Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Race or Party?: How Courts Should Think About Republican Efforts to Make it Harder to Vote in North Carolina and Elsewhere”

July 13, 2015, 7:50 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Re-upping my Harvard Law Review Forum piece as the North Carolina voting right trial starts today.

“Applying Section 2 to the New Vote Denial”

July 13, 2015, 7:34 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

With the North Carolina voting trial opening today, here’s your must-read from Dan Tokaji (forthcoming, Harvard Civil-Rights Civil-Liberties Law Review): Over the past decade, many states have enacted laws that make it more difficult for eligible citizens to vote. In… Continue reading

“Effects of changes on minorities at crux of NC voting trial”

July 12, 2015, 9:42 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

AP trial curtain-raiser.

“Voting Rights Legacy of the ’60s Heads to Court as North Carolina Law Is Tested”

July 12, 2015, 9:39 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Erik Eckholm NYT A-1 curtain-raiser on North Carolina voting trial, starting Monday.

“Key state lawmakers renew calls to overhaul elections board”

July 10, 2015, 10:56 amcampaign finance, election administration, tax law and election law, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Key Assembly Republicans renewed their call Friday for overhauling the state’s elections and ethics board after The Wall Street Journal reported the agency had been in touch with the Internal Revenue Service as it investigated conservative groups.… Continue reading

“What’s At Stake In The Trial Over North Carolina Voting Restrictions”

July 10, 2015, 7:48 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Samantha Lachman for HuffPo.

“Gov. Christie’s Chance to Do Right by Voters”

July 9, 2015, 7:38 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT editorial.

“Secretary of State Kobach unveils voting fraud website”

July 8, 2015, 4:50 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

KSN reports.

“Voting rights become a proxy war in the 2016 presidential election”

July 8, 2015, 8:12 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Frank Askin writes for The Conversation.

“On eve of historic voter suppression trial, battle lines are drawn in NC-NAACP v McCrory (Part I)”

July 6, 2015, 2:53 pmDepartment of Justice, election administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

DocDawg at Daily Kos.

“The Health of State Democracies: Liberty and Justice for All?”

July 6, 2015, 8:08 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

D.C. Event Tuesday: Please join the Center for American Progress Action Fund as it launches a new report on the health of state democracies. The U.S. Constitution guarantees certain rights and privileges within our democracy. In practice, however, the… Continue reading