Monthly Archives: October 2016
“Donald Trump Brings Election ‘Rigging’ Charges Front and Center”
Byron Tau for the WSJ:
Charges that election results might be rigged have moved from the fringes of U.S. politics to a central issue in the closing days of the 2016 campaign as Republican Donald Trump has repeatedly and without… Continue reading
“Fact check: Arizona GOP’s misleading claim on ‘ballot harvesting'”
“Let’s take Rudy Giuliani’s voter-fraud theories to their natural conclusion”
Philip Bump:
In the most recent RealClearPolitics polling average in the state, Hillary Clinton leads Trump by 6.2 points, earning 46.4 percent to Trump’s 40.2. Assuming 6 million people vote, that means that we’d expect the final vote tally in… Continue reading
“Donald Trump’s charge on the election’s integrity reverberates in both campaigns”
WaPo:
Questioned directly as to whether he would accept the outcome should Democratic nominee Clinton prevail Nov. 8, Trump demurred. “I’ll keep you in suspense,” the Republican nominee said. Clinton called Trump’s answer “horrifying,” saying he was “talking down our… Continue reading
“Wisconsin Election Officials Refute Trump’s Prediction of Massive Voter Fraud”
“Kobach warns that non-citizens could tip election”
Bryan Lowry for the Wichita Eagle:
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an early endorser and adviser to Trump, says he thinks enough non-citizens are registered to vote in swing states that it could tip the balance of the presidential… Continue reading
RNC, Desperate to Try to Avoid Extension of Voter Intimidation Consent Decree, Tries to Distance from Trump
Back on August 12, I wrote:
With Trump’s dangerous and irresponsible hyperventilating about voter fraud and cheating in Pennsylvania potentially costing him the election, it is probably no surprise, as reported by theWeekly Standard, that Trump is seeking “election … Continue reading
“Trump couldn’t overturn election, but could undermine it”
Trump’s Irresponsible Statements About Keeping Us in “Suspense” About Election Concession is Lead Story from Yesterday’s Debate
From Politico Playbook:
THE BIG DEBATE MOMENT:
CHRIS WALLACE : “I want to ask you here on the stage tonight, do you make the same commitment that you’ll absolutely accept the result of the election?”
DONALD TRUMP: “I will look… Continue reading
“eBenchbook Project Assists Judges & the Public in Understanding State Election Laws”
Reminder via email about an important resource:
Wondering what the Virginia election code has to say about campaign volunteers and others at the polls? Want context on statutes that govern voter registration in Florida? Curious about how Colorado election statutes… Continue reading
Indiana SOS, Who Yelled Voter Registration Fraud, Now Has to Walk It Back
IBJ:
A day after warning of potential widespread voting fraud, Indiana’s secretary of state acknowledged Wednesday that many of the thousands of altered registration forms she flagged might just be from residents rushing to correct their names or birth dates… Continue reading
Donald Trump’s Makes Chilling and Unprecedented Debate Comment About Not Accepting the Result of the Election
NYT:
Mr. Trump also insisted, as he has in recent days, that the general election has been rigged against him, and he twice refused to say that he would accept its result.
“I will look at it at the time,”… Continue reading
“Election law brawl; Soros v. Lincoln”
San Diego Reader:
San Diego Republicans are facing off against liberal billionaire George Soros in an improbable big-money brawl about whether the city should change its election laws. The way it is now, candidates for city office who get more… Continue reading