Charles is one of the smartest and fairest people working in the field of election administration from the academic side. From his post today: 4. The lost opportunity. Most people who work in the field of election administration, academics and practitioners, … Continue reading
Category Archives: chicanery
Among Doug’s questions: What impact does this have on members of the commission? Several members of the new commission are involved in complicated issues elsewhere. Kansas’ Kobach continues to be the target of numerous lawsuits regarding his state’s voter registration laws … Continue reading
Bob Bauer, former co-chair of the last (bipartisan) Presidential Commission on Election Administration: This means that the only hope for the Commission to attain respectability is to build a record of consultation with the respectable. And given how the Commission … Continue reading
The Executive order establishing the “voter fraud” commission provides for the VP to chair and up to 15 additional members. Yet the NYT report says it will have “about a dozen” members, and so far we only know the names … Continue reading
ABC News: President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order today establishing a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression in the American election system, multiple senior administration officials tell ABC News. The officials say Vice … Continue reading
NBCDFW: Dallas County Election Supervisor Toni Pippins-Poole said officials also saw a flood of mail-in ballots requested by the same person who signed the return envelope as assisting the person who cast the votes. “That was a red flag for … Continue reading
KERA reports. … Continue reading
Editorial: The Javert of voter fraud now has a ninth conviction to show for Kansans’ tax dollars and his own single-minded pursuit. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach claimed in a statement last week that, “This conviction demonstrates once again … Continue reading
Daniel Bice for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Long a player on the national stage, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation in Milwaukee has been quietly using its vast resources to construct state-by-state networks of activist groups to win support for its conservative … Continue reading
The Dallas Morning News reports. … Continue reading
The Hill: Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (R) in a new interview broadcast Sunday evening said if he could go back to his time in office, he would not have taken the gifts that led to a career-rocking scandal. “If … Continue reading
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Covert videos of Democratic activists released in the run-up to last year’s presidential election showed no violations of Wisconsin laws, a review by the attorney general’s office found. The blunt conclusion is at odds with how Republican … Continue reading
Bryan Lowry in the KC Star: A federal magistrate judge has ordered Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to disclose documents outlining a strategic plan he presented to President Donald Trump in November, a decision that could have ramifications from … Continue reading
NBC DFW: West Dallas pastor has raised concerns of multiple attempts at voter fraud after several members of his church received mail-in ballots that they did not apply for. Community Fellowship Church Pastor James Armstrong said Monday at least 10 … Continue reading
Wow: Governor Robert Bentley’s former top advisor and secret paramour Rebekah Mason led a politically-motivated effort in 2015 to close 31 driver’s license offices in mostly black counties, a move that embarrassed the state and was later reversed. The decision … Continue reading
The Riverfront Times reports. … Continue reading
Philly.com: Tuesday’s controversial special election to fill the state House’s 197th District seat may be moving from the polling place to federal court, as Philadelphia’s City Commissioners prepare to start tallying the votes Friday morning. Lawyers for Republican nominee Lucinda … Continue reading
LAT: A member of the Federal Election Commission has accused President Trump of threatening democracy with his unproven allegations of voter fraud and asked him to show evidence if he has any. Ellen Weintraub, a Democratic commissioner at the agency, … Continue reading
The Denver Channel with a story that is just too rich: The former chairman of the Colorado Republican Party is charged with forgery and voter fraud for allegedly forging his wife’s mail-in ballot from last year’s election, according to court records … Continue reading
Tuesday’s NYT A1: The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, took the extraordinary step on Monday of announcing that the agency is investigating whether members of President Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election. Mr. Comey’s testimony before … Continue reading
Bauer critical of Vance. Dwyer critical of De Blaiso. … Continue reading
News from a federal court in Houston: According to the complaint, in 2011 Stockman set up a non-profit called Life Without Limits in Las Vegas. A single contributor donated $350,000 to the charity, which Stockman then allegedly funneled back to … Continue reading
NYT: The federal inquiry found a pattern in which Mr. de Blasio or his associates solicited contributions from donors seeking favors from the city and then contacted city agencies on their behalf, according to a statement from the United States … Continue reading
The latest in the Bloomingburg saga. … Continue reading
Palm Beach Post: A Palm Beach County commissioner and a state House member clinched their seats last year by stepping into voters’ homes and helping them fill out their mail-in ballots, a Palm Beach Post investigation has found. Commissioner Mack … Continue reading
WSB: The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating an alleged data breach at the Center for Election Systems at Kennesaw State University. Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Aaron Diamant reports the state voter data kept by the Center for Election Systems was compromised. … Continue reading
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WCMH: According to a release from Husted, 385 people who are not citizens of the United States are registered to vote in Ohio. Out of those, 82 voted in at least one election in the last year….. “In light of … Continue reading
NYT: Mr. Strange, a former lobbyist widely regarded as ambitious and long seen as the future of Republican politics in Alabama, attended some of the grand jury testimony. Then Mr. Bentley, in his second and final term, chose Mr. Strange … Continue reading
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. … Continue reading
Steve Chamraz for WTMJ: When I-TEAM Executive Producer Tonya Simpson bounced over to my desk in late December and announced “I found a dead voter,” we were desperate to know more. Just two months earlier, the I-TEAM analyzed more than … Continue reading
Four Pinnochios. … Continue reading
CNN’s K-Files: Gregg Phillips, the source for Donald Trump’s claim that 3 million fraudulent votes were cast, has made several misleading statements about the groups he runs, VotersTrust and American Solutions. Phillips has publicly described VotersTrust as a non-profit, specifically … Continue reading
It’s kind of what you’d expect: a whole lot of bluster and no proof—along with close ties to True the Vote. Read it. … Continue reading
CPI: Stop Hillary PAC’s pro-Trump ad is a prime example of how political ads aren’t always what they seem. What some lay viewers may interpret as a straightforward call to arms from Trump himself is really a fundraising effort for … Continue reading
AP’s delicious scoop: A man who President Donald Trump has promoted as an authority on voter fraud was registered to vote in multiple states during the 2016 presidential election, the Associated Press has learned. Gregg Phillips, whose unsubstantiated claim that … Continue reading
Clarion Ledger: The former Mississippi official whose tweet may have inspired President Trump to order a “major investigation” into voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election says he has been receiving death threats. “There are people who want to kill … Continue reading
NYT: Mr. Trump doubled down Wednesday on his fraudulent assertion that millions of illegal immigrants gave Hillary Clinton her 2.8 million-ballot victory in the popular vote, saying he would order a “major investigation” and tighten voting controls. More on this … Continue reading
Andrew Cohen: To that end, if he’s really serious about learning more about the massive fraud he says occurred, President Trump should create a blue-ribbon presidential commission to study voting rights, voter suppression, and allegations of voter fraud in the … Continue reading
The Fix: On Tuesday, the situation got worse. Press secretary Sean Spicer, asked to defend Trump’s illegal-vote comments, tried to claim that the claims were rooted in evidence. There are no studies and no evidence that there is widespread voter … Continue reading
NYT: President Trump used his first official meeting with congressional leaders on Monday to falsely claim that millions of unauthorized immigrants had robbed him of a popular vote majority, a return to his obsession with the election’s results even as … Continue reading
Martin Wisckol for the OC Register: Huntington Beach’s Chuck Burns grew concerned as he heard repeated — but mostly unsubstantiated — allegations of voter fraud last year. So once the November election was over, he decided to see how easy … Continue reading
McClatchy: Investigators are examining how money may have moved from the Kremlin to covertly help Trump win, the two sources said. One of the allegations involves whether a system for routinely paying thousands of Russian-American pensioners may have been used … Continue reading
WaPo: A Republican legislative aide in Maryland who was behind a fake news site that accused Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton of election-rigging was fired Wednesday. Del. David E. Vogt III (R-Frederick) said he terminated Cameron Harris “on the spot” … Continue reading
AP: An Alexandria man has been convicted of submitting bogus voter-registration forms while working for a progressive advocacy group….Porter said the chances that the bogus applications could have enabled actual voter fraud were minimal because the submitted names were fabricated. … Continue reading
NYDN: The first New Yorker prosecuted for voter fraud since Susan B. Anthony in 1873 was exonerated of all charges Thursday to end a bitter 20-year legal battle. “It feels great,” said attorney John O’Hara as he left Brooklyn Supreme … Continue reading
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Ed Kilgore blogs. … Continue reading
BuzzFeed: The FBI alerted the Democratic National Committee as recently as New Year’s Eve that hackers were once again trying to break into their computer systems, BuzzFeed News has learned. “There was activity the day after the president issued sanctions … Continue reading
AP: Citing increasingly sophisticated cyber bad actors and an election infrastructure that’s “vital to our national interests,” Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced Friday that he’s designating U.S. election systems critical infrastructure, a move that provides more federal help for … Continue reading