Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“Uncounted Kansas ballots fuel fears about Kobach’s proposals”

August 23, 2017, 7:26 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: A conservative firebrand promoting President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud oversees a Kansas election system that threw out at least three times as many ballots as any similarly sized state did, fueling concerns about massive voter… Continue reading

“Democrats on Trump’s voting commission iced out since first meeting”

August 23, 2017, 7:08 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Kira Lerner for Think Progress: Since the initial July 19th meeting, Kobach himself has been busy as commission co-chair. On July 26, he followed up his controversial letter requesting a massive amount of voter data from all 50 states —… Continue reading

“Trump Election Commissioners Are Resisting Efforts to Protect Elections From Hacking”

August 19, 2017, 12:35 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pema Levy for Mother Jones: Christy McCormick, a Republican commission member, said in a statement the next day that Russian interference was a hoax used by the federal government to gain access to state-run election systems. “This declassified report was… Continue reading

If Pence-Kobach Voter Fraud Commission is Doing Any Substantive Work, It Would Be News to At Least One Democratic Commissioner

August 16, 2017, 2:01 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

From this Think Progress piece on whether any commission members might leave the Commission given President Trump’s abhorrent comments calling some of the white supremacists marching in Charlottesville “very fine people,” is this discussion from Democratic commissioner David Dunn: “I’ve… Continue reading

New Voter Suppression Effort Appears to Be on the Way from Trump Campaign Aides

August 16, 2017, 9:43 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: With President Trump’s poll numbers slipping, a group of the president’s former campaign aides is beginning an effort to encourage new voters in parts of the country that supported him in the election, and to stop what they contend… Continue reading

“The Voter Purge Crusade That Preceded Trump’s Sketchy Elections Commission”

August 16, 2017, 7:16 amfraudulent fraud squad, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Tierney Sneed for TPM: Vice President Mike Pence, leader of President Trump’s shady “Elections Integrity” commission kicked off its first meeting last month with a promise that it would have “no preconceived notions or preordained results.” But like many of … Continue reading

“Trump’s voter fraud commission could create target for hackers, critics say”

August 10, 2017, 7:55 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: In Maine, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, a Democrat who is a member of Trump’s voting commission, is not handing over the information. Dunlap said the information the commission is getting from other states “isn’t wicked intimate” and may… Continue reading

“They sued for Clinton’s emails. Now they want information on California voters”

August 9, 2017, 7:43 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

LAT: California’s top elections officer and 11 county registrars have been asked to hand over detailed voter registration records or face a federal lawsuit, a request that centers on new accusations that the records are inaccurate. The effort by the… Continue reading

“Voter Fraud Allegations Roil Montana Elections Officials”

August 8, 2017, 8:57 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: Secretary of State Corey Stapleton’s allegations of voter fraud in Montana has widened a rift with elections officers across the state, some of whom want the elections chief to dial back his rhetoric. As they prepare to meet for… Continue reading

Maine SOS Dunlap Defends His Participation on Pence-Kobach Fraud Commission, Calls Kobach a “Good Guy”

August 7, 2017, 3:38 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Interview.

10th Circuit Rejects Kobach Request to Block ACLU Deposition of Him in Voting Case

August 2, 2017, 1:17 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Order (via Josh Gerstein).

“U.S. judge denies Common Cause effort to block Trump voter commission”

August 1, 2017, 1:38 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: A federal judge on Tuesday declined to temporarily bar President Trump’s voting commission from collecting voter data from states and the District, saying a federal appeals court likely will be deciding the legality of the request. U.S. District Judge… Continue reading

SOS Kobach Appealing to Tenth Circuit to Try to Stop His Deposition by ACLU About Voting Plans

August 1, 2017, 9:43 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Wow.

Maine SOS Dunlap, Rare Democrat on Pence-Kobach Voting Fraud Commission, Won’t Turn Over Maine Data

July 31, 2017, 8:16 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Press Herald: Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap said Monday that he is unlikely to release any state voter registration data to the federal voter fraud commission to which he was appointed by President Trump. Dunlap said he will reject… Continue reading