Category Archives: Voter Fraud

EXPLAINER: Why poll watcher complaints don’t amount to fraud

From the AP, Nov. 14, 2020: President Donald Trump’s legal allies have launched a flurry of lawsuits arguing that widespread fraud could have been committed because its poll watchers didn’t get proper access to the voting process. Most of those … Continue reading

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‘No, Georgia election workers didn’t kick out observers and illegally count ‘suitcases’ of ballots’

Politifact writes about the most talked about example of purported fraud in the 2020 election: A video presented by Rudy Giuliani and promoted by the Trump campaign purports to show Georgia election workers illegally counting suitcases full of ballots after … Continue reading

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An exploration of Donald Trump’s allegations of massive voter fraud in the 2016 General Election

An academic paper from 2017: * As Republican candidate for president and later 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump has claimed repeatedly and vociferously that the 2016 General Election was tainted by massive voter fraud. Here we use … Continue reading

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‘Mail-in Voter Fraud: Anatomy of a Disinformation Campaign’

On tonight’s show, Joseph Cotto read large excerpts from this August 29, 2020 New York Post article: Confessions of a voter fraud: I was a master at fixing mail-in ballots A top Democratic operative says voter fraud, especially with mail-in … Continue reading

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Debating Voter Fraud & American Decline With Joseph Cotto (5-13-21)

* Rejecting the ‘Proposition Nation’ https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=139054 * What Are the Paleoconservatives Conserving? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=139278 * Paul Gottfried: No, Paleoconservatives Are Not Helping the Left, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=139276 * The Declaration of Independence, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=139107 * Michael Anton tries to unite the right, https://amgreatness.com/2021/05/01/americans-unite/ * … Continue reading

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No Evidence For Voter Fraud: A Guide To Statistical Claims About The 2020 Election

Anyone who believes that voter fraud played a significant role in the 2020 elections is not a clear thinker. From the Hoover Institute: “We focus on fraud allegations with the appearance of statistical rigor. Trump and allies used statistics to … Continue reading

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OutsideTheBeltway.com: A Return to the (Lack of) Evidence of Significant Fraud

Political scientist Steven L. Taylor writes: All of this brings me to true inspiration to this post, a speech by Deroy Murdock of the National Review at CPAC. Specifically, this clip (the second Tweet): A CPAC speaker is now pushing … Continue reading

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Republicans Push Voter Suppression

Because it is socially unacceptable to explicitly call for voter suppression, Republicans use the rhetoric of “voter fraud” instead. Greg Sargent writes for the Washington Post: As expected, Trump’s CPAC speech doubled down on the big lie that the election … Continue reading

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Michael Anton Says He Does Not Know Who Truly Won The 2020 Election, But He’s ‘Moved On’

On November 6,2020, Michael Anton wrote: No one will really know who won. Partisans on both sides will insist they do, but they won’t—not really . . . But far more ominously, one half the country—or to be more precise, … Continue reading

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NYT: In Statehouses, Stolen-Election Myth Fuels a G.O.P. Drive to Rewrite Rules

“Voter fraud” is just Republican rhetoric to justify voter suppression. From the New York Times: WASHINGTON — Led by loyalists who embrace former President Donald J. Trump’s baseless claims of a stolen election, Republicans in state legislatures nationwide are mounting … Continue reading

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