“Election law changes narrow use of provisional ballots”
The latest from North Carolina.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“State of Texas files final brief on effort to dismiss voter ID suits”
TX Redistricting: “The State of Texas filed a reply brief today defending Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s position that the voter ID suits filed by the Justice Department and by African-American and Hispanic voters should be dismissed without need… Continue reading
Why Large Scale Voter Impersonation Plans Can’t Work
Because they are dumb.
No wonder almost all serious efforts at fraud involve either election officials committing fraud or absentee ballot fraud, which takes place outside the supervision of poll workers and election workers.
It’s why we can’t find a… Continue reading
“You’re Not The Boss of Me: Pinellas County, FL Secretary of State Resolve Differences – For Now”
Zack Roth on President Obama’s Statement on the Extent of the Voting Wars
Zack writes here. Most interesting is the President’s comment suggesting the Democrats’ claims of voter suppression are overblown:
The one point I want to make though is that even with all the efforts that were made, let’s say in… Continue reading
“The downside of clear election laws”
Not much of a downside if you ask me.
And in ALEC-Related News and Commentary….
David Firestone (NYT Ed): If You Liked ‘Stand Your Ground,’ You’ll Love the Jeffersonian Project
Common Cause: ALEC Taking Cover from Federal, State Tax Laws
PR Watch: New Guardian Docs Show ALEC Misled Press, Public
Revised Draft of My “Race or Party?” Paper Now Posted
Via SSRN, you can now download a revised draft of my paper, Race or Party? How Courts Should Think About Republican Efforts to Make it Harder to Vote in North Carolina and Elsewhere.
The final version should post on the… Continue reading
“Ohio GOP Resurrects Voter Suppression Efforts”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
“IT’S … ALIVE?! EAC to Get New Commissioners Soon?”
“Nearly Half Of Americans Live In Places Where Election Officials Admit Long Lines Are A Problem”
Ryan Reilly for HuffPo:
Nearly half of Americans live in precincts where long lines at the voting booth were a problem in the 2012 election cycle, according to a survey conducted by President Barack Obama’s Presidential Commission on Election Administration… Continue reading
“Issa: FBI impeding inquiry into IRS targeting of conservative groups”
Wash. Times: “he House’s chief investigator says the FBI is stonewalling his inquiry into whether the agency and the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative group True the Vote for special scrutiny, and Rep. Darrell E. Issa is now threatening… Continue reading
“Democrats: Investigate Joe Deters’ voting history”
Final Bauer-Ginsberg Commission Meeting Dec. 3 in DC
Here are the details about the final public meeting of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration.