“ACLU of Arkansas files suit over voter I.D. law”
This one is in state court. … Continue reading
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Why putting photos on Social Security cards won’t save voting rights”
Michael Hiltzik blogs at LAT. … Continue reading
“Obama on Voter ID: Right Speech in the Right Place for the Right Reason”
Brentin Mock blogs. … Continue reading
“How Democrats Work To Restrict Voting and Disenfranchise People in a Purple State”
RNLA blog post on Virginia. … Continue reading
“Obama on Voter Suppression: The Right Speech in the Wrong Place”
Andrew Cohen: He’s got to engage with the woman who says blithely: “If I need to show ID to get cold medicine why shouldn’t I have to show an ID to vote?” He’s got to engage with the man who … Continue reading
“Democrats Support Voting Rights. Republicans Should Too”
Ari Berman: It’s also unfortunate that many in the media continue to report on voting rights like it’s a left versus right issue, as if supporting a fundamental democratic right suddenly makes one a flaming liberal. Jamie Fuller of the … Continue reading
“Scrutinizing Federal Electoral Qualifications”
Derek Muller has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming Indiana Law Journal). Here is the abstract: Candidates for federal office must meet several constitutional qualifications. Sometimes, whether a candidate meets those qualifications is a matter of dispute. Courts and litigants … Continue reading
Brit Hume, George Will, and Rest of All-White Panel Discuss Racism, Voting Rights and the Obama Administration on FOX News Sunday
Transcript. A few snippets from the uncorrected transcript: WILL: Sure. Look, liberalism has a kind of Tourette’s syndrome these days. It’s just constantly saying the word “racism” and “racist.” It’s an old saying in the law. If you have a law … Continue reading
Zack Roth on Obama’s Latest Volley in the Voting Wars
Here, at MSNBC. … Continue reading
“Florida no longer part of controversial national voter data project”
Miami Herald: For those following the issue of voter fraud nationwide, this fact-check by PunditFact of a claim by Fox News commentator Dick Morris is a must-read. Morris said that “probably over a million people” voted twice in the 2012 … Continue reading
“Obama: Right to vote under threat in the US”
AP: “In an unsparing critique of Republicans, President Barack Obama on Friday accused the GOP of using voting restrictions to keep voters from the polls and of jeopardizing 50 years of expanded ballot box access for millions of black Americans … Continue reading
“After initial hysteria, back-pedaling over NC voter fraud claims”
Facing South continues to lead the way on this story. … Continue reading
RNLA Issues Response to Bauer-Ginsberg; Praises Some Parts But Not Push for Early Voting
The report and the press release. From the executive summary: While RNLA agrees with a majority of PCEA’s recommendations, we caution against the Commission’s recommendation that states embrace expanded early voting as a solution to the systemic election administration problems … Continue reading
“Democrats embrace adding photos to Social Security cards”
Must-read WaPo on movement toward an national voter id on the Democratic side. … Continue reading
Truth-o-Meter v. Dick Morris on Voter Fraud
Who wins? The suspense must be killing you. … Continue reading
“Feds appeal ruling in voter citizenship case”
AP reports. … Continue reading
Breaking: Republicans Offering Potential Nominees for EAC
Bloomberg BNA has a breaking news report saying that the names were put in by Senate Leader McConnell. It quotes a spokesperson for Sen. Roberts, ranking Republican on Rules, that “The ball is with the White House.” Lots of questions … Continue reading
“Why voting rights is the Democrats’ most important project in 2014″
The Fix reports. … Continue reading
What Does Movement on the EAC Nominees Mean?
Doug Chapin games it out. … Continue reading
“Clinton: Voting limits derail civil rights”
This time it’s Bill. Here’s the video of the President talking about Shelby County. He seems to say that he wants to use social security cards as id. … Continue reading
Canadian Fraudulent Fraud Squad Member Pulls Back
CBC reports. #TheVotingWars-Eh? “A Conservative senator is pulling back after he seemed to suggest he knew of thousands and thousands of cases of voter fraud in Halifax and Dartmouth, N.S.” … Continue reading
“Obama to highlight Democrats’ growing voting rights push”
Politico reports. … Continue reading
“Who’s driving North Carolina’s latest voter fraud hysteria?”
This item appears at Facing South. #Kobach … Continue reading
“The Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act. What Happened Next in These 8 States Will Not Shock You.”
Great headline on this Mother Jones piece. … Continue reading
“Mississippi Has the Worst Elections”
WonkWire on the Pew Report. So now we’ll get a chance to see if those at the bottom try to improve on the measures set by Pew, as Heather Gerken postulated in her book, The Democracy Index. I explained my … Continue reading
Breaking: Democratic Nominees to EAC Clear Senate Rules Committee
Does this mean that Dems have lined up the votes on their side (no filibuster for these votes, remember) to get these nominations through? Press release: SCHUMER ANNOUNCES ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION NOMINEES THOMAS HICKS AND MYRNA PÉREZ CLEAR SENATE RULES … Continue reading
“Deja Vu: Ohio Fighting About Absentee Ballots – Again”
A ChapinBlog. … Continue reading
“Miss. preparing to use new voter ID law”
Gannett reports. … Continue reading
“Blacks and Early Voting, in Ohio and Wisconsin”
NYT letter to the editor from NAACP Ohio and Wisconsin leaders. … Continue reading
How Low Will Dick Morris Go?
This low. Didn’t realize he was a member of the fraudulent fraud squad. … Continue reading
“Stay issued on subpoenas in NC election law case “
AP reports. … Continue reading
“How to reverse a supreme court attack on democracy: fight for voting rights; John Roberts’ wrecking ball got you mad as hell? Don’t take his court’s electoral destruction for granted anymore”
I have written this piece for The Guardian. It begins: Many Americans, especially on the left, are up in arms about the US supreme court’s decision last week in McCutcheon v FEC, which further deregulates campaign financing. Now the super-wealthy … Continue reading
A Loss for O’Keefe
AP: A state district judge has thrown out a complaint filed against the Democratic outreach group Battleground Texas that was based on a conservative filmmaker’s video, a special prosecutor said Monday. Special prosecutor John Economidy, a Republican, told The Associated … Continue reading
“Texas Legislators Forced To Turn Over Emails In Voter ID Lawsuit”
Ryan Reilly reports for HuffPo. … Continue reading
Two Tiered Voting Could Come to Kansas This Year if Stay Granted in Kobach v. EAC Case
Lots of uncertainty. … Continue reading
“Attorney: NC photo ID wouldn’t stop 2-state voting”
AP reports. … Continue reading
“North Carolina Analysis of Multi-State Voters Likely Sets Up Familiar Drama”
Chapin cautions against overreacting. Good luck with that! … Continue reading
Le Quote of the Day
Je crains qu’on ait affaire à un autre cas de pollution américaine de nos voisins du Nord. –Quoted in this article in a Quebec Newspaper on The Voting Wars in Canada (roughly translated as: “I fear that we have to … Continue reading
“Kobach to Push ‘English Proficiency’ Test for Voting”
AP: Fresh off his victory against the federal government in a case involving Kansas and Arizona’s demand that voters using federal voter registration forms provide documentary proof of citizenship before voting, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach announced a new … Continue reading
“How Republicans Rationalize Voter Suppression”
Jamelle Bouie writes for Slate. … Continue reading
Deven Desai of Concurring Opinions Interviews Me About Latest Voting Skirmishes
Read it here. … Continue reading
Important Brian Newby Post on the Difficulty Some Voters in Kansas are Having Proving Citizenship to Be Able to Vote
Read this. … Continue reading
“New G.O.P. Bid to Limit Voting in Swing States”
Must-read, front-page NYT article: In all, nine states have passed measures making it harder to vote since the beginning of 2013. Most have to do with voter ID laws. Other states are considering mandating proof of citizenship, like a birth … Continue reading
“Cursed With Nation’s Second-Highest Turnout Rate, Wisconsin Restricts Early Voting”
Weigel. … Continue reading
“Organizer regrets including felon in voter rally”
Cincinnati Enquirer: The president of a local civil rights group said he “regrets” calling a convicted voting felon to the stage during the Cincinnati launch of the Ohio Voters Bills of Rights petition drive. Bishop Bobby Hilton called Melowese Richardson, … Continue reading
“Vote fraud by impersonation just doesn’t exist”
Kuff’s World. (linking Zack Roth) … Continue reading
“Voter rights groups appeal documentation ruling”
AP: Voting rights groups filed an appeal Friday of a judge’s order that federal election officials must help Kansas and Arizona enforce state laws requiring new voters to provide documentation proving their U.S. citizenship. A court filing sent to the … Continue reading
“Snapshot: A look at who has received free voter IDs in N.C.”
Interesting graphic. … Continue reading
“How Voter ID Can Work for Democrats”
Francis Barry for Bloomberg View. … Continue reading
“GOP Steps Up Attack on Early Voting in Key Swing States”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation. … Continue reading