“Trump Hammers Claim of Fraud in New Ad as Early Voting Nears”
Hope Yen reports for AP.
Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad
“GOP once posted uniformed guards at polls in Latino parts of Santa Ana. Is Trump’s call for poll watchers an echo of that time?”
Must-read Kurtis Lee LAT.
Trump Hyperventilating, Dissembling About Rigged Elections Seems to Be Working
New Pew:
Just 11% of Trump backers are very confident in accurate vote count in U.S.
One question is whether this actually defeats turnout. After all, if it is all rigged, why bother voting?
New Trump TV Commercial Suggests Hillary Clinton Rigging Elections
The new commercial begins with the words: “In Hillary Clinton’s America, the system stays rigged against Americans.” This part of the commercial features two pictures, the first a polling place with the words “vote here” and the second with a… Continue reading
“Woodhouse’s gaffe exposes real aim of NC voting law”
News & Observer Editorial:
Well, you have to give him this: Dallas Woodhouse, executive director of the North Carolina Republican Party, didn’t try to be clever or subtle when he sent an email to GOP members of county boards of… Continue reading
“Smoking Gun Memo Reveals GOP Voter Fraud Bamboozlement In North Carolina”
Tierney Sneed for TPM.
“Kris Kobach Wants His Disastrous Voting Restrictions Adopted In Every State”
Right Wing Watch:
Breitbart’s Ken Klukowski has a dispatch from Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s latest effort to spread his innovative voter suppression policies around the country. Over the weekend, Kobach spoke at an American Civil Rights Union… Continue reading
“NC Republican Party seeks ‘party line changes’ to limit early voting hours”
News and Observer:
Woodhouse outlines several priorities for developing new early voting schedules:
Fewer early voting opportunities: Woodhouse suggests limiting early voting hours because the sites allow voters to use same-day registration – a practice the voter ID law sought… Continue reading
“Trump recruiting ‘election observers’ to scout for fraud”
FOX News:
But considering the tensions that already have flared outside Trump rallies to date, the possibility of vigilant Trump volunteers looking for voting irregularities has some analysts and officials warning about the implications for Election Day.
“It sounds more… Continue reading
“Trump Calls On Supporters To Monitor Polling Places On Election Day”
Pam Fessler reports for NPR.
A Shift on Early Voting and Voter Fraud in NC
I’ve heard a number of defenses for cutbacks in early voting and elsewhere, such as, it’s the state’s prerogative to set these hours (and if Democrats can add them why can’t Republicans cut them?), that voting too early means you… Continue reading
“If you’re worried about rigged elections, look at Trump’s tactics first”
I have written this oped for the LA Times. It begins:
Donald Trump has begun claiming that the only way he can lose the 2016 presidential election is if the voting is rigged. But if there’s a threat to… Continue reading
Very Disappointed that The Hill Runs Roger Stone Irresponsible Column on Hacking the Election
Trump Encourages His Supporters to Patrol Polling Places, Says He Will Lose Pa. Only If There is Cheating
There are no depths to which this man will not sink.
Quote on patrolling to avoid fraud:
“So I hope you people can sort of not just vote on the 8th, go around and look and watch other polling… Continue reading