Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Maine SOS Dunlap Responds to Calls for His Resignation from Pence-Kobach Commission

July 26, 2017, 8:10 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

From an interview in The Atlantic: Dunlap: Some of the people who are opposed rather vehemently to the very existence of this commission say that I should resign, because being a respected elections official and a Democrat only lends… Continue reading

Federal Court Affirms $1000 Fine Against Kris Kobach for Misleading Court on Voting Documents Presented to Trump

July 25, 2017, 2:33 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

So reports Jonathan Shorman. Update: The district court’s opinion reviewing an earlier magistrate judge’s sanctions order against Kobach is here. Particularly noteworthy is the district court’s comment that SOS Kobach’s conduct “demonstrate a pattern” of misleading statements to the… Continue reading

“What does the US election integrity commission need to be credible? Some actual experts”

July 25, 2017, 1:03 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Michael Halpern and Michael Latner in The Guardian: But by far the most glaring omission in membership concerns people who can most effectively evaluate data on elections and voter fraud: election scientists. The last commission, headed by Obama… Continue reading

“After legal victory, Kobach says states will be sent new letter for voter information”

July 25, 2017, 8:57 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The KC Star reports.

“Voter fraud is rare, Ohio secretary of state tells Trump’s election integrity commission”

July 25, 2017, 7:34 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Cleveland.com reports.

Federal Court Rejects EPIC’s Request to Block Collection of Voter Data by Pence-Kobach Commission

July 24, 2017, 12:16 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

35-page order and opinion.

“Five sentenced to days in jail for Supreme Court disruption over campaign finance”

July 24, 2017, 10:42 amcampaign finance, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: Five protesters who disrupted a session of the U.S. Supreme Court by shouting disapproval of its rulings on campaign finance law were sentenced to either one or two weekends in prison Monday after losing a bid to overturn a… Continue reading

“The Case for Courage; Fight for voting rights, not just for yourself but for your neighbor, too.”

July 24, 2017, 7:56 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Andrew Cohen for the Brennan Center for Justice.

“Kobach is a ‘useful idiot’ for Russia”

July 23, 2017, 9:05 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jennifer Rubin for WaPo: And that in a nutshell is the problem: We have an administration that finds it more helpful to fan Russian propaganda than to speak simple truths about America’s democratic system and Russia’s corrupt thugocracy. Supporting Russian… Continue reading

“The Trump election commission exists solely to justify a Trump lie”

July 23, 2017, 8:40 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

E.J. Dionne column.

“The Bogus Voter-Fraud Commission”

July 23, 2017, 8:39 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Well done NYT editorial.

“Scaramucci: ‘Probably Some Level Of Truth’ To Claim Millions Voted Illegally”

July 21, 2017, 1:24 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

TPM: New White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci refused on Friday to distance himself from the Trump administration’s baseless claim that 3 million illegal votes cast for Hillary Clinton lost Donald Trump the popular vote, quickly extinguishing hopes the investment-banker-turned-Trump-insider… Continue reading

“A word with Kris Kobach; The voter-fraud commission relies on some really dodgy studies”

July 21, 2017, 1:18 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Economist: Research reports collected for years by the Brennan Centre for Justice at the New York University School of Law show that voter fraud in general and by non-citizens in particular is extraordinarily rare. In his own state, Mr… Continue reading

“Hill investigators, Trump staff look to Facebook for critical answers in Russia probe”

July 20, 2017, 5:16 pmcampaigns, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

CNN: There are two questions. One is: Was there coordination or collusion between the campaigns and these technology tools, which overwhelmed the search engine tools so that certain stories popped up at the top of your newsfeed. The second is,… Continue reading

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