Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad
“The GOP’s state-by-state crusade to disenfranchise voters”
Katrina vanden Huevel’s latest WaPo column.
“Maine Republicans outline examples of voter fraud amid people’s veto effort on registration”
We will see what information the news conference will bring.
Quotes of the Day
“If you want to steal an election, the absentee box is the place to begin, and if you want to calculate the likelihood of fraud in a county, first figure the percentage of its total vote that is cast in… Continue reading
“ACLU sues secretary of state over voter investigation”
The fight to take a look at the evidence of alleged potential fraud in New Mexico heats up another notch.
“GOP Fighting for Tougher Voter Identification Laws, ‘Voter Fraud Is Real'”
The quotation marks this time are straight from the headline.
RNLA chair David Norcross is quoted in the piece as saying that the “Colorado Secretary of State found last year that 5,000 non-citizens voted in their Senate race.” I’ve… Continue reading
“Not everyone has a photo ID”
Michael Waldman, responding to Kris Kobach’s earlier op-ed.
And for those who still don’t believe the numbers, there’s a timely story about two physicians in South Carolina trying mightily to help patients who don’t have ID get ID.
More of the Same Dept.
“Setting the record straight on voter ID laws”
Cleta Mitchell has written this commentary for the Daily Caller.
“Georgia’s photo ID law infringes on the right to vote”
Laughlin McDonald has written this letter to the editor of the Washington Post. It begins: “In his June 23 letter, Georgia’s secretary of state, Brian Kemp, said his state’s photo ID law, which requires a photo ID for in-person… Continue reading
More Jim Sleeper on the Brooklyn Grand Jury Report and Voter Fraud
Following up on these posts, read this new Jim Sleeper post: “Where serious journalism begins. I was tickled recently to notice that election law expert Rick Hasen, tracking Brooklyn voter fraud cases from the 1970s and ’80s, resurrected my… Continue reading
To the Georgia Secretary of State: Please Show Me Evidence that a Voter ID Law Would Stop the Kind of Fraud You Find and Prosecute
SOS Kemp, in WaPo letter to the editor: “Mr. Dionne argued that photo ID and related election-security laws are not needed because voter fraud ‘is not a major problem.’ As chairman of the Georgia State Election Board, I can… Continue reading
TPM Follow Up on 1984 Grand Jury Report Cited by von Spakvosky
Want More Flavor About the Brooklyn Fraud Described in the 1984 Grand Jury Report, the Collusion of Election Officials, and Prosecutions for Impersonation Vote Fraud?
Jim Sleeper’s recollections jibe with the grand jury report and the NY Times reporting at the time. Sleeper’s story from the Village Voice in that period notes some impersonation fraud and some convictions:
The Brooklyn example is not looking like… Continue reading