Category Archives: chicanery

Dirty Tricks Dep’t: Detroit Voters Targeted with Robocalls Containing False Voting Information Intended to Suppress Vote By Mail

August 27, 2020, 2:38 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Detroit News: Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is warning Detroit voters of a “racially charged” and false robocall that appears to be discouraging mail-in voting ahead of the November election. The recording tells voters that their personal information… Continue reading

“Black voters are being targeted in disinformation campaigns, echoing the 2016 Russian playbook”

August 27, 2020, 8:41 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Four years after Russian operatives used social media in a bid to exacerbate racial divisions in the United States and suppress Black voter turnout, such tactics have spread across a wide range of deceptive online campaigns operated from numerous… Continue reading

Times of Israel Takes Deep Dive into Psy Group’s Connection with Trump Campaign (as Detailed in Senate Intelligence Committee Report), Including Proposal to Target Minority Communities, Suburban Female Voters, and Undecided Voters with Covert Messaging

August 25, 2020, 10:38 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Times of Israel: On August 18, the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released the fifth volume of its Russia investigation, which examines Russia’s attempts to meddle in US politics during the 2016 elections. An entire section of the… Continue reading

“Facebook removes page using image of LeBron James over ‘voter suppression tactics”

August 23, 2020, 9:35 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Facebook on Friday deleted a page using an image of LeBron James, among other deceptive tactics, to spread false and misleading claims about mail-in voting, a day after The Washington Post raised questions about the online operation.A… Continue reading

Angelo Genova, Lawyer for DNC in the RNC Consent Decree Case for 40 Years, Sends Along Thoughts on Trump’s Comments About Sending Law Enforcement to the Polls in November

August 21, 2020, 6:05 amchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Angelo Genova, speaking for himself and not the DNC, writes: Rick : I read your piece today. I too have watched and heard with great disappointment , but no surprise , the recurring narrative emanating from President Trump and the… Continue reading

“Disinformation campaign stokes fears about mail voting, using LeBron James image and boosted by Trump-aligned group”

August 20, 2020, 4:05 pmcampaigns, cheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: A prominent Washington-based conservative advocacy organization is promoting a deceptive digital ad campaign that is stoking fears about mail-in voting and targeting battleground states with high concentrations of minority voters.FreedomWorks, the tax-exempt nonprofit that helped launchtea-partyprotests a decade ago… Continue reading

North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering King David Lewis Resigns, Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges in Case Touching on Separate NCGOP Bribery Scandal

August 20, 2020, 1:18 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

I expect we will hear much more about this.

“Trump Phone Calls Add to Lingering Questions About Russian Interference”

August 19, 2020, 8:51 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: More than 200 pages into a sprawling, 1,000-page report on Russian election interference, the Senate Intelligence Committee made a startling conclusion endorsed by both Republicans and Democrats: Donald J. Trump knew of and discussed stolen Democratic emails at critical… Continue reading

“Election officials around the country race to expand voting options as Postal Service crisis spurs alarm”

August 19, 2020, 8:48 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Election officials are racing to install more ballot drop boxes and secure large venues for Election Day voting, part of an urgent push to reassure Americans worried about trusting their ballots to a U.S. Postal Service engulfed in… Continue reading

“How Paul Manafort promoted Russian disinformation that has been embraced by Trump”

August 19, 2020, 8:46 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: The effort began only days after Paul Manafort resigned as chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in August 2016.Manafort faced scrutiny for accepting millions in off-book payments from pro-Russian Ukrainian officials — an uncomfortable situation for the longtime lobbyist,… Continue reading

“New Local Election Ordered in N.J. After Mail-In Voter Fraud Charges; A judge ruled that the election in Paterson had been irreversibly tainted. The president has used the case to assail mail-in voting as dangerous, though election experts disagree.”

August 19, 2020, 8:41 pmabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT:

New Jersey: “Judge invalidates Paterson’s 3rd Ward results, orders new election”

August 19, 2020, 8:33 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

The system works.

President Trump Allows His Mail-in Ballot to Be Harvested

August 18, 2020, 3:14 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

The Hill: The Palm Beach County elections office received the completed ballots on Monday, a spokesperson for the office confirmed to The Hill.The president and the first lady’s ballots were dropped off in person instead of being returned to the… Continue reading

Roger Stone Sent Message to WikiLeaks to Release Podesta Emails Immediately in Response to Trump “Access Hollywood” Tape

August 18, 2020, 7:46 amchicaneryRick Hasen

As many suspected (via the Senate Report): Some details about the day of the Access Hollywood tape/Podesta emails release: Trump campaign team heard about the tape an hour before its release. Stone told Corsi to get Assange to "drop… Continue reading

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