Allegations Postmaster General DeJoy Reimbursed His Employees for Political Contributions in Violation of Federal and NC Laws Against Conduit Contributions
Big story in WaPo.
Category Archives: chicanery
“Vote early and often? That’ll just slow down the ballot count. Most states would catch any duplicate votes. But it will strain the electoral system.”
“Russia is working to undermine confidence in voting-by-mail, DHS warns”
WaPo:
Russia is seeking “to undermine public trust in the electoral process” by spreading false claims that mail-in-ballots are riddled with fraud and susceptible to manipulation, according to a new intelligence bulletin by the Department of Homeland Security.Many of the… Continue reading
“Political group tied to Kanye West campaign law firm sent misinformation on Biden with mail-in ballot applications to battleground state voters”
CNN:
An Ohio-based political advocacy group that shares a Republican-allied law firm with Kanye West’s political campaign is sending unsolicited mail-in ballot applications containing misinformation on Democratic candidates to voters in Pennsylvania and Minnesota — both key battleground states for… Continue reading
“Donald Trump’s Encouragement to Vote Twice Could Cause Election Day Chaos”
I have written this piece for Slate. A snippet:
Another possible defense is that Trump was “joking” or not being serious about his comments and this was typical Trumpian hyperbole. Perhaps so, and I do not expect Trump to be… Continue reading
Ned Foley: The President—and the Poll Worker
New guest post from Ned Foley:
The news that President Trump suggested that North Carolina voters cast both an absentee and in-person ballot, to test whether the “system” would catch it, reminded me of the case a few years ago… Continue reading
“Blunting Foreign Interference Efforts by Learning the Lessons of the Past”
New report from CAP.
“Digital Disinformation and Vote Suppression”
New Brennan Center report.
Suit Seeking to Kick Kanye West Off Virginia Ballot Alleges That *At Least* Three People Listed as West Electors Had Their Signatures Obtained via Fraud
You can find the complaint at this link. As Ben Jacobs noted the other day, this may be the first time a candidate for President has been sued by one of the candidate’s purported presidential electors.
“Russian internet trolls hired U.S. journalists to push their news website, Facebook says”
NBC News:
Peace Data aimed to court left-leaning voters, said Ben Nimmo, whose company, Graphika, released a report on the site.“This looks like an attempt to target left-wing audiences on a range of issues, but the operation got taken… Continue reading
“Instagram Posts Make False Claim California Voters Will Be ‘Turned Away’ From Polls Due To Mail-In Voting”
“Republicans are flooding the internet with deceptive videos and Big Tech isn’t keeping up”
CNN:
A series of deceptively edited and misleading videos shared by prominent Republicans have run up millions of views across Facebook and Twitter in just the past few days. And while both companies have pledged to combat misinformation, their… Continue reading
“Senior intelligence officials will no longer brief Congress in person on foreign threats to the 2020 election”
WaPo:
Senior intelligence officials will no longer brief Congress in person on foreign interference in the 2020 election. Instead, they will inform lawmakers of threats in writing, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Saturday.The decision, made with… Continue reading
“Google greenlights ads with ‘blatant disinformation’ about voting by mail”
WaPo:
Google has declined to remove ads from a shadowy group echoing President Trump’s misleading claim that there is a meaningful difference between voting by mail and absentee voting.Google took five days to reach its decision to leave… Continue reading