Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“With false ‘coup’ claims, Trump primes supporters to challenge a Harris win”

August 19, 2024, 7:44 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: From the moment Vice President Kamala Harris emerged as the surprise Democratic presidential nominee, former president Donald Trump began arguing that she was anointed through a “coup” rather than chosen by primary voters. After barely mentioning election integrity at… Continue reading

“How a Far-Right Takeover of Georgia’s Election Board Could Swing the Election”

August 19, 2024, 7:41 amelection administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Like similar entities in other states, Georgia’s elections board was established to be an independent agency that determines voting rules and issues guidance for poll workers to maintain order and integrity in elections without consideration of their political impact.… Continue reading

“How Texas election officials are dealing with a flood of challenges to voter registrations”

August 19, 2024, 7:25 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, voter registrationRick Hasen

Votebeat: County election departments across Texas are trying to reassure voters amid a flood of formal challenges questioning whether their registrations are valid. The challenges, filed by conservative groups and individual activists, seek to remove tens of thousands of voters… Continue reading

“J.D. Vance Once Warned Trump About Lying About Elections. That Was Then.”

July 18, 2024, 5:18 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

And this is now, according to the NYT: “As Mr. Trump’s running mate, the most consequential part of this journey may be his transformation from a critic of Mr. Trump’s false 2016 claims about election fraud to a defender… Continue reading

Wilkinson on GOP Voter Fraud Claims

July 17, 2024, 9:43 amfraudulent fraud squad, voter registrationDan Tokaji

Francis Wilkinson in Bloomberg: “[A]rguably the most pervasive evidence of the GOP assault on democracy remains the party’s multi-front war on the franchise. The House of Representatives passed a bill last week that makes noncitizen voting illegal and requires… Continue reading

“Idaho governor announces executive order to tighten up voter registration rules”

July 10, 2024, 1:57 pmfraudulent fraud squad, voter registrationDan Tokaji

The Hill: “Under the new order, the Idaho secretary of state will review the state’s voter rolls with local police and the transportation department to identify anyone who is not a citizen. The secretary of state can also work… Continue reading

“The man who cries voter fraud”

July 10, 2024, 10:04 amfederal election commission, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

The Guardian has this profile of Hans von Spakovsky, who authored the FEC chapter of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.

“GOP jump-starts 2024 election challenges with Trump-inspired lawsuits”

July 10, 2024, 5:17 amabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squad, voter registrationDan Tokaji

Washington Post: The Republican National Committee has expanded legal challenges to voting and election procedures in key swing states since March, when presumptive nominee Donald Trump installed new party leaders with a mandate to pursue his unsubstantiated claims of… Continue reading

“Trump Threatens Mark Zuckerberg With Prison In Unhinged Truth Social Rant”

July 10, 2024, 4:33 amcheap speech, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

Gizmodo: “Donald Trump threatened to put ‘election fraudsters’ in prison, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in a new rant on Truth Social Tuesday morning. . . . Trump made the threat against Zuckerberg during a post about the SAVE… Continue reading

Elon Musk Tweets that Those Who Oppose House Republican Bill That Would Require Documentary Proof of Citizenship to Register to Vote are “TRAITORS” and Asks “What is the penalty for traitors again?”

July 7, 2024, 3:38 pmfraudulent fraud squad, voter registrationRick Hasen

Despicable tweet, via Fox News (which notes that Democrats are whipping against the bill). This bill won’t go anywhere in the Senate, but this rhetoric is toxic, especially from the owner of a major social media platform. (Yes, he… Continue reading

“In Shasta County, Calif., fights over elections have left wounds that just won’t heal”

June 25, 2024, 9:34 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jessica Huseman for Votebeat.

“GOP colleagues sneer at Rep. Good’s election complaints”

June 24, 2024, 3:27 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Axios: Rep. Bob Good‘s (R-Va.) efforts to sow doubts about the results of his too-close-to-call GOP primary are being met with eye rolls from many of his House Republican colleagues. Why it matters: The House Freedom Caucus chair is tapping… Continue reading

“Trump, GOP urge early and mail voting while continuing to raise specter of voter fraud”

June 20, 2024, 3:08 pmabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CBS News reports.

Calabresi “Misspeak[s]” on Whether the 2020 Election Was Stolen

June 9, 2024, 11:27 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Yesterday I linked to and questioned Steven Calabresi at Volokh, saying among other things: “As a result, many Republicans, myself included, thought that the 2020 presidential election was probably stolen, even though that fact could not be proved in a… Continue reading