“Trump’s Lies About Voter Fraud Are Already Leading to New GOP Voter-Suppression Efforts”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad
“Why Does Donald Trump Lie About Voter Fraud?”
NYT editorial:
This is how voter suppression efforts start. First come the unverified tales of fraud; then come the urgent calls to tighten voter registration rules and increase “ballot security,” which translate into laws that disenfranchise tens or hundreds of… Continue reading
Paul Ryan Doesn’t Know–and Says He Doesn’t Care–If Millions Voted Illegally
Greg Sargent:
Republicans have spent years pushing lies about voter fraud in order to justify vote suppression measures. But Donald Trump took these lies to another level entirely. He not only claimed in advance of the election that its outcome… Continue reading
“Kris Kobach was a source of Donald Trump’s voter fraud allegation, Conway says”
Cottrell, Herron & Westwood on Trump’s Fraud Allegations
Here’s the abstract to their paper, “Evaluating Donald Trump’s Allegations of Voter Fraud in the 2016 Presidential Election”:
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly claimed that the presidential election would be tainted by massive voter fraud. Despite… Continue reading
“Voter Fraud Isn’t Real—But Voter Suppression Is a Grave Danger”
Liz Kennedy and Danielle Root at CAP.
“Voting rights advocates brace for ‘biggest fight of our lifetime’ during Trump administration”
WaPo: “Voting rights advocates are furious at President-elect Donald Trump’s baseless claims of widespread voter fraud and concerned that his administration will more vigorously adopt measures that will make it harder for some groups of people to vote.”
“Pants on Fire” for Trump’s Fraud Tweet
PolitiFact. No surprise again.
“Trump Spokesman Fails to Back up Trump Claim of Voter Fraud”
Reaction to Trump Vote Fraud Tweets
NC: “Republicans claim 43 voters are ineligible felons. Many of them aren’t”
News and Observer:
Larry Smith got an odd phone call last week: Someone had filed to throw out his vote, claiming he was a felon serving an active sentence.
Smith, who lives in Stokes County, is no felon. But he… Continue reading
Politifact Rates False InfoWars’ Ridiculous Claim that 3 Million Votes Cast in 2016 Election Were “Illegal Aliens”
“Issa seeks to challenge ballots in close race”
San Diego Union-Tribune:
Rep. Darrell Issa said in a fundraising appeal Wednesday that he is mounting an effort to challenge the legality of some ballots still being counted in his tight re-election race .
Issa said that he leads Democrat… Continue reading
Rep. Issa, Clinging to Narrow Lead as Ballots are Counted, Says Democrats Will Force Counting of Ballots from “Illegal, Unregistered Voters”
At the time of this writing, Rep. Darrell Issa leads challenger Doug Applegate for California’s 49th congressional district by about 3,700 votes. But there are still an unknown number of provisional and other ballots left to be counted. On Friday… Continue reading