Category Archives: The Voting Wars

The Premise of Jim Geraghty’s Question About Voter Fraud is Wrong

October 24, 2014, 8:00 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

He asks: “Isn’t there some happy medium between Democrats’ and liberal journalists’ insistence that there’s no such thing as voter fraud, ever, and the claim that Democrats’ election victories are stolen?” There are very few people on the left… Continue reading

Moyers Has Ifill and Berman on Vote Suppression

October 24, 2014, 7:55 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Here.

“Still Fighting to Register Voters in Georgia”

October 24, 2014, 7:40 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

David Firestone writes for the NYT ed blog.

“On Race and Voter ID, John Roberts Wants It Both Ways”

October 24, 2014, 7:25 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Garrett Epps writes for The Atlantic.

Attacks and Defense of the Wisconsin GAB

October 23, 2014, 6:28 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Attack: An angry Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, is vowing to change how Wisconsin elections and ethics are regulated. Vos says the Government Accountability Board (GAB) is “dysfunctional, unresponsive, and totally undemocratic.” The board which oversees elections is composed… Continue reading

“Ginsburg Wasn’t So Wrong About Texas and Veteran’s I.D.s”

October 23, 2014, 3:05 pmSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Texas Election Law Blog: Media sources and veterans groups castigated the law for what what veterans groups saw as a betrayal of their constituency. The outrage caught Governor Perry and the bill drafters by surprise, and came at an awkward… Continue reading

Gov. Christie’s Clarification of His “Voting Mechanism” Remarks Not Clarifying, Still Objectionable

October 23, 2014, 2:55 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Yesterday I noted with incredulity these comments from Gov. Chris Christie: Would you rather have Rick Scott in Florida overseeing the voting mechanism, or Charlie Crist? Would you rather have Scott Walker in Wisconsin overseeing the voting mechanism, or… Continue reading

True the Vote Declares that “Elections Will Be Stolen” on November 4

October 23, 2014, 2:22 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

From a fundraising email:

“The Poll Tax That Wasn’t”

October 23, 2014, 11:34 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Rich Lowry in Politico magazine defends voter id laws.

“O’Keefe uncovers hypothetical support for hypothetical voter fraud”

October 23, 2014, 10:54 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Colorado Independent reports.

“Republicans’ Deeply Cynical Move: Dismiss Voting While Making It Harder”

October 23, 2014, 7:26 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, votingRick Hasen

Seth Michaels at TPM Cafe.

Tables Turned Dep’t: NC Warns That NAACP’s Actions May Disenfranchise Voters

October 23, 2014, 7:18 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Seriously?

“Shame on Texas and the U.S. Supreme Court”

October 22, 2014, 8:16 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Andrew Cohen LAT oped.

Meanwhile, Under Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law, Veterans Cards are Not Okay

October 22, 2014, 5:38 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

With the Justice Ginsburg correction in the Texas voter id case today, a number of readers have pointed me to Wisconsin’s voter id law, which apparently rejects a veterans card as proof of valid identification. (The Supreme Court has put… Continue reading