Category Archives: Voter Fraud

Vote Suppression vs Vote Expansion (2-25-21)

Rhetoric about “voter fraud” is not about voter fraud. It is Republican rhetoric aimed at vote suppression, but because this is politically unpalatable to say, Republicans have to lie and talk about “voter fraud.” Voter fraud is a crime and … Continue reading

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Why Republicans Can’t Find the Big Voter Fraud Conspiracy

Lisa Rab writes for Politico April 2, 2017: In the fall of 2002, just over a year after the 9/11 attacks, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft summoned a group of federal prosecutors to Washington. He had a new mission he … Continue reading

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WP: His pastors tried to steer him away from social media rage. He stormed the Capitol anyway.

From the Washington Post: Facebook was making him angry. For weeks last spring and summer, Michael Sparks had watched video of protests for racial justice around the country with growing unease. He could not turn away from his phone, even … Continue reading

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The Myth Of Voter Fraud

When Republicans talk about voter fraud, they are rarely talking about voter fraud. Instead, they are usually using rhetoric to push for making voting more difficult under the theory that lower turnout elections favor Republicans. Read The_Politics_of_Voter_Fraud and Voter fraud … Continue reading

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Ann Coulter: Voter Fraud Never Happens! (Except in These 10,000 Cases)

Ann writes Dec. 9, 2020 in her syndicated column: The media have been lying about voter fraud for 20 years. The New York Times and The Washington Post will tell you: Let’s get something straight. There are only two cases … Continue reading

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Voter Fraud: A Red Herring

From Harvard’s Kennedy School, released November 6, 2020: Proponents of stricter voting laws often claim restrictions are necessary to prevent voter fraud, but there is little evidence to support this assertion. President Trump has repeatedly claimed, without evidence, that widespread … Continue reading

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Inappropriate Applications of Benford’s Law Regularities to Some Data from the 2020 Presidential Election in the United States

Benford's Law. — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 11, 2020 According to Wikipedia: “Walter Richard Mebane, Jr. (born November 30, 1958) is a University of Michigan professor of political science and statistics and an expert on detecting electoral fraud. He has … Continue reading

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Rich Hasen: Trump Needs Three Consecutive Hail Mary Passes

Professor Richard Hasen writes in The Atlantic: Despite the clear math showing that Joe Biden has won the election, President Donald Trump has refused to concede. He has directed his legal team to keep on fighting to try to overturn … Continue reading

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Who Is Hans von Spakovsky?

According to Wikipedia: According to the New Yorker, von Spakovsky has promoted “the myth that Democratic voter fraud is common, and that it helps Democrats win elections”.[5] Von Spakovsky has supported his claims about the extent of voter fraud by … Continue reading

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Henry Olsen: How we can be confident that Trump’s voter fraud claims are baloney

Henry Olsen writes in the Washington Post: Mass voter fraud should be relatively easy to detect, even if it might be difficult to prove. Since we elect presidents through the electoral college, political operatives trying to nefariously produce a victory … Continue reading

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