Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“Voter Fraud! Wait, No.”

August 16, 2013, 1:50 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Juliet Lapidos at NYT’s “Taking Note” ed board blog: The latest false alarm comes to us from Colorado. Boulder’s Daily Camera reported earlier this week that “Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler gave Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett a… Continue reading

“McCrory defends Voter ID bill in NPR interview”

August 13, 2013, 9:17 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WNCN: McCrory went on the offensive on the “Here and Now” program, which aired Tuesday afternoon. He called some of the NAACP’s criticisms of the law “totally false” and said preregistering high school students to vote was costly.… Continue reading

“Why is Voter ID So Popular?”

August 13, 2013, 8:59 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Catherine Engelbrecht of True the Vote at Breitbart: “Why is this popular voter ID so ‘controversial’? It makes the jobs of political operatives that prey on a weak system more difficult. It also proves the privileged northeastern academics’ racial generalizations… Continue reading

“Gov. Pat McCrory: Why I signed the Voter ID/election reform bill” and Why the Governor is Wrong

August 13, 2013, 7:49 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

He calls the voter id requirement “non-burdensome.” For most people that’s true, but not for all. And put the other parts of the law together, and there is a large burden on some voters and at least a small burden… Continue reading

Von Spakovsky, J. Christian Adams Testifying About Shelby County and VRA at House Hearing Tomorrow

July 17, 2013, 3:12 pmfraudulent fraud squad, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

For those expecting compromise and a bipartisan spirit to fix Voting Rights Act section 5 coming out of tomorrow’s hearing, fuhgeddaboutit! (Bob Kengle and Spencer Overton are the Democratic-called witnesses.) Ari Melber says don’t be a naysayer about a… Continue reading

“More voter-fraud allegations evaporate into nothing”

July 10, 2013, 2:03 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Steve Benen blogs.

“Another Fox Voter Fraud Story Dies”

July 8, 2013, 9:25 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Media Matters: Seventeen months after Fox News became briefly fixated on Republican claims that hundreds of dead voters had cast ballots in South Carolina, those allegations have been completely debunked by an investigation by law enforcement that found no… Continue reading

Did Kansas SOS Kobach Lie Again in His Oped? This One Looks Like a Geography Problem

July 6, 2013, 12:37 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Following up on this post, see this.

“Report: no widespread fraud found in SC elections”

July 6, 2013, 12:27 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: No one intentionally cast a ballot in South Carolina using the names of dead people in recent elections, despite allegations to the contrary, according to a State Law Enforcement Division report obtained Friday by The Associated Press. Attorney… Continue reading

“Beware Kobach’s lie about KC voter fraud case”

July 5, 2013, 2:18 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

It’s a lie ELB readers will recognize.

The “Vote Fraud Deniers” Bait and Switch

March 20, 2013, 11:10 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Some of those in the fraudulent fraud squad like to call those, like me, who (correctly) argue that impersonation voter fraud is virtually nonexistent “vote fraud deniers.” Here’s an example of the language in a new John Fund column… Continue reading

John Fund Comes to Von Spakovsky’s Defense in Boot from Fairfax Elections Board

March 11, 2013, 12:13 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Here.

“True the Vote Presents False Findings”

March 1, 2013, 5:28 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Rob Richie traces the ever-evolving TTV report. It begins: Yesterday I helped my colleague Andrea Levien expose on the FairVote blog that True the Vote — an organization that purports to be dedicated to reducing voter fraud and has been… Continue reading