“Officials Voted Down a Controversial Georgia Election Rule, Saying It Violated the Law. Then a Similar Version Passed.”

August 27, 2024, 7:13 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

ProPublica: In May, four of them voted down a proposed rule that would have given county election boards a new way to delay or reject election results, which could throw the November vote count into chaos. “You run counter… Continue reading

“The man who cries voter fraud”

July 10, 2024, 10:04 amfederal election commission, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

The Guardian has this profile of Hans von Spakovsky, who authored the FEC chapter of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.

von Spakovsky Lying Again About Noncitizen Voting

May 23, 2024, 6:49 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Walter Olson at Cato: In testimony before a House committee, a Republican witness recently cited as credible claims by researcher James Agresti that “10% to 27% of non‐citizens are illegally registered to vote” and predicted that “about 5% to… Continue reading

Hans von Spakovsky Won’t Say If the 2020 Election Was “Rigged”

March 12, 2024, 11:50 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2yGcbyoBnM&t=5290s

Roundup: Colorado Supreme Court’s Disqualification of Trump from 2024 Primary Ballot

December 20, 2023, 7:37 amUncategorized14th AmendmentSpencer Overton

Select Coverage: WSJ & WaPo Analysis/Opinion: Aaron Blake, David Frum, Democratic & Republican lawmakers (The Hill & Time Magazine), Maggie Haberman, Rick Hasen, Maya King, Harry Litman, Derek Muller, Hans von … Continue reading

My New One at Slate with Dahlia Lithwick: “The Effort to Suppress the Vote Is Spreading to the Republican Mainstream”

April 11, 2023, 7:26 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

I have written this piece with Dahlia Lithwick for Slate. It begins: It’s bad enough when a trio of voter suppression groups led by charlatans gets together at an annual secret conference sponsored in part by a group created by … Continue reading

New Documents Show Heritage Actions Activities to Make Voting and Registration Harder

January 13, 2023, 7:58 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

The Guardian: The 990 tax filing was obtained by the watchdog group Documented and shared with the Guardian. It points to the pivotal role that Heritage Action is increasingly playing in shaping the rules that govern US democracy. The efforts… Continue reading

NYT on “2000 Mules”/True the Vote Nonsense; Come for the Part Where Greg Phillip Says His Method to Track Supposed Voter Fraud is a “Trade Secret”; Stay for the Von Spakovsky Lie About Federal Law and Ballot Collection

May 30, 2022, 3:38 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: The film, directed by the conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, is based in part on an erroneous premise: that getting paid to deliver other people’s ballots is illegal not just in states like Pennsylvania and Georgia where True the Vote… Continue reading

“Why did this EAC commissioner talk to the senator behind Arizona’s audit?”

October 9, 2021, 2:06 pmchicanery, Election Assistance Commission, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Jessica Huseman (in Votebeat’s indispensable weekly newsletter): A newly revealed text message about Christy McCormick, a commissioner and past chair of the Election Assistance Commission, raised eyebrows among election observers this week. The exchange between two Arizona state senators… Continue reading

More of the Brnovich Symposium on SCOTUSblog

July 7, 2021, 9:00 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Contributions from David Gans and Hans von Spakovsky are now posted.

TPM: von Spakovsky Involved with Group That Originated Crazy Conspiracy Theory that Italian Defense Contractor Changed Votes from Trump to Biden (via Satellite!) During 2020 Election

June 19, 2021, 8:53 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Josh Kovensky for TPM: For those ready to believe that President Trump really won re-election, there’s one particularly fantastical conspiracy theory to hang your hat on.It’s called ItalyGate, and it offers a simple, direct, and especially implausible claim: An Italian… Continue reading

“Group that can’t find systemic voter fraud eager to help combat systemic voter fraud”

May 17, 2021, 6:58 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: The whole Mother Jones report provides an interesting insight into how outside groups can (and often have) pushed legislation that they themselves have helped draft behind closed doors. But here we’ll diverge to make another point.That is this: Anderson… Continue reading

“Leaked Video: Dark Money Group Brags About Writing GOP Voter Suppression Bills Across the Country”

May 13, 2021, 12:47 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Mother Jones: (leaked video) In a private meeting last month with big-money donors, the head of a top conservative group boasted that her outfit had crafted the new voter suppression law in Georgia and was doing the same with… Continue reading

LOL

April 15, 2021, 10:21 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Von Spakovsky at hearing. https://twitter.com/JessicaHuseman/status/1382742368319799296

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