Wichita Eagle: Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s office has registered two suspended voters suing him in federal court and now argues that the case should now be thrown out. Kobach faces a lawsuit from a pair of Douglas County residents, … Continue reading
Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad
John Hockenberry talks to Kansas SOS (and fraudulent fraud squad huckster) Kris Kobach on The Takeaway. Kobach admits that most noncitizens are registering (or voting) not because they want to commit fraud but because someone else has (mistakenly) told them … Continue reading
Bryan Lowry, Kobach’s voter prosecutions draw scrutiny to proof-of-citzenship requirement: Kansas’ proof-of-citizenship law would have done nothing to prevent the type of voter fraud Secretary of State Kris Kobach alleges three people committed in recent elections. Kobach’s office announced three prosecutions … Continue reading
Bryan Lowry reports for the Wichita Eagle. … Continue reading
Today’s must-read, from Julie Bosman in the NYT: The move has touched off a new battle over voter registration, pitting the Republican secretary of state, Kris W. Kobach, an ardent supporter of strict voting rules, against Democrats and advocates of … Continue reading
Bryan Lowry reports. … Continue reading
Turns out “disparate impact” is “the Left’s Latest Strategy to Subvert Voters Rights.” (courtesy of John Fund and True the Vote) … Continue reading
Bryan Lowry for the Wichita Eagle: Kobach has had “a devastating impact on voting rights in the state of Kansas and, for that matter, across the country,” says Micah Kubic, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas. … Continue reading
KPR reports. … Continue reading
The Lawrence Journal-World reports. … Continue reading
Dr. Evil. … Continue reading
KWCH reports. … Continue reading
KSN reports. … Continue reading
Kobach in the KC Star: Real double voting occurs when a person intentionally votes twice in two different jurisdictions. And it happens with alarming regularity. Indeed, it appears that quite a few non-Kansans saw the media reports about Kansas’ close … Continue reading
Frank Askin oped. … Continue reading
Berman on Kobach. … Continue reading
Wichita Eagle editorial: Secretary of State Kris Kobach finally got the prosecutorial powers he wanted. Brace yourself, Kansas voters, as he’s unlikely to put them in a drawer. Kobach is such a zealot on the nonissue of voter fraud that … Continue reading
Delicious typo: Usually, people say it’s a photo that’s worth a thousand words. But in Kansas politics, everything is upside down these days. So it was the accompanying flawed caption, not the photo of Gov. Sam Brownback signing a new … Continue reading
Boo. (Kobach) … Continue reading
The Record: Governor Christie went on the attack against Hillary Clinton on Friday, saying the Democratic presidential candidate is calling for an expansion of voter registration because “she just wants an opportunity to commit greater acts of voter fraud.” What … Continue reading
TPM. … Continue reading
Sigh. … Continue reading
TPM. I’d be quite surprised if it is that high. And I’d also love to see the data to make such a claim. … Continue reading
Brian Lowry reports. … Continue reading
KC Star: Secretary of State Kris Kobach stands by his comments to a caller on his weekly radio show Sunday that although he thought it unlikely, it would not be “a huge jump” for the Obama administration to call for … Continue reading
Ohio. … Continue reading
Think Progress. … Continue reading
Should be interesting. … Continue reading
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports. … Continue reading
Sigh (and the reference to “ammunition” is particularly disturbing): URGENT TRUE THE VOTE NEEDS YOUR HELP TO KEEP ELECTIONS AMNESTY-FREE Congress can talk of repeal, the states can talk of lawsuits; but while all the political sabers rattle in stereo, … Continue reading
Thor’s back. (For newer blog readers, my earlier Thor Hearne coverage.) … Continue reading
Forwarded email fundraising for Republican party of Lousiana: Dear Fellow Conservative,After last Tuesday’s elections, we all want to take a deep breath, relax, and celebrate. But we have one last fight. The Louisiana Senate race has gone to a runoff, … Continue reading
Here’s a scary thought: a recount in the Orman-Roberts #KSSEN race with Kris Kobach (perhaps a lame duck) in charge. … Continue reading
Gerry Hebert and Josh Bone blog. … Continue reading
Michael Hiltzik column at the LAT. … Continue reading
Media Matters. … Continue reading
News and Observer: With a close election, it was inevitable that conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe would bring his hidden cameras and actors to North Carolina. His goal here: Prove that political campaigns are OK with non-citizens voting in the election. … Continue reading
Simon Maloy writes. Related: About that Monkey Cage Item on Non-Citizen Voting, Calm Down. … Continue reading
From a fundraising email: … Continue reading
Rich Lowry in Politico magazine defends voter id laws. … Continue reading
The Colorado Independent reports. … Continue reading
We are in full charlatan mode now. … Continue reading
Michelle Malkin revs up the fraudulent fraud squad talk. … Continue reading
Jonathan Chiat writes, and rightly fisks John Fund. … Continue reading
News from Georgia: Documents obtained from Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s office appear to contradict Kemp’s claim that a voter fraud probe was based on numerous complaints from counties across Georgia. For weeks, Democrats have hinted that Secretary of State … Continue reading
Andy Kroll reports for Mother Jones. … Continue reading
Here. … Continue reading
Good for the Washington Times. They’ve once again proved that those who say “there’s absolutely no voter fraud” aren’t telling the truth. Never mind that no responsible observers are actually saying “there’s absolutely no voter fraud.” (Whether proposed measures address … Continue reading
Philip Bump breaks it down in the Fix, as well as I’ve seen. … Continue reading
John Fund’s latest in the National Review Online. Mr. Fund is a very careful writer. One paragraph (the brackets are mine) states: One of the examples [Secretary Gessler] cites [as reason to be afraid of same-day registration] is Wisconsin. In 2008, … Continue reading