Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“Sec of State LaRose says it’s easy to vote in Ohio, but critics say he’s making it more difficult”

September 6, 2024, 9:43 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Ohio Capital Journal: Secretary of State Frank LaRose is fond of saying that “it’s easy to vote and hard to cheat” in Ohio elections. But his recent — and not-so-recent — conduct seems to contradict both halves of that formulation,… Continue reading

“Republicans Seize on False Theories About Immigrant Voting”

September 5, 2024, 7:10 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: In late July, a group of Republican activists met on a Zoom call to discuss preparations for the November election. The topic was how to keep undocumented immigrants from voting in November, a problem they claim, inaccurately, to be… Continue reading

“Paxton’s election fraud charges upend lives but result in few convictions”

September 2, 2024, 3:40 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo deep dive: The church leader’s case fits a pattern that has emerged in Texas under Paxton: Aggressive prosecutions for alleged election fraud crimes that upend lives but result in few cases that go to trial and end in a… Continue reading

“Group repped by former Trump lawyer questions NC election results, alleges election law violations”

August 30, 2024, 7:18 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WRAL: A group represented by a lawyer with ties to former President Donald Trump says North Carolina’s 2022 election results are unreliable due in part to voting machine errors, alleging in court documents that elections officials violated federal laws designed… Continue reading

“Voting Rights Leaders Step Up Election Initiatives After Texas Raids”

August 28, 2024, 10:18 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: Republican officials in Texas in recent days have investigated a number of Latino voting activists and political organizers as part of an election fraud inquiry, conducting a series of raids that led one group to appeal to the federal… Continue reading

“Officials Voted Down a Controversial Georgia Election Rule, Saying It Violated the Law. Then a Similar Version Passed.”

August 27, 2024, 7:13 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

ProPublica: In May, four of them voted down a proposed rule that would have given county election boards a new way to delay or reject election results, which could throw the November vote count into chaos. “You run counter… Continue reading

“Republican Party leaders seek to purge 225,000 NC voters ahead of 2024 elections, citing worries dismissed by state officials”

August 27, 2024, 7:11 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WRAL: State and national Republican Party leaders are suing the State Board of Elections again, days after the board criticized GOP leaders for filing a lawsuit based on what the board called “categorically false” allegations about the potential for voter… Continue reading

“Latino Civil Rights Group Demands Inquiry Into Texas Voter Fraud Raids”

August 26, 2024, 7:34 amchicanery, Department of Justice, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: A Latino civil rights group is asking the Department of Justice to open an investigation into a series of raids conducted on Latino voting activists and political operatives as part of a sprawling voter fraud inquiry by the Texas… Continue reading

“With eyes on November, Colorado Republicans keep voting against certifying elections”

August 25, 2024, 7:04 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

USA Today: After Colorado’s elections for local offices this past November, a state Republican Party official sent out a notice to local board members saying they should vote against certifying the results. “Nothing has changed since the 2020 elections,” wrote … Continue reading

“LULAC says its members were target of latest Ken Paxton voter fraud search, calls for federal probe”

August 25, 2024, 7:01 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Houston Chronicle: The League of United Latin American Citizens is requesting a federal investigation after it said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton conducted raids of its volunteers’ homes this week, looking for evidence of possible vote harvesting. Paxton on Wednesday… Continue reading

“A close race brings fresh fears of election interference by Trump allies”

August 23, 2024, 8:18 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Also this week, election officials in at least three battleground states received nearlyidentical letters from the American Conservative Union explaining their plan to monitor ballot drop boxes and scrutinize those using them to vote. The letters prompted concerns… Continue reading

“With false ‘coup’ claims, Trump primes supporters to challenge a Harris win”

August 19, 2024, 7:44 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: From the moment Vice President Kamala Harris emerged as the surprise Democratic presidential nominee, former president Donald Trump began arguing that she was anointed through a “coup” rather than chosen by primary voters. After barely mentioning election integrity at… Continue reading

“How a Far-Right Takeover of Georgia’s Election Board Could Swing the Election”

August 19, 2024, 7:41 amelection administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Like similar entities in other states, Georgia’s elections board was established to be an independent agency that determines voting rules and issues guidance for poll workers to maintain order and integrity in elections without consideration of their political impact.… Continue reading

“How Texas election officials are dealing with a flood of challenges to voter registrations”

August 19, 2024, 7:25 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, voter registrationRick Hasen

Votebeat: County election departments across Texas are trying to reassure voters amid a flood of formal challenges questioning whether their registrations are valid. The challenges, filed by conservative groups and individual activists, seek to remove tens of thousands of voters… Continue reading