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
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Zack Roth for MSNBC. … Continue reading
Politifact rates Trump statement “False.” … Continue reading
Greg Smith in The Tennessean: Von Spakovsky and others are persuading the public, as well as state legislatures and courts, that illegal immigrants, unscrupulous voter registration activists and vote buyers are stealing elections. Claims of voter malfeasance have “justified” tighter voting restrictions. … Continue reading
Ah, Fraudulent Fraud Squad Classic. … Continue reading
The Fraudulent Fraud Squad comes to the Left. … Continue reading
Sigh: GLENN THRUSH: Well, I remember talking to you pre-Wisconsin and you were very clear about you thought Wisconsin was going to be a watershed. ROGER STONE: Yes. GLENN THRUSH: … in terms of, talk about that. You realized he … Continue reading
NYT reports. Trump’s rhetoric crosses party lines. He’s now accused Ted Cruz of both voter fraud AND voter disenfranchisement. … Continue reading
Yael Abouhalkah column in the KC Star. … Continue reading
Mike Moffett in the Concord Monitor: I can personally attest that every vote matters in a close election, as my own 2014 state representative contest ended in a tie. I lost by one vote in the recount. The integrity of … Continue reading
NYT on Trump’s trumped up charges: Donald J. Trump and his allies are engaged in an aggressive effort to undermine the Republican nominating process by framing it as rigged and corrupt, hoping to compensate for organizational deficiencies that have left … Continue reading
Weak defense. … Continue reading
KC Star: Spanish-language voter guides distributed by the Kansas secretary of state’s office did not match the English-language version and contained errors that could have resulted in people being unable to register and vote. The errors added fuel to complaints … Continue reading
Video from Chris Hayes show. … Continue reading
FOX6: Grothman said he simply meant an honest election makes Republican voters feel better. “We have no idea how much cheating was going on two years ago, four years ago, eight years ago — but to me as a Republican, … Continue reading
Yep, a real epidemic. … Continue reading
Aaron Blake for The Fix: When it comes to the other examples, a more charitable read is basically what Grothman said in 2012: Republicans believe voter ID combats voter fraud, and voter fraud is more likely to be perpetrated by … Continue reading
Important Sari Horwitz WaPo piece on Kobach: Kobach, 50, first entered the national spotlight several years ago when he advised Mitt Romney on the idea of “self-deportation” for illegal immigrants during the 2012 presidential campaign. A former chairman of the … Continue reading
We’ve seen this before. But I’m sure Rep. Grothman would say (incorrectly) that the reasons photo id lets Republicans win elections is because it stops Democratic voter fraud. It is a key talking point of the fraudulent fraud squad. … Continue reading
Yael Abouhalkah for KC Star: Just how nefarious is Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach when it comes to restricting voters’ rights? Slimy enough that it appears he helped former Johnson County election commissioner Brian Newby get a top job … Continue reading
Wichita Eagle: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who has made stopping illegal immigration and voter fraud a cornerstone of his policies, and to whom the Kansas legislature has given prosecutorial powers over election fraud, said it is perfectly appropriate … Continue reading
“If Donald (Trump) is our nominee, Hillary (Clinton) wins. So go out there and vote for me 10 times on Tuesday. Just kidding, I’m not a Democrat. I don’t believe in voter fraud.” —Ted Cruz, quoted by KREM … Continue reading
Concord Patch reports. … Continue reading
Politifact Texas. … Continue reading
Ross Ramsey for the Texas Tribune. Yup. … Continue reading
Marc Caputo reports for Politico: Rubio’s Florida chairman, former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner, ridiculed Trump’s claim about him and campaign “minions” trying to rig the process. “I don’t know about minions, but I do know about Minyans,” Hasner, … Continue reading
Spencer Woodman for TNR. … Continue reading
Justice Scalia. … Continue reading
Red-baiting from one of our least favorite members of the fraudulent fraud squad. Despicable. … Continue reading
Daily Beast on TTV. … Continue reading
Must-read Sari Horwitz in WaPo on what’s the matter with Kansas (hint: It’s Kris Kobach.) … Continue reading
True the Vote fundraising email suggests Hillary Clinton will try to steal the next presidential election. … Continue reading
TPM: In an interview with TPM earlier this week, Kobach defended the move and Newby’s authority to issue it. He denied that it was any special favor from a former colleague, and said the state would have requested the proof-of-citizenship … Continue reading
Exclusive video at the Daily Caller. Next, I hope O’Keefe will show us how easy it would be for his staff to rob a 7-11. … Continue reading
Jay Ashcroft is running for MO SOS, on an anti-voter fraud platform. Sigh. … Continue reading
Ari Berman writes for The Nation. … Continue reading
Here we go. False claims of voter fraud are the last refuge of a sore losing candidate. … Continue reading
Last night in response to a Farhad Manjoo tweet asking how Donald Trump would respond to losing Iowa, I tweeted “Claim voter fraud?” In fact Donald Trump was gracious in his concession speech. As a good businessperson, he knew best to … Continue reading
Doug Chapin: The timing of this action is a little curious, given the prospect of renewed partisan warfare over proof-of-citizenship just as the EAC is making progress on other fronts like voting technology and election preparedness. It also isn’t clear … Continue reading
What did you expect? An epidemic of voter fraud in Kansas? Please. … Continue reading
He promises details later. … Continue reading
A state court in Kansas today issued a 30 page opinion granting summary judgment to two Kansas voters who registered to vote in Kansas using a federal form but who had been denied the right to vote in state elections by … Continue reading
The Fix reports. … Continue reading
Well that settles it. … Continue reading
Politifact Missouri says Half True. … Continue reading
Bryan Lowry: A Sherman County magistrate judge rejected an argument Monday that Secretary of State Kris Kobach needs to personally prosecute voter fraud cases under a new statute. Lincoln Wilson faces felony charges from Kobach’s office accusing him of voting … Continue reading
Readers of my book, The Voting Wars, may remember the role that Mark “Thor” Hearne played in drumming up false and exaggerated claims of voter fraud through the now defunct American Center for Voting Rights (check out where someone who … Continue reading
The usual suspects. My earlier experience. … Continue reading
Oh this is interesting: The Kochs have been complaining about a “lack of civility in politics” as they seek to boost their public image–but one of their top operatives helped propel perhaps the most egregious case of race-baiting voter fraud hucksterism in recent years. At the same time … Continue reading
Sounds like a balanced and reasoned discussion coming in this True the Vote conference call: … Continue reading