Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

Another Troubling Development for the Rule of Law and Election Administration: Rick Scott Requests Law Enforcement to Investigate Broward County Vote Counting, As He’s Locked in a Close Race for Senate, and President Piles On

November 8, 2018, 7:30 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Banana republic stuff spreads. Marc Caputo and Matt Dixon for Politico: Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday night that he was calling for a state investigation into Broward County’s handling of tens of thousands of ballots that have led to… Continue reading

Kobach Projected to Lose Kansas Governor’s Race to Democrat

November 6, 2018, 7:12 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Kansas.com reports.

“Without evidence, Trump and Sessions warn of voter fraud in Tuesday’s elections”

November 5, 2018, 5:39 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday issued strong warnings about the threat of voter fraud in Tuesday’s elections, echoing the president’s baseless claims that massive voter fraud marred his 2016 election and prompting accusations that his… Continue reading

“Study finds pattern in Twitter voter fraud posts”

November 5, 2018, 7:45 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Tribune News Service: Researchers have identified what they called a coordinated network of Twitter accounts that’s pushing false and misleading stories about election integrity with hashtags like #VoterFraud. They found a core of 200 accounts that posted on Twitter or… Continue reading

“The speculation among GOP elites in this state capital town is that Kobach will probably lose narrowly and Trump will quickly appoint him to an administration job.”

November 2, 2018, 8:17 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo.

Dodge City, KS Moved Polling Place Because of “Construction,” But…. (Bonus Spurious Claim of Risk of Double Voting)

November 1, 2018, 1:09 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

They say that Dodge City voters can't vote in their usual polling location because it is inaccessible due to construction. So we went there to see for ourselves. Wanna guess what we found? pic.twitter.com/dO5BVUOtkP — Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) November 1, … Continue reading

“How a right-wing troll and a Russian Twitter account created 2016’s biggest voter fraud story”

October 30, 2018, 2:10 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NBC News: When Naim Tyler tweeted a video on Nov. 8, 2016, that showed an alleged voting machine malfunction in favor of Hillary Clinton, he expected some attention. But he didn’t realize what was about to happen. The video… Continue reading

“Lack of proof aside, Kris Kobach can’t stop talking about voter fraud in Kansas governor’s race”

October 28, 2018, 12:21 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: He’s brushed aside the state’s woeful financial straits. He’s dismissed concerns that driving in parades with a machine-gun replica mounted on his Jeep might come off as offensive. Instead, in an audacious performance that mimics President Trump more than… Continue reading

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Posts Facebook Video Ostensibly Instructing How to Commit Voter Impersonation Fraud, a Kind of Fraud Which Hasn’t Been Used to Try to Swing an Election We Know About Since at Least the 1980s

October 23, 2018, 7:47 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: Amid a push to pass a photo ID requirement for North Carolina elections, the state’s lieutenant governor appears in a video that offers instructions on how to commit voter fraud in the state. The video , posted on Facebook,… Continue reading

One of the Messages from Russian Interference in 2018 Elections Pushed Judicial Watch’s Claim that Voter Fraud Was Rampant in “Blue States” Without Voter ID

October 19, 2018, 12:07 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Here’s the complaint from the newest members of the Fraudulent Fraud Squad. As Adam Smith flags from page 16: Hmm! https://t.co/gYTkyUISiW pic.twitter.com/643MZlkllS — Adam Smith (@asmith83) October 19, 2018 The 11 California counties claim came from Judicial Watch. More… Continue reading

“Kris Kobach Is Desperate To Block The Release Of His Damaging Depo Video”

October 18, 2018, 9:23 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

TPM reports. [Corrected link.]

True the Vote Complains About Too Many Voter Registrations Flooding Texas Election Offices

October 16, 2018, 9:51 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Can’t make this up (from a True the Vote fundraising letter): Maybe if Texas adopted online voter registration like many other Republican and Democratic states, it wouldn’t have this problem.

“Ross Admits Bannon Put Him In Touch With Kobach To Talk Census Citizenship Question”

October 11, 2018, 2:43 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

TPM: Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross admitted Thursday in ongoing litigation that then-White House adviser Steve Bannon called him in the spring of 2017 to put him in touch with Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to discuss adding a… Continue reading

True the Vote Lists Areas With High Minority Populations as “Hotspots” for Election “Integrity” Efforts

October 4, 2018, 11:32 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Via email: Dear Supporter, With little more than a month until the general election, the battle for election integrity is raging from coast to coast – and as the Wall Street Journal rightly reported, the Senate Fight Unfolds on Deep … Continue reading

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