Monthly Archives: October 2016

“One Wisconsin Institute Seeks Suspension of Voter ID Law as Evidence Shows Rampant Problems in Implementation of New Voter ID Rules”

October 4, 2016, 3:47 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Release: Recent media reporting on Gov. Scott Walker’s administration violating federal Judge James Peterson’s order in One Wisconsin Institute, et. al. v. Thomsen has spurred the plaintiffs to seek a suspension of the state voter ID law. Audio… Continue reading

“Trump and Election Protection in 2016”

October 4, 2016, 3:42 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Bauer: Donald Trump has urged his supporters to check closely for fraud and irregularities at the polling places. He wants them to make sure the voting is on the “up and up,” and he implies that there is a reason… Continue reading

Just 31, Not 1000+, Non-Citizen Voters Shown to Have Voted in Virginia over Last Ten Years

October 4, 2016, 3:37 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Over the weekend, Drudge had a headline stating: “Report: 1,000+ Illegal Voters in Virginia.” And Dan Sciavino, Jr. tweeted: “Terrible. We know who the 1,000+ illegal aliens ARE NOT VOTING FOR! A fixed presidential election in the making….will we… Continue reading

“Election board: Article alleging voter fraud is fake”

October 4, 2016, 3:23 pmchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Columbus Disptach: An article posted on the Christian Times website stated that a Columbus electrical worker found a dozen sealed ballot boxes filled with thousands of ballots for the Nov. 8 election. The ballots contained votes for Hillary Clinton and… Continue reading

Money in Politics: How Far Does the Egalitarian Position Go?

October 4, 2016, 12:22 pmUncategorizedRichard Pildes

Cross-posted from Balkinization: Egalitarian arguments in the US for regulating campaign spending almost always stop at regulating money in the context of elections. But why don’t the same arguments also extend to regulating spending in the context of public debate… Continue reading

“Why Trump wants his supporters to monitor the polls in ‘certain areas'”

October 2, 2016, 3:45 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

The Christian Science Monitor: But Trump appears to have encouraged crowds in rural Pennsylvania this weekend to become polling station watchdogs. But he didn’t elaborate on what they should watch for, only that they should “watch carefully, because… Continue reading

“How Hostile Poll-Watchers Could Hand Pennsylvania to Trump”

October 2, 2016, 3:41 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Erick Trickey for Politico Magazine.

“A million Ohio voters didn’t get absentee ballot mailing”

October 2, 2016, 2:49 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

Columbus Dispatch: The news release said, “Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted today announced his office will begin mailing absentee ballot applications to voters statewide this weekend.” What it didn’t say was that more than a million of Ohio’s 7.7… Continue reading

Doonesbury Tackles Voter Identification Fraud/Jim Crow

October 2, 2016, 12:52 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

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Don’t Point to Voter Registration Fraud, or Absentee Ballot Fraud, to Defend Trump’s Irresponsible Vote-Rigging Claims

October 2, 2016, 12:14 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Yesterday I posted Trump’s Irresponsible Vote-Rigging Statements Literally Putting Our Democracy at Risk, in which I argued that Trump is undermining our faith in democracy itself by making irresponsible claims the election could be rigged through voter impersonation fraud… Continue reading

“What’s the Matter with Kansas: The Voting Edition”

October 2, 2016, 12:04 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy for Jurist.

DHS Raising Threat of Cyber Hacking, But It is of Voter Registration Databases, Not Vote Counting Machines

October 2, 2016, 12:00 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Take a breath, folks. Reid Wilson makes the point that’s been lost on much of the punditocracy and general public: At least four states have had voter registration systems hacked in recent weeks. Officials in Arizona and Illinois said their… Continue reading

Contrary to Early Reports, Sheldon Adelson Now Coughing Up $25 Million or More for Trump

October 2, 2016, 11:57 amcampaign finance, campaigns, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

Earlier I noted that Sheldon Adelson was giving only $5 million to a Trump Super PAC, only a small fraction of what he spent helping Gingrich then Romney in 2012. But now Teddy Schleifer reports the amount is likely to… Continue reading

Trump’s Irresponsible Vote-Rigging Statements Literally Putting Our Democracy at Risk

October 1, 2016, 3:13 pmchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

One of the things we take for granted is that even in tumultuous times when elections are hard fought, the losers concede the election and embrace the process, even if things did not go well. That’s what Al Gore did… Continue reading