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Today’s must-read from Maggie Haberman and Matt Flegenheimer in the NYT: Darrell L. Clarke, Philadelphia’s City Council president, said the racial overtones of Mr. Trump’s remarks were clear. “When you talk about ‘certain areas’ in Pennsylvania, we all know what … Continue reading
David Shorr: So here is an issue where one of the GOP fallacies literally tilts the burden of proof. In other words, the fallacy of fraudulent voters has pushed aside more fundamental questions about the need for ID in the … Continue reading
C-SPAN follows the Hill into the cesspool that is Roger Stone: [Wall St. Journal reporter Monica] Langley asked Stone, “One thing that Trump and you have alleged frequently is that this election could be ‘rigged.’ Why do you say that, and … Continue reading
I’ve suggested this might happen, and here’s a picture of what that might look like: … Continue reading
Hope Yen reports for AP. … Continue reading
Must-read Kurtis Lee LAT. … Continue reading
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? … Continue reading
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
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
Tierney Sneed for TPM. … Continue reading
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 event … Continue reading
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
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
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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
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 the … Continue reading
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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 places … Continue reading
Gronke, Sances and Stewart for the Monkey Cage: The bad news, however, is that the percentage of respondents who were very confident that the national vote (the hollow circles) was counted as cast dropped by 30 percentage points, from around … Continue reading
and I respond here on Twitter. This guy is paid by CNN. Wow. … Continue reading
Oped: A recent letter in this paper by Indiana congressman Todd Rokita contains a few factual errors and speculative claims that I take issue with, as one of the former Indiana voters who has had his vote stolen by Rokita’s unconstitutional voter … Continue reading
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Bloomberg BNA on Trump’s dangerous language. … Continue reading
Very nice Ari Berman piece in WaPo. … Continue reading
From an important Tierney Sneed piece: Yet, a study published in June by Persily — along with Charles Stewart III and Stephen Ansolabehere — undercut that justification. They found no evidence that voters in states with strict voter ID laws … Continue reading
Important from Brendan Nyhan at NYT’s The UpShot. … Continue reading
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised by this RNLA bile. Dangerous and irresponsible. … Continue reading
The latest nonsense from True the Vote: … Continue reading
Houston Chronicle editorial. … Continue reading
Fun WaPo exercise. I’m sure if Justin could comment he’d be chuckling. … Continue reading
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Zack Roth: Here’s what Sen. John McCain said during a 2008 presidential debate — the highest-profile stage of the campaign. The voter registration group ACORN, McCain declared, “is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds … Continue reading
McClatchy: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump seems to be preparing to be a sore loser, unsettling the prospects for any post-election peace. Three months before Election Day, the 70-year-old New York businessman is reciting electoral grievances that range from the … Continue reading
He also says Romney campaign victim of voter fraud: Trump says that Romney was victim of voter fraud in 2012. Blasts voter ID court rulings. "It's a little bit scary." pic.twitter.com/U44lV9F6ra — Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) August 3, 2016 … Continue reading
Must-read Weigel. … Continue reading
Via Sopan Deb: Trump critical of voter ID court rulings to @ScottThuman: "…and some bad court cases have come down…" pic.twitter.com/2JrwcG8n2l — Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) August 2, 2016 … Continue reading
Must-read: Whether Trump is starting to lay the groundwork for contesting the election on claims of widespread voter impersonation fraud or some kind of broader effort for election officials to falsify results, we’re entering a dangerous new phase of the … Continue reading
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Quote in Breitbart, stoking irresponsible and dangerous voter fraud fears: “I think we have widespread voter fraud, but the first thing that Trump needs to do is begin talking about it constantly,” Stone said. “He needs to say for example, … Continue reading
Reflections of a huckster. … Continue reading
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IndyStar reports. Rokita is a reliable member of the fraudulent fraud squad. … Continue reading
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Kansas City Star editorial: Secretary of State Kris Kobach warned Kansas lawmakers last year that he knew of at least 18 suspected cases of double voting in recent elections. Wait, make that 100 cases! Kobach threw out these wild claims … Continue reading