Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Horse. Stable Door. Too Late”
Paul Gronke on the non-citizen voting controversy and Jesse Richman’s most recent comments on it which try to pull back from some of its bolder claims.
“Danger Zone: A Supreme Court Misstep On Voting Rights”
“Document: Statewide network of Republican lawyers ready to intervene on Election Day”
Topeka Capital-Journal:
The Kansas Republican Party plans to have a statewide network of GOP lawyers ready to intervene on Election Day, and it will analyze close races for potential legal action — as its director warns of “dubious tactics”… Continue reading
“Fact Checker: Could noncitizen voters swing Senate?”
“Uncounted Votes The Racially Discriminatory Effects of Provisional Ballots”
New report from the Center for American Progress. From the emailed press release:
RELEASE: The Racially Discriminatory Effects of Provisional Ballots
Washington, D.C. — One week ahead of the 2014 midterm elections, much has been made of the new, more… Continue reading
“As Texas votes early, voter ID sparks frustration and motivation”
“Shelby and Section 3: Pulling the Voting Rights Act’s Pocket Trigger to Protect Voting Rights After Shelby County v. Holder”
Paul Wiley has written this very (and timely, given Texas) important student note for the Washington and Lee Law Review. From the Introduction:
One of those portions of the Voting Rights Act that remained untouched by Shelby County is §… Continue reading
Garrett Epps on Racial and Partisan Discrimination in Texas Voter ID Case
Well worth the read.
Justice Ginsburg Gives More Insight Into Her Texas Voter ID Dissent, and Its Small Error
I suggested in this Slate piece that Justice Ginsburg decided to pull an all nighter to write her dissent as a “5 am wake up call” on the issue of voting rights. Now comes some confirmation.
Jess Bravin:… Continue reading
“Hans von Spakovsky’s ‘voter fraud’ fraud: Creating a panic over a minor problem”
“Georgia judge declines to intervene in ‘missing’ voters lawsuit”
AJC:
A Georgia judge declined Tuesday to intervene in Georgia’s voter registration process, letting stand existing measures by state and local election officials to help applicants ahead of the Nov. 4 election.
The decision came after a two-hour hearing… Continue reading
“Group Accused of ‘Ballot Stuffing’ Demands an Apology at Arizona GOP Headquarters”
“Did We Fix That?”
Common Cause released a new report: Did We Fix That?: Evaluating Implementation of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration’s Recommendations in Ten Swing States. The Executive Summary is available here.