Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

Delicious Story: “I’ve silenced Kris Kobach on the issue of voter fraud”

June 30, 2017, 5:57 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Chad Lawhorn for Lawrence Journal-World: And when the subject is illegal voting, Kobach normally becomes like a “Game of Thrones” fan at a cocktail party. You need an actual wizard to get out of that conversation. But evidently that is… Continue reading

“Asked for Voters’ Data, States Give Trump Panel a Bipartisan ‘No’”

June 30, 2017, 5:43 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Important Michael Wines in the NYT, rounding up the state of play: ata of the nation’s 200 million voters set off an avalanche of opposition by state leaders in both parties on Friday, as officials from California to Mississippi called… Continue reading

“What does this Trump commission want do with states’ voter information?” Me on the PBS News Hour

June 30, 2017, 5:06 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Watch.

Quote of the Day: Republican Pushback on Kobach’s Federal Intrusion Edition

June 30, 2017, 4:26 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

“They can go jump in the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi is a great state to launch from,”….“Mississippi residents should celebrate Independence Day and our state’s right to protect the privacy of our citizens by conducting our own electoral processes.”… Continue reading

Kobach Can’t Provide Himself with Information He Requested on Kansas Voters

June 30, 2017, 12:59 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Truly it is the incompetence that will save us. Bryan Lowry: Multiple states plan to buck Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s request for personal information on voters on behalf of a presidential commission. Kobach said Friday that Kansas also… Continue reading

“Trump’s Voter Fraud Endgame; His ‘election integrity’ investigation is a pretext to repeal the National Voter Registration Act. It won’t work”

June 30, 2017, 10:06 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: Donald Trump’s attempt at voter suppression through his “election integrity” commission is a voting rights nightmare that is being enacted so clumsily it just might backfire….. Kobach’s likely going to use… Continue reading

Justin Levitt: Pence-Kobach “Election Integrity” Commission Requests May Violate Federal Law

June 30, 2017, 6:58 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Justin at Take Care on the requests for voter information I expressed concern about yesterday: In the abstract, the information itself isn’t the real problem. There are ways that careful researchers engage voter files that can assist and enlighten. But… Continue reading

President Trump Appoints Country’s Worst Vote Suppressor to His “Election Integrity” Commission

June 29, 2017, 9:23 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

[Bumped to top] I thought it could not get worse with the Pence-Kobach faux election integrity commission with the appointment of Kris Kobach, the Secretary of State of Kansas who has trumped up claims of voter fraud to advance… Continue reading

Three Dangers of the Pence-Kobach Faux Commission Call for State Voter Roll Information

June 29, 2017, 1:27 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

This morning I blogged about the Pence-Kobach commission’s call for voter data, and how that raised privacy and other concerns. We we now have seen the letter (via Bryan Lowry), and it raises three immediateconcerns. The letter calls on… Continue reading

Pence-Kobach Commission Wants State Voter Data; Can It Protect Voter Privacy? Will State Election Officials Cooperate? Will House Kill EAC?

June 29, 2017, 8:55 amchicanery, Election Assistance Commission, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The sham Pence commission wants data from state voter rolls. But it is not clear how this will go. David Becker on the privacy issue and about concerns of securing the data.. It is also not clear whether Democratic… Continue reading

Pence-Kobach “Election Integrity” Commission to Meet First July 19

June 28, 2017, 1:51 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Readout.

Washington Times Story Reveals Details About Kobach’s Plan for “Election Integrity” Commission

June 28, 2017, 8:06 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Among the nuggets in here: commission to meet first in July in DC delay in naming commissioners supposedly because of background checks Obama won’t be called to testify because he has “no information or expertise on voter fraud” Lawyers’ Committee… Continue reading

News Analysis Cannot Replicate PILF “Alien Invasion” Study Finding “Massive” Noncitizen Voting in VA

June 24, 2017, 9:09 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Capital News Service: Last fall, a pair of groups supported by conservatives released a report with the sensational title “Alien Invasion in Virginia: The discovery and coverup of noncitizen registration and voting.” It said illegal voting is a “massive problem”:…… Continue reading

“Little movement on White House probe into voter fraud; No meetings yet; commissioners still being vetted”

June 22, 2017, 9:10 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

CNN; On Super Bowl Sunday this year, President Donald Trump told Fox News that Vice President Mike Pence would head a commission into voter fraud allegations — ones that he made, claiming that between three to five million people voted… Continue reading

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