Heather S. Heidelbaugh of the Republican National Lawyers Association has posted this draft on RedState. … Continue reading
Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad
I see witness statements are not up yet at the hearing page (same location for webcast). … Continue reading
Here. von Spakovsky is one of the witnesses for the Republicans (along with former Indiana SOS, and now House Member Todd Rokita). … Continue reading
“I do not mean to place too much emphasis on racial animus in the GOP. While it surely exists, it is also a fact that Republicans think that no Democratic president could conceivably be legitimate. Republicans also regarded Bill Clinton … Continue reading
Via Dangerous Minds, comes this 2008 Daily Show interview with Matthew Vadum, in which he says : “[The job of] Community organizer can also lead to a very rewarding career in crack cocaine trafficking….Oh yes. It is a straight line … Continue reading
TPM’s Josh Marshall blogs on the Vadum bile. … Continue reading
Look at the bile coming from Matthew Vadum, whom I recently tagged as one of the newest members of the fraudulent fraud squad. Registering the Poor to Vote is Un-American Why are left-wing activist groups so keen on registering the … Continue reading
Here. … Continue reading
Newest fraudulent fraud squad member Matthew Vadum runs with the Project Vote/ACORN/Obama campaign/Project Vote meme. … Continue reading
TPM: “We have contacted attorneys representing Obama for America, and we have been assured that this matter will be resolved quickly and amicably,” Slater said. My earlier post on this topic is here. … Continue reading
Mike Allen today reports for Politico that “President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign on Thursday announced ‘Project Vote,’ a campaign-within-a-campaign that is aimed at increasing registration and participation among Democratic base constituencies — including young voters, seniors, African Americans and Hispanics, … Continue reading
The Texas Tribune reports. The article includes a completely unsupported assertion by Hans von Spakovsky that voter id laws increase turnout. … Continue reading
J. Christian Adams’ latest screed, at Front Page Mag. … Continue reading
Big Government: “Can We Protect Our Elections from ACORN? Matthew Vadum (a ka Hans Jr.): Criminal Group ACORN Awaits Sentencing in Massive Voter Fraud Conspiracy. I’ve read so much of this dreck for my book in progress, The Voting Wars, … Continue reading
That’s the focus of electionline.org’s weekly newsletter. … Continue reading
I’ve been having a very nice discussion today about voter fraud with @TheRepLaywer, the staff of the Republican National Lawyers Association. It’s been fun to do this as I write The Voting Wars. … Continue reading
Though he has not corrected his errors of fact, von Spakvosky complains about the use of the term “illegal aliens” in his oped. I did not know that he is the 2009 RNLA Ed Meese Award Winner. … Continue reading
The Daily Caller reports on the conviction for absentee ballot fraud. This article in the Tunica Times calls Lessadolla Sowers a community activist. According to this piece, Sowers was on the executive committee of a county NAACP chapter. No evidence … Continue reading
Now with his oped reprinted in tomorrow’s Austin American Statesman, he’s corrected the Kansas-for-Missouri error. But not the substance of his erroneous claim about “50 votes cast illegally by citizens of Somalia.” Doesn’t McClatchy have an obligation to correct the … Continue reading
Hans: “A 2010 election in Kansas that ended in a one-vote margin of victory included 50 votes cast illegally by citizens of Somalia.” Reality (Missouri Court of Appeals, affirming the following findings of the trial court) (note that this happened … Continue reading
Oh Hans. At it again. … Continue reading
Katrina vanden Huevel’s latest WaPo column. … Continue reading
We will see what information the news conference will bring. … Continue reading
“If you want to steal an election, the absentee box is the place to begin, and if you want to calculate the likelihood of fraud in a county, first figure the percentage of its total vote that is cast in … Continue reading
The fight to take a look at the evidence of alleged potential fraud in New Mexico heats up another notch. … Continue reading
The quotation marks this time are straight from the headline. RNLA chair David Norcross is quoted in the piece as saying that the “Colorado Secretary of State found last year that 5,000 non-citizens voted in their Senate race.” I’ve seen … Continue reading
Michael Waldman, responding to Kris Kobach’s earlier op-ed. And for those who still don’t believe the numbers, there’s a timely story about two physicians in South Carolina trying mightily to help patients who don’t have ID get ID. … Continue reading
CNSNews: GOP To Push Stronger Voter I.D. Laws, Says ‘Voter Fraud Is Real’ MORE fromThe Nation about ALEC and the voter id push. … Continue reading
Cleta Mitchell has written this commentary for the Daily Caller. … Continue reading
Laughlin McDonald has written this letter to the editor of the Washington Post. It begins: “In his June 23 letter, Georgia’s secretary of state, Brian Kemp, said his state’s photo ID law, which requires a photo ID for in-person voting, … Continue reading
Following up on these posts, read this new Jim Sleeper post: “Where serious journalism begins. I was tickled recently to notice that election law expert Rick Hasen, tracking Brooklyn voter fraud cases from the 1970s and ’80s, resurrected my reporting … Continue reading
SOS Kemp, in WaPo letter to the editor: “Mr. Dionne argued that photo ID and related election-security laws are not needed because voter fraud ‘is not a major problem.’ As chairman of the Georgia State Election Board, I can attest … Continue reading
See here. My posts from last night on what’s in the report, and what it means, are here and here. … Continue reading
Jim Sleeper’s recollections jibe with the grand jury report and the NY Times reporting at the time. Sleeper’s story from the Village Voice in that period notes some impersonation fraud and some convictions: The Brooklyn example is not looking like … Continue reading
Thanks to the hard work of the UCI Law librarians, and the cooperation of the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office, I am pleased to provide a link to Kings County grand jury report, In the Matter of Confidential Investigation R84-11. This … Continue reading
Another must read: Dan Tokaji on what’s happening with Ohio’s election laws. … Continue reading
Josh Marshall blogs at TPM. … Continue reading
TPM reports. My earlier post on this is here. … Continue reading
I’m writing a book about the Voting Wars since 2000, and part of the book deals with claims made about the extent of voter impersonation fraud. In a 2008 paper for the Heritage Foundation, Stolen Identities, Stolen Votes: A Case … Continue reading
Will Election Fraud Destroy the Integrity of the 2012 Elections? … Continue reading
USAT v. Hans. … Continue reading
News from Maine. … Continue reading
“If the ACLU prevails, it could unleash a tsunami of illegal aliens joining the voter rolls, which would benefit one political party in particular.” –Robert Knight in the Washington Times. … Continue reading