Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Political parties fight to manipulate voting times”
AP reports.
Doug Chapin comments.
See also my earlier piece, The New Conservative Assault on Early Voting, Slate, February 10, 2014.
“Vigilante or vindicator? One man’s bid to root out voter fraud”
CNN:
To Jay DeLancy, North Carolina is fraught with voter fraud and the state is doing nothing about it.
So the former Air Force veteran has taken matters into his own hands and vows, as he sees it, to… Continue reading
“Voting in America” Event at Library of Congress June 11
“Proving Who You Are: The Legal Battle Over Voter ID Laws”
Jerry Goldfeder and Myrna Perez have written this analysis for the NY Law Journal.
“93-year-old black man disenfranchised by Alabama voter ID law”
New Campaign for Voter ID in Ohio
“At The Polls in Lowndes Country With Alabama’s New Voter ID Law”
More Proof That Impersonation Fraud is an Exceedingly Dumb Way to Try to Steal an Election
From a small school district race:
According to the Village of Catskill Police Department blotter for the week of May 27, Benjamen Hodzic, 18, of Catskill, was arrested and charged on May 21, the day after the election, with one… Continue reading
“Democrats, stop fighting voter ID laws”
Stephen Lurie writes for PostEverything.
“Red, Blue States Find Some Common Ground on Elections Reform”
Jake Grovum reports for Stateline.
Dept. of Chutzpah
Cincinnati Enquirer: “Melowese Richardson, who went to prison for voter fraud, wants to be paid for her work at the polls when she committed her crime, drawing criticism from elections officials.”
“Conservative groups push for voter photo ID requirement in Ohio”
“NAACP Legal Defense Fund Calls on State of Alabama to Stop Using Discriminatory Voucher Test”
Press release:
In clear violation of the Voting Rights Act, the State of Alabama has proposed a set of rules that will require an otherwise eligible voter who lacks the required photo identification to prove his or her identity… Continue reading