Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“REPORT: Thousands Disenfranchised by Inconsistent Handling of Provisional Ballots”

December 18, 2013, 7:29 amelection administration, provisional ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

FELN Press Release: A national review of provisional ballot counting rules, contained in a report released today by the Fair Elections Legal Network, underscores that a minority of states continue to reject votes cast for important higher offices when… Continue reading

“Group files suit against Colorado county clerks over voter rolls”

December 17, 2013, 8:24 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

The Denver Post reports.

“Iowa voter fraud probe nets few cases, no trials since July 2012”

December 16, 2013, 7:58 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Important report in Des Moines Register.

Attorney Charles Cooper Defends Possibility General Assembly in #VAAG Dispute Court Reverse Results of Election

December 16, 2013, 7:52 amelection administration, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Here.

NC Voting with MSNBC’s Karen Finney & Penda Hair

December 16, 2013, 5:29 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Uncategorized, voter id, voter registrationSpencer Overton

The Advancement Project’s Penda Hair (who is representing the NC NAACP) and I were on Karen Finney’s most recent show to talk about NC’s new law (ID, cuts to early voting and same day registration, and more). Last week a… Continue reading

“Judge sends Arizona, Kansas voter citizenship suit back to US Election Assistance Commission”

December 14, 2013, 1:37 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: A federal judge has sent back to federal elections officials a request by Kansas and Arizona to force modifications in a national voter registration form so the states can fully enforce proof-of-citizenship requirements. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren… Continue reading

“Protests Aim at One Man Who Moved North Carolina to the Right”

December 14, 2013, 1:32 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT on Art Pope protests.

Final Version Now Posted of “The 2012 Voting Wars, Judicial Backstops, and the Resurrection of Bush v. Gore”

December 14, 2013, 1:18 pmBush v. Gore reflections, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

You can download it here. The entire George Washington Law Review symposium issue in which this article will appear should post in the next few days. Here is the abstract for my piece: In 2000, some scholars predicted the… Continue reading

“North Carolina voting changes to go on trial in 2015”

December 12, 2013, 8:43 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Reuters reports.

“Kill the Election Assistance Commission? Two commissioner nominees languish as Congress mulls axing bedraggled body”

December 12, 2013, 5:04 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

CPI reports.

Secretary of State Project 2.0?

December 12, 2013, 5:00 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

In The Voting Wars, I talk about a group called the “Secretary of State Project,” whose goal was to raise money to elect Democratic Secretaries of State to offices to fight Republicans in the battles over election administration. The… Continue reading

“Ohio voting bill could lead to long lines, voter purges”

December 12, 2013, 1:19 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Zack Roth reports for MSNBC.

Corrected Link to “Jim Crow 2.0?”

December 12, 2013, 1:04 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Following up on this post, the corrected link to the Perspectives paper by Keith G. Bentele and Erin E. O’Brien is here.

“North Carolina Shows Why Voting Rights Act Still Needed”

December 12, 2013, 1:02 pmDepartment of Justice, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ari Berman: A federal judge in Winston-Salem today set the schedule for a trial challenging North Carolina’s sweeping new voter restrictions. There will be a hearing on whether to grant a preliminary injunction in July 2014 and a… Continue reading