Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Sen. Blunt Confirms McConnell Blocking Bipartisan Election Security Legislation (Video)

May 16, 2019, 8:42 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Senate Democrats: WATCH: @SenatorDurbin asks: Why isn’t the Senate moving legislation to secure our elections? A top Republican Senator admits: @SenateMajLdr Mitch McConnell is blocking legislation to secure our elections. pic.twitter.com/sXF8Vkk1UA— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) May 16, 2019

“+100 Organizations send an open letter to 2020 presidential candidates urging them to support and campaign on democracy”

May 16, 2019, 8:31 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: Today, a coalition of more than 100 democracy, environmental, religion, good government, civil rights, and other groups from the Declaration of American Democracy coalition signed an open letter that was sent to all 2020 presidential candidates urging them… Continue reading

“What Will The Biggest Obstacles To The Ballot Box Be In 2020?”

May 16, 2019, 7:37 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Tierney Sneed for TPM.

“Republicans Abandon Election Security”

May 16, 2019, 7:34 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Eliza Newlin Carney: Russian attacks on the U.S. election infrastructure in 2016 were even more serious than reported at the time, recent disclosures show, and intelligence officials say they are bracing for more aggressive attacks from a wider array… Continue reading

“Kamala Harris says voter suppression kept Stacey Abrams, Andrew Gillum out of office. Really?”

May 10, 2019, 7:49 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politifact: In a speech to the NAACP, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris called for changing election laws to “fight back against those Republicans who suppress our constitutional right to vote.”Harris, a U.S. senator from California, pointed to the outcome… Continue reading

Connecticut: “Senate Republicans urged by conservative base to oppose early voting”

May 8, 2019, 8:20 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Hartford Courant: A group of key conservatives is urging Senate Republicans to oppose an early voting measure, which the House overwhelmingly approved on a bipartisan basis earlier this year to bring Connecticut into line with most other states.Thirty-nine states… Continue reading

“Data Disprove the ‘Voter Suppression’ Myth; Democrats scapegoat photo-ID laws for losses in states where minority turnout rose in 2018.”

May 8, 2019, 7:07 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jason Riley WSJ column.

Lawsuit Filed Against New Strict Tennessee Voter Registration Restrictions

May 2, 2019, 6:52 pmThe Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Release via email: The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the NAACP, pro bono firm Hogan Lovells US LLP, Memphis-based firm Burch, Porter, & Johnson PLLC, Bromberg Law LLC, and community practitioner Daniel Ayoade Yoon filed suit today challenging… Continue reading

“The great double standard of our election system”

May 1, 2019, 9:16 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jon Sherman Hill oped.

“In pushing changes to the state’s election laws, is the Minnesota House rewriting one of the Capitol’s unwritten rules?”

May 1, 2019, 9:07 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

MinnPost reports.

“Federal judge weighs lawsuit over Georgia voting problems”

April 29, 2019, 9:01 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AJC: A lawsuit asking a judge to correct problems with Georgia’s elections reached a packed federal courtroom Monday, where election officials argued that the case should be thrown out because a new state law could solve issues with voting… Continue reading

“Texas Ends Review That Questioned Citizenship of Almost 100,000 Voters”

April 28, 2019, 5:11 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: The Texas secretary of state agreed Friday to rescind an advisory issued by his office in January that questioned the citizenship status of almost 100,000 registered voters. The agreement will formally end a review of the voter rolls… Continue reading

“The Republican War on Democracy; If you can’t win playing by the rules, you change them.”

April 27, 2019, 6:17 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jamelle Bouie NYT column.

“Settlement Reached to End Texas Voter Purge and Protect Voting Rights”

April 26, 2019, 3:01 pmThe Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Release: A group of civil rights organizations reached an agreement today with Texas state officials to settle a lawsuit challenging the creation and rollout of a flawed voter purge list that discriminated against naturalized citizens. The American Civil Liberties Union… Continue reading