Today’s Must-Read from Alexa Ura: “‘Someone did not do their due diligence.’ How an attempt to review Texas’ voter rolls turned into a debacle”
Texas should have (and likely did) know better. Great reporting from Alexa Ura of the Texas Tribune.
Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad
“Former Texas Secretary of State Believes Inaccurate Voting List Should Be Rescinded”
Texas Monthly:
On a day that Governor Greg Abbott downplayed apparent inaccuracies in a voting list that his secretary of state compiled of potential non-citizens, a former secretary of state said the list should be rescinded.“I think they… Continue reading
Texas: “State: All 366 on local list of potential noncitizen voters are citizens”
Waco Tribune:
By the time local elections officials downloaded a list of 366 registered voters the Texas Secretary of State’s Office initially said may not be citizens, the office had called to tell them to disregard the list, Elections… Continue reading
“Texas Officials Begin Walking Back Allegations About Noncitizen Voters”
“More Voter Fraud Misinformation from Trump”
Factcheck.org:
President Donald Trump wrongly claims that “58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, with 95,000 non-citizens registered to vote.” This latest voter fraud misinformation from the president is based on the state’s efforts to match driver’s license and state… Continue reading
“Judiciary Hearing on Democrats’ Election Bill Turns Into Partisan Brawl”
NYT reports.
It says something about the Republicans’ views of election administration reform and improvement that they put up von Spakovsky and Adams as witnesses rather than credible Republican voices who have been working hard for sensible election reform. These… Continue reading
“Texas quietly informs counties that some of the 95,000 voters flagged for citizenship review don’t belong on the list”
Texas Tribune:
After flagging tens of thousands of registered voters for citizenship reviews, the Texas secretary of state’s office is now telling counties that some of those voters don’t belong on the lists it sent out.Officials in five large… Continue reading
Must-Watch: Sherrilyn Ifill Lays Into Von Spakovsky and Christian Adams on Voter Fraud and the Fraudulent Fraud Squad
Watch this:
WATCH: @Sifill_LDF calls out misleading testimony and how "shading the reality of what it takes for lawyers and communities to challenge discriminatory voting practices…is the reason that we need #HR1." #ForThePeople #WomenLead pic.twitter.com/Vr4vLAsNjX— Legal Defense Fund… Continue reading
More Documents Coming from Lawsuit Challenging Pence-Kobach Voter “Fraud” Commission
Breaking: Court orders President Trump’s disbanded “voter fraud” commission to turn over additional documents to Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap by February 27: https://t.co/9mGwjAaJEA pic.twitter.com/iwuzqHDTkh— American Oversight (@weareoversight) January 28, 2019
“You might be seeing headlines or tweets tonight that claim Texas says 58,000 non-citizens have voted in Texas. That is not true.”
So begins this tweet thread from the indispensable Texas Tribune, based upon this article.
1/ You might be seeing headlines or tweets tonight that claim Texas says 58,000 non-citizens have voted in Texas. That is not true. That is… Continue reading
Lawyers’ Committee Slams Texas AG for Unsupported Voter Fraud Claims
Via email:
Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement in response to an announcement made by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton regarding alleged non-U.S. citizens on the state’s… Continue reading
Gerry Hebert on von Spakovsky and Adams: “Setting the Record Straight”
The great Gerry Hebert writes:
Frustrated supporters of voter suppression measures have decided that the way to advance their cause is by personally attacking those who have fought against voter suppression – including me.Past posts by Hans von Spakovsky… Continue reading
“Bills target Kobach’s voter fraud legacy; 3 1/2 years, no illegal immigrants caught”
Wichita Eagle:
A big piece of Kris Kobach’s legacy appears to be on its way out as Kansas lawmakers move forward on parallel tracks to repeal the authority of the secretary of state to prosecute election crimes.
The House Judiciary… Continue reading
“North Carolina Republicans Targeted Voter Fraud. Did They Look at the Wrong Kind?”
NYT:
At least one outside expert suggested that was disingenuous. Legislators crafted stringent identification requirements to combat voter impersonation, but “did very little with respect to what could have been done” to protect absentee ballots, said Paul Gronke, a political… Continue reading