Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Two from Political Wire on Election Administration Studies

May 21, 2013, 11:11 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Study Finds Election Officials Biased Against Latino Voters: “A new Harvard study contacted over 7,000 election administrators in 28 states and found they provide different information about voter ID requirements to voters of different ethnicities.” Majority of Republicans Don’t Think … Continue reading

True the Vote Sues IRS and IRS Officials Regarding Its Tax Status

May 21, 2013, 11:07 amcampaign finance, tax law and election law, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Read the complaint, which gives the personal home addresses of the sued IRS officials.

“Some Small Stuff is TOO Small: Dutchess County, NY Order on Student Voting”

May 21, 2013, 7:27 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registration, votingRick Hasen

A ChapinBlog.

“Elections officials debunk claims of voter fraud”

May 20, 2013, 3:15 pmabsentee ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Follow-up from Bakersfield: “In Election Day-eve accusation by a Republican political organization of massive, sweeping voter fraud in the 16th Senate District race turned out to be unfounded Monday after Kern County elections officials reviewed vote-by-mail ballots cast in the… Continue reading

“Registering Millions: Celebrating the Success and Potential of the National Voter Registration Act at 20”

May 20, 2013, 3:13 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Demos reports. Miles Rapoport: It may seem unthinkable now, but as late as the 1980s, Americans in many states had only one option if they wanted to register to vote: Show up in person at a central registrar’s… Continue reading

“Democrats strike back at GOP voting measures”

May 20, 2013, 10:36 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

AP: In a bitter fight, Colorado Democrats recently muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots. It’s the latest – and most substantial –… Continue reading

“Republican National Hispanic Assembly expected to file formal complaint for suspicious votes”

May 20, 2013, 10:27 amabsentee ballots, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Absentee ballot fraud alleged in Bakersfield.

“Committee on House Administration Democrats Introduce Bill to Reform and Reauthorize the Election Assistance Commission”

May 17, 2013, 8:03 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

See this press release.

“Ohio Republicans Push Law To Penalize Colleges For Helping Students Vote”

May 17, 2013, 7:46 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

TPM: Republicans in the Ohio Legislature are pushing a plan that could cost the state’s public universities millions of dollars if they provide students with documents to help them register to vote. Backers of the bill describe it as… Continue reading

“State to spend $2M to clean up voter rolls”

May 16, 2013, 11:40 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

News from Indiana.

“Husted to decide on double voters”

May 15, 2013, 12:32 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

2-2 tie on whether to refer to prosecutors.

“ENQUIRER EXCLUSIVE: Voter fraud, or just errors? Many ‘second’ votes were by people unsure that first one would count”

May 15, 2013, 6:42 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Important report from Hamilton County, Ohio. See also Second Person Pleads Guilty to Illegal Voting.

“Democrats, Voting Rights Activists Strike Back on Elections Laws”

May 10, 2013, 9:17 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Stateline: Republicans several years ago seized the upper hand in the so-called “voting wars” by pushing voter ID and other measures that created new voting restrictions. But now Democrats across the country are fighting back.

DOJ, Others Urges Affirmance in Texas Voter ID Case Before Supreme Court

May 10, 2013, 9:13 amDepartment of Justice, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Lawyers’ Committee has posted the Supreme Court documents: Supreme Court Documents: Click here for Texas’ Jurisdictional Statement. Click here for the Lawyers’ Committee’s Motion to Affirm. Click here for the Justice Department’s Motion to Affirm. Click here for another… Continue reading