021, 7:08 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Several House Republicans on Wednesday tried to recast and downplay the events of Jan. 6, comparing the mob that breached the Capitol to tourists, railing against law enforcement for seeking to arrest them and questioning how anyone could be… Continue reading

“McCarthy after ousting Cheney: ‘I don’t think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election'”

May 13, 2021, 6:51 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday papered over the significant skepticism of the 2020 presidential election within the GOP just hours after his conference deposed Rep. Liz Cheney for criticizing fellow Republicans over that very issue.“I don’t… Continue reading

“Cheney Embraces Her Downfall, Warning G.O.P. of Trump in a Fiery Speech”

May 11, 2021, 7:37 pmchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: In the hours before facing a vote that will almost certainly purge her from House Republican leadership, Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming remained unrepentant on Tuesday, framing her expulsion as a turning point for her party and declaring in… Continue reading

“The Trump G.O.P.’s Plot Against Liz Cheney — and Our Democracy”

May 11, 2021, 7:35 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Tom Friedman NYT column: I didn’t want to write again about the House Republicans ousting Liz Cheney from their leadership for calling out Donald Trump’s Big Lie. I was going to make this my week for happy news. But to… Continue reading

“Arizona Review of 2020 Vote Is Riddled With Flaws, Says Secretary of State”

May 7, 2021, 7:21 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“Republicans want to expand the Arizona audit — but DOJ may shut it down”

May 7, 2021, 6:53 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld: On Wednesday, May 5, the Senate’s liaison to the audit, former Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett, a Republican, confirmed that the GOP-led Senate is negotiating with a California nonprofit to conduct a new and separate audit… Continue reading