Category Archives: The Voting Wars

AP: “A Shawnee County judge cleared the way Friday for Kansas to use a dual voting system to help enforce its proof-of-citizenship rule for new voters, suggesting that doing otherwise could taint the state’s August primary election.” Via Richard … Continue reading

“Fate Of The New N.C. Voter ID Law Now Rests In A Judge’s Hands”

July 12, 2014, 11:01 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

This report appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered.

#MSSEN–McDaniel Makes Clear He Has Not Identified Enough Cross-Over Votes to Make Up Difference in Election

July 11, 2014, 7:37 pmelection administration, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Watch this full video interview. He’s making broader claims about voter fraud and election irregularities. He will face a tough road getting relief on this basis, unless he comes up with large, pervasive problems.

Ruling on North Carolina Preliminary Injunction Request Likely Within a Month

July 11, 2014, 7:12 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

So reports AP.

“Chris McDaniel: We’ve Found 8,300 ‘Questionable Ballots'”

July 11, 2014, 2:49 pmelection administration, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

TPM reports. As I understand it, we are still dealing with allegations, not evidence.

“North Carolina Will Determine the Future of the Voting Rights Act “

July 11, 2014, 10:30 amThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ari Berman’s dispatch and analysis from this week’s preliminary injunction hearing.

Quote of the Day–True the Vote Edition

July 9, 2014, 8:28 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

“”My initial reaction is I thought it was a headline from ‘The Onion.’ Now I see how this group has earned their awful reputation.” –Joe Nosef, Mississippi State Republican Party Chair, reacting to news that True the Vote had sought… Continue reading

“New N.C. voting law will hurt minority voting, witness says”

July 9, 2014, 7:54 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Barry Burden and Charles Stewart III on the stand. Some of the history Barry testified about I covered here.

Now True the Vote Seeks Restraining Order Against MS Republican Party in #MSSEN Contoversy

July 9, 2014, 5:51 pmelection administration, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Press release via email: True the Vote (TTV), the nation’s leading voters’ rights and election integrity organization, today filed a motion with the Jackson Division of the U.S. District Court, requesting temporary restraining order and injunctive relief be issued against… Continue reading

“‘It was, bar none, the worst legislative process I’ve ever been through,’ Rep. Rick Glazier told the U.S. District Court.”

July 9, 2014, 10:08 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

TAP dispatch from the North Carolina preliminary injunction hearing.

“7 papers, 4 government inquiries, 2 news investigations and 1 court ruling proving voter fraud is mostly a myth”

July 9, 2014, 9:44 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WonkBlog.

Texas Largely Loses Motion to Dismiss Voter ID Claims

July 8, 2014, 1:22 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Thanks to a reader for pointing out last week’s district court order in the Texas voter id case. The court mostly denied Texas’s motion to dismiss, even allowing claims to go forward at this point on voter id as a… Continue reading