Category Archives: chicanery

“Race is an ever present source of tension in Trump Georgia case”

March 14, 2024, 7:12 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Amy Gardner for WaPo: In the weeks that followed, the racist messages to Willis — some of them anonymous and difficult to trace — ramped up significantly in volume and tone, according to a sampling of them obtained by The… Continue reading

“Democrats Meddle in Ohio G.O.P. Senate Primary, Pushing Trump’s Choice”

March 14, 2024, 7:09 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: A Democratic group is wading into the Republican Senate primary in Ohio with a new television spot aimed at promoting the conservative credentials of Bernie Moreno, a Cleveland-area businessman who has been endorsed by former President Donald J. Trump.… Continue reading

“The Chinese government is using TikTok to meddle in elections, ODNI says”

March 12, 2024, 6:55 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: The Chinese government is using TikTok to expand its global influence operations to promote pro-China narratives and undermine U.S. democracy, according to a report released today from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The annual assessment from… Continue reading

“America’s election chiefs are worried AI is coming for them”

March 11, 2024, 7:16 amcheap speech, chicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Zach Montellaro for Politico: A false call from a secretary of state telling poll workers they aren’t needed on Election Day. A fake video of a state election director shredding ballots before they’re counted. An email sent to a county… Continue reading

“Prosecutors Charge Man With Firing Shots Outside the Capitol on Jan. 6”

March 9, 2024, 11:57 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: A Trump supporter who prosecutors say fired a pistol into the air on the grounds of the Capitol as a mob stormed the building on Jan. 6, 2021, was charged on Friday with firearm offenses, trespassing and interfering with… Continue reading

“Mark Harris is GOP’s 8th District nominee six years after election fraud prompted do-over”

March 6, 2024, 12:58 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Charlotte Observer: Mark Harris on Tuesday won the Republican nomination in North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District six years after a ballot-harvesting scandal resulted in an election do-over…. Political operative McCrae Dowless, who worked for Harris in his campaign for NC’s… Continue reading

Must-read NYT: “Trump’s Allies Ramp Up Campaign Targeting Voter Rolls”

March 3, 2024, 11:34 amchicanery, voter registrationRick Hasen

NYT: A network of right-wing activists and allies of Donald J. Trump is quietly challenging thousands of voter registrations in critical presidential battleground states, an all-but-unnoticed effort that could have an impact in a close or contentious election. Calling themselves… Continue reading

“The US is bracing for complex, fast-moving threats to elections this year, FBI director warns”

February 29, 2024, 7:40 amcampaigns, cheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

AP: The United States expects to face fast-moving threats to American elections this year as artificial intelligence and other technological advances have made interference and meddling easier than before, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday. “The U.S. has confronted foreign… Continue reading

“Law School clinic files brief to combat intentionally false statements about voting”

February 28, 2024, 7:46 amcheap speech, chicanery, First Amendment theoryRick Hasen

Yale Daily News: Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic filed an amicus brief on Feb. 12 in United States v. Mackey, a case currently at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The case involves an influential… Continue reading

“Bridgeport voters try again to pick mayor after 1st election tossed due to absentee ballot scandal”

February 27, 2024, 7:28 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

AP reports.

“Exclusive: Key figure in fake electors plot concealed damning posts on secret Twitter account from investigators”

February 26, 2024, 10:33 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

CNN: Kenneth Chesebro, the right-wing attorney who helped devise the Trump campaign’s fake electors plot in 2020, concealed a secret Twitter account from Michigan prosecutors, hiding dozens of damning posts that undercut his statements to investigators about his role in… Continue reading

Wisconsin: “Assembly leaders concede Michael Gableman violated records laws during fruitless 2020 election review”

February 24, 2024, 7:16 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:’ Assembly officials have admitted former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman violated public records laws while taxpayers paid him hundreds of thousands of dollars to probe the 2020 election — an investigation that did not turn … Continue reading

“Court battle reveals effort to undermine No Labels presidential bid”

February 23, 2024, 7:30 amchicanery, third partiesRick Hasen

WaPo: Political operatives opposed to No Labels’ potential 2024 presidential ticket took over the NoLabels.com domain last year and purchased Google search ads aimed at spreading the misleading claim that the group supported former president Donald Trump and other right-wing… Continue reading