Category Archives: chicanery
“What the New James O’Keefe Videos Show and What They Don’t”
Ed Kilgore for NY Mag:
Not being an election lawyer or someone trained to spot misleadingly spliced video material (something O’Keefe has been accused of in the past), I am in no position to make a comprehensive assessment of the… Continue reading
“Even Fox News Acknowledges ‘Experts Say Voter Fraud Is Rare’”
“Democrats Play Up Donald Trump’s Hedge on Accepting Election Result”
“Donald Trump Brings Election ‘Rigging’ Charges Front and Center”
Byron Tau for the WSJ:
Charges that election results might be rigged have moved from the fringes of U.S. politics to a central issue in the closing days of the 2016 campaign as Republican Donald Trump has repeatedly and without… Continue reading
“Fact check: Arizona GOP’s misleading claim on ‘ballot harvesting'”
“Let’s take Rudy Giuliani’s voter-fraud theories to their natural conclusion”
Philip Bump:
In the most recent RealClearPolitics polling average in the state, Hillary Clinton leads Trump by 6.2 points, earning 46.4 percent to Trump’s 40.2. Assuming 6 million people vote, that means that we’d expect the final vote tally in… Continue reading
“Donald Trump’s charge on the election’s integrity reverberates in both campaigns”
WaPo:
Questioned directly as to whether he would accept the outcome should Democratic nominee Clinton prevail Nov. 8, Trump demurred. “I’ll keep you in suspense,” the Republican nominee said. Clinton called Trump’s answer “horrifying,” saying he was “talking down our… Continue reading
“Kobach warns that non-citizens could tip election”
Bryan Lowry for the Wichita Eagle:
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an early endorser and adviser to Trump, says he thinks enough non-citizens are registered to vote in swing states that it could tip the balance of the presidential… Continue reading
RNC, Desperate to Try to Avoid Extension of Voter Intimidation Consent Decree, Tries to Distance from Trump
Back on August 12, I wrote:
With Trump’s dangerous and irresponsible hyperventilating about voter fraud and cheating in Pennsylvania potentially costing him the election, it is probably no surprise, as reported by theWeekly Standard, that Trump is seeking “election … Continue reading
Indiana SOS, Who Yelled Voter Registration Fraud, Now Has to Walk It Back
IBJ:
A day after warning of potential widespread voting fraud, Indiana’s secretary of state acknowledged Wednesday that many of the thousands of altered registration forms she flagged might just be from residents rushing to correct their names or birth dates… Continue reading
Donald Trump’s Makes Chilling and Unprecedented Debate Comment About Not Accepting the Result of the Election
NYT:
Mr. Trump also insisted, as he has in recent days, that the general election has been rigged against him, and he twice refused to say that he would accept its result.
“I will look at it at the time,”… Continue reading
“Local TX GOP Recruits Poll Watchers With Claim Of ‘Voter Fraud’ In Dem Areas”
TPM:
The local Republican Party in Tarrant County, Texas – which includes Fort Worth and is state’s third most populous county – is being accused of egging on discriminatory voting practices with an email it sent calling for “poll watchers”… Continue reading
“Two Democratic operatives lose jobs after James O’Keefe sting”
Weigel at WaPo:
Scott Foval and Robert Creamer, two little-known but influential Democratic political operatives, have left their jobs after video investigations by James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas Action found them entertaining dark notions about how to win elections. Foval was… Continue reading