Texas secretary of state resigns after being caught in fake ‘voter fraud’ scheme
David Whitley was about to be pushed out of office for waging a botched voter purge.
By Emily Singer - May 28, 2019David Whitley was about to be pushed out of office for waging a botched voter purge.
By Emily Singer - May 28, 2019Texas tried to purge 95,000 people from the voter rolls by claiming they voted illegally. But it was all a lie.
By Emily Singer - April 26, 2019And he wants his party to be ‘paranoid’ about people who don’t vote for them.
By Lisa Needham - April 03, 2019More Republican lies about voter fraud were exposed, this time deep in the heart of Texas.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 28, 2019Republicans in North Carolina tried to steal an election through massive election fraud, and Trump’s response was a conspiracy theory-laden rant full of lies.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 22, 2019They’re being sued for their transparently racist attempt to remove people from voter rolls.
By Lisa Needham - February 05, 2019State GOP officials in Texas should have checked their math before alleging a massive voter fraud scheme that doesn’t exist.
By Lisa Needham - January 30, 2019There’s no conspiracy behind Rep. Jeff Denham’s loss. It’s just voters ousting a Trump loyalist from office.
By Dan Desai Martin - December 11, 2018Trump loves to spread conspiracy theories about nonexistent voter fraud — but he’s shutting up about evidence of actual voter fraud in North Carolina that may have helped a Republican candidate.
By Oliver Willis - November 30, 2018California Republicans on the verge of losing are peddling the most pathetic Trump-style lies.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 14, 2018Trump is making up wild conspiracy theories after GOP’s massive midterm defeat.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 14, 2018A widely disliked Trump loyalist was rejected by voters in a deeply red state.
By Eric Boehlert - November 06, 2018There’s a good reason so many red-state Republicans are urging voters to choose the Democrat.
By Eric Boehlert - October 18, 2018Former Republican Gov. Bill Graves endorsed Democrat Laura Kelly over Republican Kris Kobach in the Kansas race for governor.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 05, 2018Kris Kobach, who led Trump’s voter suppression efforts, bilked multiple small towns out of money while pursuing legally unsound immigration ordinances that cost them millions.
By Oliver Willis - August 01, 2018Maine’s Gov. Paul LePage throws a temper tantrum and refuses to do his job.
By Eric Boehlert - June 12, 2018Trying to score political points by chasing voter fraud in court, Kris Kobach became a laughing stock this week instead.
By Eric Boehlert - March 09, 2018