Kobach in Bitter Republican Primary for Kansas Secretary of State
Brad Cooper writes for the KC Star. … Continue reading
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
Understatement of the Day
“Blogs put your voice in front of the digital world. But Judicial Watch reminds that ‘election fraud is a sensitive issue, and you should have no difficulty getting people to respond.’” —David Freddoso, Widespread or Not, Stopping Voter Fraud is … Continue reading
“Judge: True the Vote lawsuit not a case of voter fraud”
The latest on #MSSEN. … Continue reading
“Joe Biden: Voter ID laws ‘an attempt to repress minority voting”
CBS News reports. … Continue reading
“Snap(shot) Decision: Wisconsin Considers Lifting Camera Ban at Polls”
A ChapinBlog. … Continue reading
“Black voter turnout exceed white voter turnout, even in states with strict ID laws, pundit claims”
PunditFact says “true:” Riley said “black voter turnout in 2012 exceeded the rate of white voter turnout, even in the states with the strictest voter ID laws,” despite the Democrats claiming the voter ID laws suppress the black vote. While … Continue reading
“The clear sin of contracting voter participation”
Gene Nichol has written this oped. And if you are wondering why his bio says that he doesn’t speak for UNC, read this by Matea Gold. … Continue reading
“What exactly is Chris McDaniel doing? Beats me.”
The Fix: Is there a chance that McDaniel has found a series of smoking guns regarding the runoff vote that he will reveal at some point in the future and, in so doing, invalidate the results? I mean, I suppose … Continue reading
Breaking: U.S. Election Assistance Commission May Be Back with Commissioners Soon
President Obama just announced two nominations for the U.S. Assistance Commission. Matthew Masterson and Christy McCormick are Republican-chosen nominees to join the two nominees from the Democrats, Thomas Hicks and Myrna Perez. The EAC was created as part of the … Continue reading
“Voter ID’s last stand: let’s finally declare laws what they are – racist on purpose”
Ana Marie Cox Guardian column. … Continue reading
“Top Georgia Officials Are Going After Black Leaders Who Organized Voters”
VICE reports. … Continue reading
“GOPers Prep For McDaniel Lawsuit To Contest Mississippi Race”
TPM reports. … Continue reading
“Obama admin to join voting rights cases in Ohio and Wisconsin”
MSNBC: “It’s not clear from Holder’s comments whether the Justice Department intends simply to file amicus briefs in support of the laws’ challengers, or whether it plans to intervene as a new plaintiff—and assign government lawyers to the cases—as it did … Continue reading
“Shaun McCutcheon wades into Mississippi race”- Unimpressively
According to Politico, McCutcheon is alleging that thousands of people voted in Democratic primary in #MSSEN then voted in Republican runoff a few weeks later. But we have seen no proof of that at all yet. Where’s the proof in … Continue reading
“Kansas to Proceed with Two-Track Registration This Fall”
A ChapinBlog. … Continue reading
“Theis backs Kobach over ACLU in voter ID challenge”
AP: “A Shawnee County judge cleared the way Friday for Kansas to use a dual voting system to help enforce its proof-of-citizenship rule for new voters, suggesting that doing otherwise could taint the state’s August primary election.” Via Richard Winger. … Continue reading
“Fate Of The New N.C. Voter ID Law Now Rests In A Judge’s Hands”
This report appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered. … Continue reading
#MSSEN–McDaniel Makes Clear He Has Not Identified Enough Cross-Over Votes to Make Up Difference in Election
Watch this full video interview. He’s making broader claims about voter fraud and election irregularities. He will face a tough road getting relief on this basis, unless he comes up with large, pervasive problems. … Continue reading
Ruling on North Carolina Preliminary Injunction Request Likely Within a Month
So reports AP. … Continue reading
“Chris McDaniel: We’ve Found 8,300 ‘Questionable Ballots’”
TPM reports. As I understand it, we are still dealing with allegations, not evidence. … Continue reading
“North Carolina Will Determine the Future of the Voting Rights Act “
Ari Berman’s dispatch and analysis from this week’s preliminary injunction hearing. … Continue reading
Quote of the Day–True the Vote Edition
“”My initial reaction is I thought it was a headline from ‘The Onion.’ Now I see how this group has earned their awful reputation.” –Joe Nosef, Mississippi State Republican Party Chair, reacting to news that True the Vote had sought … Continue reading
“New N.C. voting law will hurt minority voting, witness says”
Barry Burden and Charles Stewart III on the stand. Some of the history Barry testified about I covered here. … Continue reading
Now True the Vote Seeks Restraining Order Against MS Republican Party in #MSSEN Contoversy
Press release via email: True the Vote (TTV), the nation’s leading voters’ rights and election integrity organization, today filed a motion with the Jackson Division of the U.S. District Court, requesting temporary restraining order and injunctive relief be issued against the … Continue reading
“‘It was, bar none, the worst legislative process I’ve ever been through,’ Rep. Rick Glazier told the U.S. District Court.”
TAP dispatch from the North Carolina preliminary injunction hearing. … Continue reading
“7 papers, 4 government inquiries, 2 news investigations and 1 court ruling proving voter fraud is mostly a myth”
WonkBlog. … Continue reading
Texas Largely Loses Motion to Dismiss Voter ID Claims
Thanks to a reader for pointing out last week’s district court order in the Texas voter id case. The court mostly denied Texas’s motion to dismiss, even allowing claims to go forward at this point on voter id as a … Continue reading
“North Carolina’s ‘Monster’ Voting Law Challenged in Federal Court”
Ari Berman dispatch from today’s preliminary injunction hearing in North Carolina. … Continue reading
“How has voting changed since Shelby County v. Holder?”
The Fix reports. … Continue reading
“North Carolina voting law changes fight in court”
AP report on today’s hearing on the request for a preliminary injunction as to parts of North Carolina’s controversial election law. For my broader look at some of the issues in North Carolina and related cases, see Race or Party? … Continue reading
“Rules of the game: New laws could make it tougher for some to vote”
CNN reports. … Continue reading
“Students Joining Battle to Upend Laws on Voter ID; College Students Claim Voter ID Laws Discriminate Based on Age”
NYT: Civil rights groups have spent a decade fighting requirements that voters show photo identification, arguing that this discriminates against African-Americans, Hispanics and the poor. This week in a North Carolina courtroom, another group will make its case that such … Continue reading
“Hearing on N.C. voter ID law draws national attention”
The Winston-Salem Journal reports. … Continue reading
In #MSSEN, True the Vote Appears to Have Weak Statutory Argument for Poll Book Review Request
In True the Vote’s complaint, it asks for review of the poll books (looking apparently for voters who both voting in the Democratic primary a few weeks earlier and the Republican primary). I agree that if the campaign (or True … Continue reading
Serious, So Far Unproven Accusations of Illegal Votes and Stolen Election in #MSSEN
Via PoliticalWire, incendiary words from Sen. McDaniel. … Continue reading
“Marijuana, Voters Bill of Rights to miss Nov. ballot”
The latest from Ohio. … Continue reading
ACLU Seeks Preliminary Injunction to Stop Ohio Early Voting Cutbacks
Read it here. See page 7 to see how this request goes beyond the relief recently granted by the district court in the OFA v. Husted case. … Continue reading
“In Ohio, a ‘people’s movement’ for voting rights”
MSNBC reports. … Continue reading
65 Ways to Improve Our Democracy
Today the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Commission on Political Reform rolled out its recommendations and report today on strengthening American democracy. Academics are usually on the outside looking in for such processes, but I was lucky enough to serve as one … Continue reading
More on Whether Judge Posner Thinks He Was Wrong in Crawford Voter ID Case. Answer: Sorta, But Not Really, But Maybe Yes
You remember there was the mea culpa, then the walkback. (My take on it was in the Daily Beast: Why Judge Posner Changed His Mind on Voter ID Laws, Daily Beast, October 23, 2013). Now comes something of Judge Posner … Continue reading
“Do people know what Voter ID means?”
Charles Ellison writes for the Philadelphia Tribune. … Continue reading
“Temporary Amnesia” Claimed by Scott Walker Supporter Charged with Voting Multiple Times with Absentee Ballots in Wisconsin Elections
Sorry, my irony meter broke. Back soon. And no, this does not appear to be a case of in-person impersonation voter fraud. … Continue reading
Conservative “Election Observers” in Mississippi May Be Meant to Intimidate Democratic Voters in Cochran-McDaniel Race
The NY Times reports: [Conservative] groups will deploy observers in areas where Mr. Cochran is recruiting Democrats, Mr. Cuccinelli said. J. Christian Adams, a former Justice Department official and conservative commentator who said he was advising the effort, described the … Continue reading
“Proof of citizenship law will be focus of secretary of state race”
Wichita Eagle: With Aug. 5 primary elections less than two months away, more than 18,000 potential voters find themselves with an incomplete registration status because their applications have not met the state’s proof of citizenship law. The issue is at … Continue reading
Listen to My Converation on Voting Lawsuits with @DavidPlotz on @Slate Political Gabfest Extra
It’s an extra for SlatePlus members. The jumping off point for the piece is this NYT story from Lizette Alvarez. … Continue reading
Hillary Clinton Opposes Mandatory Voting But Calls for Automatic Voter Registration
From a CNN town hall (no transcript yet): 5:55 p.m.: Asked if there should be mandatory voting, Clinton “no,” but argued “there should be automatic registration.” “When a young person turns 18, that young person should be registered to vote,” … Continue reading
“New Report: Voters in 22 States Face New Laws That Could Make Voting Harder in November”
Press release: New voting restrictions developed since 2010 are slated to be in place in 22 states this November. In 15 of these states, 2014 will be the first federal election with new restrictions in effect, according to a report released … Continue reading
“Court Rulings on Voter Restrictions Create Limbo as Midterms Near”
Extensive NYT article begins: With the midterm elections only months away, efforts to carry out some of the country’s strictest photo ID requirements and shorten early voting in several politically pivotal states have been thrown into limbo by a series … Continue reading
“Voters Bill of Rights might miss November ballot”
Cincinnati Enquirer: “An effort to put a voting-rights amendment on Ohio’s November ballot will “go all the way up to the wire,” the organizer said Thursday, acknowledging Democratic candidates may miss out on the turnout benefit a voting-related ballot issue … Continue reading
“State GOP chairman says committee has gathered evidence of voter fraud in June 3 election”
Will be interesting to see if any of these pan out. … Continue reading