Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“How a large-scale effort to register black voters led to a crackdown in Tennessee”

May 24, 2019, 7:54 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Amy Gardner for WaPo: What played out in Tennessee illustrates the messiness that has accompanied some large-scale efforts to draw new Democratic voters into the electorate, providing an opening for critics to push for stricter rules. The fallout is part… Continue reading

Don Palmer, Now on the EAC, Assisted Christian Adams and PILF with “Alien Invasion” Report, Currently the Subject of Defamation/Voter Intimidation Suit

May 22, 2019, 7:18 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Tierney Sneed from TPM: Before he was named by President Trump to the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission, Donald Palmer, a former GOP-appointed secretary of the Virginia State Board of Elections, assisted in the creation of sensational voter fraud reports that … Continue reading

Kobach’s Demands to Be Trump’s Immigration Czar

May 20, 2019, 3:22 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT scoop: Access to a government jet 24 hours a day. An office in the West Wing, plus guaranteed weekends off for family time. And an assurance of being made secretary of homeland security by November.Those were among a list… Continue reading

“Controversial voter fraud bill dies in Texas House, but could be revived”

May 20, 2019, 7:26 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Houston Chronicle: Sweeping voter reforms that Democrats and voting advocacy groups called nothing more than a tool for voter suppression appear to have died in the Texas Legislature.The Texas House on Sunday night refused to schedule the controversial bill… Continue reading

Must Read from Tierney Sneed: Ginni Thomas, Wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Discussed Anti-“Voter Fraud” Campaign in Virginia Which Could Have Intimidated Minority Voters

May 18, 2019, 8:02 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Scoop from Tierney Sneed at Talking Points Memo (you’ve got to read the whole thing): Ginni Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, wanted to “target” the “most questionable” precincts in Virginia with an anti-voter… Continue reading

“Texas Republicans Poised to Make Voting ‘Harder, Scarier and More Confusing’”

May 17, 2019, 10:24 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Texas Observer: A bill raising criminal penalties for certain election-related offenses and imposing new voting restrictions cleared a major hurdle Friday, setting the stage for yet another floor debate over voter suppression at the Texas Legislature.On a party line… Continue reading

“Texas used money from the Help America Vote Act to help pay for its botched voter citizenship review”

May 15, 2019, 5:12 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Texas’ botched search for noncitizens on the voter rolls, which ended in a legal settlement after state officials jeopardized the voting rights of thousands of legitimate voters, was paid for in part with dollars earmarked for bolstering election… Continue reading

“Texas Attorney General again blocks U.S. House request for voter purge documents”

May 15, 2019, 3:03 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

The Houston Chronicle reports.

“Texas Is Talking Tough About Election Fraud, But Here’s What It Really Looks Like”

May 13, 2019, 11:00 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Huffpost: Paxton has emphasized prosecuting election fraud in a political climate in which President Donald Trump has made unsubstantiated claims about noncitizens voting, and as the Hispanic electorate is growing. Despite Paxton’s intense focus on this issue, his office… Continue reading

DOJ’s John Gore and Maureen Riordan Must Search Private Email Accounts for Emails Related to Trump’s Now-Defunct Voter Fraud Commission

May 1, 2019, 7:44 amDepartment of Justice, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Brennan Center FOIA lawsuit (via Sam Levine).

“Texas Ends Review That Questioned Citizenship of Almost 100,000 Voters”

April 28, 2019, 5:11 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: The Texas secretary of state agreed Friday to rescind an advisory issued by his office in January that questioned the citizenship status of almost 100,000 registered voters. The agreement will formally end a review of the voter rolls… Continue reading

“Tennessee Advances Bill That Could Make It Harder to Register New Voters”

April 17, 2019, 7:03 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill through the state House on Monday that would fine community groups that submit incomplete voter-registration applications, an unusual move that the bill’s opponents have denounced as voter suppression.Protesters swarmed the State Capitol… Continue reading

“The Texas AG Says Voter Fraud Is A Big Problem. His Cases Suggest Otherwise.”

April 15, 2019, 11:56 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

HuffPost: The letter, which came as House Democrats investigate allegations of voter suppression in Texas, trumpeted one of Paxton’s favorite statistics. All told, the letter said, the Election Fraud Unit had “prosecuted 33 defendants for a total of 97… Continue reading