Category Archives: chicanery

“Trumpist county clerk barred after leak of voting-system passwords to QAnon”

October 17, 2021, 11:22 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Ars Technica: A Colorado judge on Wednesday barred Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters from supervising elections due to the leak of voting-system BIOS passwords to QAnon conspiracy theorist Ron Watkins. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and Mesa County registered… Continue reading

“Opinion: The dangerous idea behind Trump’s coup effort is still alive. Let’s kill it.”

October 15, 2021, 8:44 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Greg Sargent: Recently, Claremont Institute — the think tank that employs Eastman and is developing a demented intellectual theory of Trumpism — put out a statement denying that Eastman ever suggested Pence should throw the election.That’s nonsense — Eastman’s memo… Continue reading

“Calls intensify to end Wisconsin’s election review amid blunders by ex-judge in charge”

October 14, 2021, 9:44 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: The glaring errors became clear soon after a former Wisconsin judge issued subpoenas earlier this month in a Republican review of the state’s 2020 presidential election. Some of the requests referred to the wrong city. At least one was… Continue reading

Philadephia: “Mark Squilla Staffer Charged in South Philly Voter Fraud Conspiracy”

October 13, 2021, 6:53 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

This one looks troubling, because it is a crime committed by an election official: According to prosecutors, the conspiracy involved Beren and an individual currently identified in the complaint only as Consultant #1, who is described as a… Continue reading

“John Eastman’s Big Lie”

October 13, 2021, 8:07 amchicanery, election subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

George Thomas at The Constitutionalist: John Eastman was the architect of former President Trump’s plan to get his Vice President to declare him the winner of the 2020 election. The scheme turned on Eastman’s insistence that in seven states… Continue reading

“Pro-Trump PAC fined over foreign money offer”

October 13, 2021, 6:53 amcampaign finance, chicanery, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Lachlan Markay for Axios: A pro-Trump political group has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle allegations it illegally solicited $2 million from reporters posing as intermediaries for a Chinese national.Why it matters: A key player in the scheme, a veteran… Continue reading

“New Arizona audit review shows Cyber Ninjas’ ballot count off by 312K”

October 12, 2021, 7:13 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: The hand count of ballots in Maricopa County was off by more than 312,000, according to a review of newly released Arizona audit records.Election analysts also say Cyber Ninjas, the contractor for the hand count, didn’t tally… Continue reading

“Michigan Republicans replace local election officials in ‘unprecedented’ trend”

October 11, 2021, 1:20 pmchicanery, election administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Detroit News: Republican Party leaders across the battleground state of Michigan have quietly worked in recent weeks to replace incumbent county election officials with newcomers, some of whom have sought to undermine the public’s faith in the 2020… Continue reading

Michigan: “Nessel charges three Metro Detroit women with fraud related to 2020 election”

October 11, 2021, 1:15 pmabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

Detroit News: Three Metro Detroit women have been charged with election fraud by Attorney General Dana Nessel in connection to absentee ballot applications and ballots submitted during Michigan’s 2020 general election.Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson stressed… Continue reading

Georgia: “Fulton fires 2 elections workers accused of shredding voter applications”

October 11, 2021, 11:24 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

AJC: The state is investigating accusations that Fulton County elections workers shredded voter registration applications.The news came Monday, less than 24 hours before early voting is set to begin for municipal races in Fulton. A news release from… Continue reading

Claremont Institute, Lying About What John Eastman Proposed to Do In the 2020 Election (Have the VP Stage a Coup), Complains About Federalist Society Shutting Eastman Out of Annual Conference

October 11, 2021, 6:59 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Here is the mendacious statement. Steve Vladeck: The @ClaremontInst is attempting to whitewash John Eastman’s “how to coup in six easy steps” memo by blatantly misrepresenting what Eastman actually wrote. Among other things, Eastman falsely claimed there were dueling… Continue reading

“Georgia election official takes the fight to Trump; Trump’s election nemesis refuses to shut up and take the former president’s abuse.”

October 10, 2021, 9:55 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Marc Caputo for Politico: Donald Trump never wastes an opportunity to attack Georgia’s top statewide Republican officeholders for failing to help him overturn the 2020 election results in the key swing state.Brad Raffensperger is the only one who refuses to… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 Panel Threatens to Pursue Charges Against Bannon”

October 9, 2021, 2:09 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: The select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot threatened on Friday to pursue criminal charges against Stephen K. Bannon, the former chief strategist to President Donald J. Trump, for refusing to comply with its subpoena, announcing it… Continue reading

“Why did this EAC commissioner talk to the senator behind Arizona’s audit?”

October 9, 2021, 2:06 pmchicanery, Election Assistance Commission, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Jessica Huseman (in Votebeat’s indispensable weekly newsletter): A newly revealed text message about Christy McCormick, a commissioner and past chair of the Election Assistance Commission, raised eyebrows among election observers this week. The exchange between two Arizona state senators… Continue reading

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