Category Archives: The Voting Wars
Beyond Civility
Interesting concept:
On Thursday, Nov. 21, the chairmen of the Republican and Democratic parties in Hamilton County will switch roles and argue for the other’s position on alleged voter fraud as part of the Beyond Civility series of head-to-head… Continue reading
“Making a Federal Case Out of It: How Democrats may win the Virginia attorney general’s race.”
I have written this Jurisprudence essay for Slate. It begins:
The race for Virginia’s attorney general is about as close as it gets in a statewide race: At the moment, about 100 votes separate the two candidates out of… Continue reading
“Three Strategies (So Far) to Strike Down Strict Voter ID Laws Under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act”
Jon Sherman lays out the strategies.
Quote of the Day
“The ideal Republican strategy is not terribly convoluted. Find and nominate the most acceptable conservative. Find the swing states where demographic composition of the electorate has been volatile and where there is room among those demographic groups to grow the… Continue reading
“How Republicans Rig the Game: Through gerrymandering, voter suppression and legislative tricks, the GOP has managed to hold on to power while more and more Americans reject their candidates and their ideas”
I expect this Rolling Stone article to engender some controversy.
“Virginia AG Race: Election Geeks Creating A New Environment for Close Races?”
Very important post from Doug Chapin.
“Low-Stress Voting”
“Virginia attorney general race narrows further”
17-vote difference in VA-AG race at the moment, and there’s still controversy over a possible change of rules mid-counting.
“Of Bouncing Balls and ‘A Big Blue Shift'”
Ned Foley post about his very important empirical research on post-election controversies, and the connection to the VAAG controversy:
It is a fortuitous coincidence that the University of Virginia’s Journal of Law & Politics has just published a piece of… Continue reading
Yoshino on Judge Posner on Voter ID
From NYT Sunday Book Review:
Of course, such a pragmatic approach can engender controversy, as one line of this book has already done. Posner writes, “I plead guilty to having written the majority opinion (affirmed by the Supreme Court)… Continue reading
“Voter ID laws challenged in state, federal court as discriminatory”
New Lawsut Filed by Mexican-Americans Against Texas Voter ID
“Could Virginia’s Voter ID Law Swing an Election?”
This item appears at the AARP blog.