Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

Trump Camp Will Fake Exit Polls, Possibly to Intimidate Voters and Lay Groundwork for Post-Election Shenanigans

October 20, 2016, 4:04 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Quite a story from the Guardian: Donald Trump loyalists will attempt to conduct their own crowd-funded exit polling on election day, ostensibly due to fears that electronic voting machines in certain areas may have been “rigged”, the Guardian has learned.… Continue reading

On Meet the Press Daily with Chuck Todd Talking Trump, Vote Rigging, and Voter Intimidation

October 20, 2016, 3:17 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Watch here at MSNBC.

New Trump Comments on Conceding If He Loses Seem to Say Two Contradictory Things

October 20, 2016, 11:30 amchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo on Trump’s latest comments, and it seems like he seems like he’s saying two contradictory things: Donald Trump said Thursday that he would accept the results of the presidential election “if I win,” but he doubled down on… Continue reading

“Trump’s Bogus Voter Fraud Claims”

October 20, 2016, 11:09 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

FactCheck.org.

“Even Fox News Acknowledges ‘Experts Say Voter Fraud Is Rare’”

October 20, 2016, 9:15 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Oh, karma.

“Donald Trump Brings Election ‘Rigging’ Charges Front and Center”

October 20, 2016, 8:29 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Byron Tau for the WSJ: Charges that election results might be rigged have moved from the fringes of U.S. politics to a central issue in the closing days of the 2016 campaign as Republican Donald Trump has repeatedly and without… Continue reading

“Donald Trump’s charge on the election’s integrity reverberates in both campaigns”

October 20, 2016, 8:20 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Questioned directly as to whether he would accept the outcome should Democratic nominee Clinton prevail Nov. 8, Trump demurred. “I’ll keep you in suspense,” the Republican nominee said. Clinton called Trump’s answer “horrifying,” saying he was “talking down our… Continue reading

“Kobach warns that non-citizens could tip election”

October 20, 2016, 7:52 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Bryan Lowry for the Wichita Eagle: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an early endorser and adviser to Trump, says he thinks enough non-citizens are registered to vote in swing states that it could tip the balance of the presidential… Continue reading

RNC, Desperate to Try to Avoid Extension of Voter Intimidation Consent Decree, Tries to Distance from Trump

October 20, 2016, 7:39 amchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Back on August 12, I wrote: With Trump’s dangerous and irresponsible hyperventilating about voter fraud and cheating in Pennsylvania potentially costing him the election, it is probably no surprise, as reported by theWeekly Standard, that Trump is seeking “election … Continue reading

Donald Trump’s Makes Chilling and Unprecedented Debate Comment About Not Accepting the Result of the Election

October 19, 2016, 8:13 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: Mr. Trump also insisted, as he has in recent days, that the general election has been rigged against him, and he twice refused to say that he would accept its result. “I will look at it at the time,”… Continue reading

“Local TX GOP Recruits Poll Watchers With Claim Of ‘Voter Fraud’ In Dem Areas”

October 19, 2016, 1:21 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

TPM: The local Republican Party in Tarrant County, Texas – which includes Fort Worth and is state’s third most populous county – is being accused of egging on discriminatory voting practices with an email it sent calling for “poll watchers”… Continue reading

“Trump Supporters Have Been Primed For His Bogus Voter Fraud Claims For Years”

October 18, 2016, 7:26 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The great Ryan Reilly reports for HuffPo.

“Donald Trump Urges His Supporters to Monitor Polling Sites for Voter Fraud”

October 18, 2016, 6:12 pmcampaigns, chicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Trip Gabriel for the NYT: is language has stirred increasing fears of intimidation of minorities inside polling places, where their qualifications to vote could be challenged, or outside, where they would face illegal electioneering. But as Mr. Trump casts doubt… Continue reading

“Can you rig a U.S. presidential election? Experts say it’s basically impossible.”

October 18, 2016, 6:09 pmchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Sari Horwitz for WaPo: But stealing an election in this country isn’t easy. In fact, experts say it’s nearly impossible given how voting works. And documented instances of voter fraud are actually very rare. Wendy R. Weiser, director of the… Continue reading