Kentucky: “Jury convicts dad of Alison Lundergan Grimes for giving illegally to Senate campaign”
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports.
Category Archives: chicanery
“New Clues Show How Russia’s Grid Hackers Aimed for Physical Destruction”
Wired:
For nearly three years, the December 2016 cyberattack on the Ukrainian power grid has presented a menacing puzzle. Two days before Christmas that year, Russian hackers planted a unique specimen of malware in the network of Ukraine’s national grid… Continue reading
“PACs that raise small-dollar donations — and spend mostly on themselves — are proliferating”
Troubling trend detailed by CPI.
“The Cybersecurity 202: How counties are war-gaming Election Day cyberattacks”
Trump Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Who Lied About His Reason for Including A Citizenship Question on the Census, Pressured NOAA Officials on Trump Misstatement about Alabama Hurricane
NYT:
The Secretary of Commerce threatened to fire top employees at NOAA on Friday after the agency’s Birmingham office contradicted President Trump’s claim that Hurricane Dorian might hit Alabama, according to three people familiar with the discussion.That threat led to … Continue reading
“Israel election: Netanyahu fails to pass ‘racist’ bill allowing cameras at polling stations”
The Independent:
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed in a bid to allow cameras at polling stations during national elections, a move critics suggested was aimed at lowering Arab turnout. The legislation, put forward by Netanyahu’s Likud party… Continue reading
“Russia Accuses Facebook And Google Of Illegal Election Interference”
Forbes:
The irony will not be lost on anyone—Russia has just accused both Facebook and Google of “illegal” and “unacceptable” election interference during a poll in the country. And, no, you didn’t read that wrong.The “facts,” the country’s communications… Continue reading
“Congressional Democrats plan to launch inquiry into Trump’s alleged role in scheme to silence affair accusations”
WaPo:
House Democrats plan to make President Trump’s alleged involvement in a 2016 scheme to silencetwo women who claimed they had affairs with him a major investigative focus this fall, picking up where federal prosecutors left off in a … Continue reading
“Maryland was never in play in 2016. The Russians targeted it anyway.”
WaPo:
Russia’s Twitter campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election in Maryland began in June 2015, 17 months before Election Day, when the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency opened an account it called @BaltimoreOnline and began tweeting about local news… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read: “Mystery of missing votes deepens as Congress investigates Georgia”
AJC:
To find a clue about what might have gone wrong with Georgia’s election last fall, look no further than voting machine No. 3 at the Winterville Train Depot outside Athens.On machine No. 3, Republicans won every race. On… Continue reading
“Exclusive: U.S. officials fear ransomware attack against 2020 election”
Reuters:
T he U.S. government plans to launch a program in roughly one month that narrowly focuses on protecting voter registration databases and systems ahead of the 2020 presidential election.These systems, which are widely used to validate the eligibility… Continue reading
“Russian interference, 2020”
Axios reports.
“Mail-In Absentee Ballot Anomalies in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District”
Michael Herron has written this article forthcoming in the Election Law Journal. Here is the abstract:
The aftermath of the 2018 midterm election in North Carolina was marred by allegations of absentee ballot fraud in the state’s 9th Congressional District,… Continue reading
Breaking: Republican FEC Commissioners Block Investigation into NRA Russian Ties in 2016 Election
FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub (whose full statement is here):
BREAKING: @FEC's Republicans block all investigation of & enforcement against Russians Torshin & Butina re the NRA & the 2016 presidential election. Result: FEC does nothing to find out… Continue reading