“Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has voted by mail 11 times in 10 years; The Tampa native has said it shouldn’t be available to everyone.”
The Tampa Bay Times reports.
Category Archives: chicanery
“‘Dark money’ networks hide political agendas behind fake news sites”
Open Secrets:
At a time when trustworthy journalism is more important than ever, political operations are pouring millions of “dark money” dollars into ads and digital content masquerading as news coverage to influence the 2020 election.One newer group heralding… Continue reading
“South Philly judge of elections admits he took bribes to stuff the ballot box for Democratic candidates”
Philly Inquirer:
A former judge of elections and Democratic committeeperson from South Philadelphia has pleaded guilty to accepting $2,500 in bribes to inflate the vote totals for three Democratic candidates for Common Pleas Court judge in 2015 and also accepted… Continue reading
“Close Results In Paterson Vote Plagued By Fraud Claims; Over 3K Ballots Seemingly Set Aside”–One Race Has a Candidate Leading by 8 Votes
The latest from NBC New York.
There’s a Genuine Absentee Ballot Fraud Scandal Going On in Paterson, New Jersey and It Is Going to Get a Lot of National Attention: What Lessons Should We Learn?
Here’s some coverage from NBC New York:
Numerous residents are now complaining that they never received or sent in a vote-by-mail ballot — even though Passaic County Board of Election records show a ballot in their name was mailed in.Ramona… Continue reading
“Phantom super PAC says it returned donations”
Odd ending to an odd story:
Six ad-makers and advertising platforms listed in the filings said they’ve never heard of the super PAC and have no records of doing business with it. Since then, no ads from the super PAC… Continue reading
New Jersey: “Hundreds of Mail-In Votes Already Set Aside Due to Voter Fraud Claims in Paterson”
NBC New York:
More than 800 mail-in votes in one of New Jersey’s largest cities have already been set aside, according to a county spokesperson, as an election is marred by allegations of voter fraud.Those hundreds of votes represent… Continue reading
“Putin Is Well on His Way to Stealing the Next Election”
Franklin Foer for The Atlantic:
Jack Cable is a small emblem of how the U.S. government has struggled to outpace the Russians. After he spent the better part of a semester shouting into the wind, officials in Chicago and in… Continue reading
“The Cybersecurity 202: Coronavirus has upended election security training with just months before November”
WaPo:
Russian hackers could target election officials working from home. Adversaries could spread rumors about coronavirus outbreaks at polling sites to deter people from showing up on Election Day. Or they could launch disinformation campaigns claiming elections have been delayed… Continue reading
Florida: “Eatonville council challenger, who lost by one vote, alleges voter fraud”
The Orlando Sentinel reports.
“Supreme Court Unanimously Overturns ‘Bridgegate’ Convictions”
NYT:
The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously overturned the convictions of two defendants in the “Bridgegate” scandal.The case resulted from a decision in 2013 by associates of Chris Christie, then the governor of New Jersey, to close… Continue reading
“Colorado GOP Chair Ken Buck pressured local official to submit incorrect election results; Fellow Republican says congressman tried to bully him into committing a crime”
Quite a story in the Denver Post.
“New Details Hint at Risk of Russian Misinformation in Dossier”
NYT:
The Trump administration has declassified several footnotes from a report about the F.B.I.’s Trump-Russia investigation, providing details hinting anew at the possibility that Russia may have sown disinformation in a dossier used to investigate a former Trump… Continue reading
“How absentee ballots and voter fraud stopped Texans from voting by mail”
Important article in the Dallas Morning News.