Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“Arizona official refutes review that counted 282 dead voters”

August 1, 2022, 8:27 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Monday his investigators found just one dead voter after thoroughly reviewing findings from a partisan review of the 2020 election that alleged 282 ballots were cast in the name of someone who had… Continue reading

“Trump-Backed Conspiracy Theorist Vies to Take Over Arizona Elections”

August 1, 2022, 7:28 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: This spring, Mark Finchem traveled to Mar-a-Lago for the premiere of a documentary advancing the specious notion that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen from President Donald J. Trump by an army of leftists stuffing drop boxes with… Continue reading

Wisconsin: “Tim Ramthun’s campaign for governor promoted election denial. Election law experts worry about the consequences”

August 1, 2022, 7:24 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Shawn Johnson for WPR.

“Conservative groups raise money for voter-fraud probes as states ban election grants; States banned private money for election expenses, but a new plan to raise money for voter fraud investigations poses similar concerns.”

August 1, 2022, 7:18 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Carrie Levine for VoteBeat: It turns out that the much-publicized spate of new state laws banning private grants for elections may have left a route open for private money after all. It flows through law enforcement.Conservative nonprofit True the Vote… Continue reading

“Texas Charity That Backs Trump’s Stolen-Election Lie Has Deep Ties to Ken Paxton”

July 23, 2022, 11:39 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Reveal News: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is pretty familiar with Catherine Engelbrecht. He’s been a guest on her podcast, chatting about their shared passion: rooting out voter fraud. They both have gone to great lengths to try to… Continue reading

“No major problems with ballot drop boxes in 2020, AP finds”

July 17, 2022, 7:18 pmabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

AP: “The expanded use of drop boxes for mailed ballots during the 2020 election did not lead to any widespread problems, according to an Associated Press survey of state election officials across the U.S. that revealed no cases of… Continue reading

“Parroting Trump, GOP primary losers cast doubt on elections”

July 16, 2022, 10:52 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

AP: “[T]his year’s Republican primaries … have revealed a new political strategy among numerous candidates: running on a platform that denies President Donald Trump’s defeat two years ago. As some of those candidates lose their own races, they are… Continue reading

Door-to-door “auditing” of 2020 election

July 15, 2022, 11:27 amfraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

NPR reports: “People who falsely believe the 2020 election was stolen are knocking on doors around the country to determine whether people actually voted. The effort is raising concerns about voter intimidation.”

“Trump’s 2020 outrage drives fear of ‘insider’ election threats”

July 14, 2022, 4:23 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

The Hill: Former President Trump’s campaign to undermine the 2020 election is fueling concerns over midterm election security, with experts warning of “insider” threats from the very officials charged with guarding the vote. Hundreds of GOP candidates in federal and… Continue reading

Kansas Sheriff Says He’s Continuing to Investigate Fraud

July 14, 2022, 4:07 amfraudulent fraud squad, voting technologyDan Tokaji

Despite the apparent lack of evidence that any occurred. From the KC Star: Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden told a “constitutional sheriffs” group in Las Vegas on Tuesday that he is continuing to investigate the county’s election results to… Continue reading

“The Fight Over Truth Also Has a Red State-Blue State Divide”

July 10, 2022, 7:31 amcheap speech, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

NYT: In the absence of significant action on disinformation at the federal level, officials in state after state are taking aim at the sources of disinformation and the platforms that propagate them — only they are doing so… Continue reading

“A third Dane County judge orders Michael Gableman to stop deleting records related to 2020 election review”

July 6, 2022, 7:46 amfraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Another judge is ordering the embattled former Supreme Court justice leading Assembly Republicans’ review of the 2020 election to stop deleting records related to his probe. The order, issued Tuesday by Dane County Circuit Judge Jacob… Continue reading

“On Conservative Radio, Misleading Message Is Clear: ‘Democrats Cheat’”

July 5, 2022, 5:08 amfraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

NYT: “November’s midterm elections are still months away, but to many conservative commentators, the fix is already in. Democrats have cheated before, they say, and they will cheat again.” You can scroll down for sample audio clips. (Also, find… Continue reading

The Grassroots Spread of Election Denial Claims

July 5, 2022, 4:01 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squad, UncategorizedDan Tokaji

NPR has a great report on how false claims that the 2020 election was stolen are (still) being spread nationwide: Instead of trickling down from former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account, the movement has gone grassroots, with election denial influencers… Continue reading