Category Archives: chicanery

Ben Ginsberg: “I’ve Been Through a Lot of Election Nights. Here’s How Nov. 5 May Go.”

October 29, 2024, 2:27 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Ben Ginsberg NYT oped: Get ready for a long election night — or nights. The 2024 presidential race is likely to come down to the seven battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Winners are… Continue reading

Indiana: “‘This is political bulls**t’: Former Republican candidate charged with stealing Madison County election ballot”

October 29, 2024, 2:25 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Fox 59: A former Republican candidate running for an Indiana seat in the U.S. House of Representatives has been arrested and charged with stealing several election ballots during a recent voting machine test. Larry L. Savage Jr., a candidate in … Continue reading

My New One at MSNBC: “Ballot boxes were set on fire in Oregon and Washington. What happens to the votes? Federal and state authorities need to extinguish this kind of violence before things get more out of hand.”

October 29, 2024, 9:13 amchicaneryRick Hasen

I have written this piece for MSNBC Opinion. A snippet: Voters in Oregon and Washington are lucky enough to live in states with excellent election administration, including elaborate systems to track the path of one’s ballot from the time it… Continue reading

“How Russia, China and Iran Are Interfering in the Presidential Election”

October 29, 2024, 6:47 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: When Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, spreading divisive and inflammatory posts online to stoke outrage, its posts were brash and riddled with spelling errors and strange syntax. They were designed to get attention by any means… Continue reading

“Unsealed court documents show judges have long worried about Trump ‘delay tactics'”

October 29, 2024, 6:41 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: More than 18 months ago, as Donald Trump sought to delay several high-profile witness’ testimony to a grand jury investigating his effort to subvert the 2020 election, Washington’s top federal district judge sensed a potential calamity. “The special counsel’s… Continue reading

“Extremists inspired by conspiracy theories pose major threat to 2024 elections, U.S. intelligence warns”

October 28, 2024, 2:52 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NBC News: U.S. intelligence agencies have identified domestic extremists with grievances rooted in election-related conspiracy theories, including beliefs in widespread voter fraud and animosity toward perceived political opponents, as the most likely threat of violence in the coming election. … Continue reading

“Trump Hints at ‘Little Secret’ With House Republicans, Setting Off a Panic”

October 28, 2024, 1:57 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Speaker Mike Johnson was taking in former President Donald J. Trump’s grievance-fueled closing rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday afternoon when the main actor onstage turned to him and drew him into the drama. “I think with… Continue reading

“MN voter fraud: Woman cast ballot for Trump under dead mom’s name, charges say”

October 28, 2024, 12:52 pmabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

Fox 9 reports: On Oct. 11, the sheriff’s office spoke with Miller about the ballot signature envelopes. She said she filled out her mom’s absentee ballot and signed her mom’s name on the envelope. She admitted her mom was… Continue reading

“Anti-Gerrymandering Groups Warn That Ohio’s Ballot Language Is Misleading Voters”

October 28, 2024, 12:51 pmchicanery, direct democracy, redistrictingRick Hasen

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Oregon: “Ballot boxes in Portland and Vancouver lit on fire”

October 28, 2024, 8:36 amchicaneryRick Hasen

KGW: A ballot box in Southeast Portland and another in Vancouver were lit on fire early Monday morning. It’s currently unclear whether the two incidents are connected. Portland police officers responded around 3:30 a.m. to reports of a fire… Continue reading

“Far-Right Figures Escalate Talk of Retribution and Election Subversion”

October 27, 2024, 2:59 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: In the weeks after the 2020 election, retired Gen. Michael T. Flynn, Donald J. Trump’s former national security adviser, was a key figure in efforts to subvert the election outcome. In recent interviews and speeches, he and an associate… Continue reading

“US intelligence assesses Russian operatives behind fake video showing Pennsylvania ballots being destroyed”

October 26, 2024, 12:46 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: US intelligence has assessed that Russian operatives were behind a fake video purporting to show someone destroying mail-in ballots in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, that circulated on social media Thursday. “The IC (Intelligence Community) assesses that Russian actors manufactured… Continue reading

“Barricades and Bulletproof Glass: A County Prepares for Election Day”

October 26, 2024, 9:50 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: With northeastern Pennsylvania awash again in the reds and oranges of a dazzling autumn, workers recently planted boulders around a government building in downtown Wilkes-Barre to address a seasonal ugliness. But this was no beautification project. Luzerne County is… Continue reading

“Election Officials Face Torrent of Threats as Nov. 5 Looms”

October 25, 2024, 3:15 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

NYT: With less than two weeks until Election Day, law enforcement officials are confronting a rising wave of threats to election workers and political activists in a presidential contest hurtling toward a bitterly contentious coda and a potentially unsettled aftermath.… Continue reading

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