Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Ohio BCI is investigating what appears to be 25 to 30 fraudulent voter registration applications”
Vindy.com:
A state criminal agency is investigating what appears to be 25 to 30 fraudulent voter-registration applications, including from five dead people, filed with the Columbiana County Board of Elections by the Ohio Organizing Collaborative….
It was clearly fraudulent and… Continue reading
“Groups Want Federal Health Exchange to Register Voters, Too”
Abby Goodnough for the NYT:
When the Affordable Care Act’s new enrollment season begins next month, people seeking health insurance through the online federal exchange will also be offered something they may not expect: a chance to register… Continue reading
Texas Lt. Governor Sees No Need to Make Voting Easier
Texas Tribune:
• Voter turnout — Patrick said the state doesn’t need to make it easier to vote. He said voters should be informed and study the issues. “If people don’t show up and vote, they’re either happy or… Continue reading
WI: “Senate Republicans take cautious tack on GAB, campaign finance bills”
Madison.com:
Undecided Senate Republicans are grappling with pressure from groups on opposing sides of bills to replace the state’s Government Accountability Board and rewrite state campaign finance law.
The GOP-controlled Assembly voted largely on party lines to pass the bills… Continue reading
“Disability advocate calls for state agency spokeswoman’s resignation”
Following up on my Quote of the Day, Bryan Lowry reports:\
The executive director of a group that works with intellectually and developmentally disabled Kansans called Wednesday for the resignation of a state agency spokeswoman who used the… Continue reading
Quote of the Day: “Do We Want These Slow Learners Voting?”
“So it takes an entire semester to learn how to register to vote. Really?…..Do we want these slow learners voting? Or is this a stealth course paid for by taxpayers to train left-wing ‘community organizers’ like the League of Women… Continue reading
Kevin Kennedy Responds to Criticism of WI GAB as Senate Considers Bill to Dismantle It
Read his supplemental testimony.
“Carl P. Leubsdorf: Laws seek to curb voting”
“Justice Department Threatened To Sue Alabama For Failure To Comply With Voting Law Prior To DMV Closures”
TPM:
The U.S. Department of Justice threatened to sue the state of Alabama in a September letter with a warning to the state attorney general, Luther Strange (pictured), that Alabama failed to comply with a two-decades-old voter registration law.
The… Continue reading
Federal Judge in NC Will Let Voter ID Claim Go to Trial in January
“Which States Could Adopt Automatic Voter Registration Next?”
“Off the campaign trail, Scott Walker is changing the way Wisconsin holds elections”
“No, the Voting Rights Act is not in danger”
Robert Driscoll:
So the good news is that the VRA is alive and well, covers the entire country, and protects everyone — regardless of race — from actual discriminatory voting procedures and practices. The bad news is that the… Continue reading