Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“U.S. judge set to hear new challenge to Trump voter commission Tuesday”

July 31, 2017, 8:12 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: A federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday over whether a Watergate-era law prohibiting the government from collecting data on how Americans exercise their First Amendment rights bars President Trump’s Election Integrity Commission from American’s voting records. U.S. District Judge… Continue reading

“The man who may disenfranchise millions”

July 30, 2017, 8:06 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo editorial on SOS Kobach.

“Leader Of Voter Fraud Probe Really Doesn’t Want To Release Trump Meeting Documents”

July 30, 2017, 12:05 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

HuffPost: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) continued to fight releasing documents from a meeting with President Donald Trump in November, saying that the public did not need to see them and that disclosing them would impede his ability… Continue reading

“Kris Kobach says Trump’s voter fraud panel will keep voter data secure. Some states aren’t buying it”

July 28, 2017, 8:16 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

LAT reports.

“Pence’s voter fraud commission will almost certainly ‘find’ thousands of duplicate registrations that aren’t duplicates. Here’s why”

July 27, 2017, 7:16 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Stephen Pettigrew and Mayya Komisarchik for the Monkey Cage: Presumably, the commission will use the names and birthdays in these lists to identify potential duplicate registration records between states. That’s the method used by the Interstate Crosscheck Program pioneered… Continue reading

Maine SOS Dunlap Responds to Calls for His Resignation from Pence-Kobach Commission

July 26, 2017, 8:10 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

From an interview in The Atlantic: Dunlap: Some of the people who are opposed rather vehemently to the very existence of this commission say that I should resign, because being a respected elections official and a Democrat only lends… Continue reading

Federal Court Affirms $1000 Fine Against Kris Kobach for Misleading Court on Voting Documents Presented to Trump

July 25, 2017, 2:33 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

So reports Jonathan Shorman. Update: The district court’s opinion reviewing an earlier magistrate judge’s sanctions order against Kobach is here. Particularly noteworthy is the district court’s comment that SOS Kobach’s conduct “demonstrate a pattern” of misleading statements to the… Continue reading

“After legal victory, Kobach says states will be sent new letter for voter information”

July 25, 2017, 8:57 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The KC Star reports.

“Voter fraud is rare, Ohio secretary of state tells Trump’s election integrity commission”

July 25, 2017, 7:34 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Cleveland.com reports.

Federal Court Rejects EPIC’s Request to Block Collection of Voter Data by Pence-Kobach Commission

July 24, 2017, 12:16 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

35-page order and opinion.

“The Case for Courage; Fight for voting rights, not just for yourself but for your neighbor, too.”

July 24, 2017, 7:56 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Andrew Cohen for the Brennan Center for Justice.

“Kobach is a ‘useful idiot’ for Russia”

July 23, 2017, 9:05 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jennifer Rubin for WaPo: And that in a nutshell is the problem: We have an administration that finds it more helpful to fan Russian propaganda than to speak simple truths about America’s democratic system and Russia’s corrupt thugocracy. Supporting Russian… Continue reading