Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“Texas group that fueled Trump voter fraud claim scales back 2016 election audit”

June 21, 2017, 1:45 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Just days after his victory, Trump caused a stir by claiming — without evidence — that he would have won the popular vote in addition to the Electoral College “if you deduct the millions of people who voted… Continue reading

von Spakovsky, Christian Adams to Be Offering Advice, Reports to President’s “Election Integrity” Commission

June 21, 2017, 10:37 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: The Best Practices report follows President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order on the Establishment of Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. PILF intends to contribute to the body’s future studies by offering these findings and suggestions in… Continue reading

Great Read: Ari Berman’s NYT Mag Profile of SOS Kobach: “The Man Behind Trump’s Voter Fraud Obsession”

June 13, 2017, 7:44 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

What I learned in this fascinating piece: the Samuel Huntington connection.

Kris Kobach to Run for KS Governor–Will He Still Vice-Chair Trump “Election Integrity” Commission?

June 8, 2017, 10:18 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Inquiring minds want to know. Updated: Chris Geidner reports Kobach will continue to serve.

“Kobach ‘Voter Fraud’ Commission Gets Fast Thumbs Down”

May 30, 2017, 7:49 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Miles Rapoport for TAP: But, after the initial flurry of responses, a strategy for the longer haul is needed. First, an aggressive communications offensive is required to counter the Commission’s biases and preconceived notions. ReThink Media and other organizations are… Continue reading

More Details on How Kobach is Assembling Fraudulent Fraud Squad Voting Commission

May 19, 2017, 10:45 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Anniston Star: Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill says he will have some say in who gets selected to serve on a federal election fraud panel led by Vice President Mike Pence…. Merrill said he knew about the plan… Continue reading

Devastating 2 Minute ACLU Video on Trump/Kobach Claims of Massive Voter Fraud in 2016 Elections

May 19, 2017, 9:50 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Watch.

“Trump’s commission on voter fraud is, well, fraudulent”

May 17, 2017, 9:22 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo editorial.

“Trump’s Fraudulent Voter-Fraud Commission”

May 16, 2017, 7:20 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT editorial: To state the obvious, this isn’t a commission. It’s a self-driving vehicle preprogrammed to arrive at only one destination: that strange, fact-free land in which, according to Mr. Trump and many conservatives, hordes of foreigners and people without… Continue reading

Breaking: Trump to Launch a Voting “Commission” with No Credibility, with Pence, Kobach, and the EAC’s McCormick

May 11, 2017, 4:23 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

ABC News: President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order today establishing a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression in the American election system, multiple senior administration officials tell ABC News. The officials say Vice… Continue reading

WI: “What game is Schimel playing?”

April 29, 2017, 3:03 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel editorial page blog: Just what game is Republican state Attorney General Brad Schimel playing? His office released a memo Monday saying an investigation into allegations of voter fraud by Democrats talking on a video about bringing in people… Continue reading

“Why Republicans Can’t Find the Big Voter Fraud Conspiracy”

April 2, 2017, 2:52 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Lisa Rab with a must-read Politico magazine feature: But that wasn’t it. Not by a long shot. Eleven years after the books were closed on Ashcroft’s probe, another voter fraud investigation is gearing up. Once again, it is being driven… Continue reading

Video of the Day

March 30, 2017, 5:16 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Just watch this.

“Federal elections commissioner wants Trump to back up his allegations of voter fraud”

March 22, 2017, 8:56 pmchicanery, federal election commission, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

LAT: A member of the Federal Election Commission has accused President Trump of threatening democracy with his unproven allegations of voter fraud and asked him to show evidence if he has any. Ellen Weintraub, a Democratic commissioner at the agency,… Continue reading