“Christie vetoes early voting bill, angering Democrats”
NJ.com reports.
Here’s the governor’s veto statement.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“APNewsBreak: Colo. elections bill being signed”
“Voter Suppression Group Fearmongers Over Immigration Reform: It Will Allow ‘Millions’ To Vote”
Think Progress:
Following other far-right attacks on comprehensive immigration reform, True the Vote, a Tea Party group purporting to combat voter fraud, is now rallying against the Senate’s immigration bill. In a fundraising email to supporters, True the Vote… Continue reading
“Prosecutor: 3 non-Ohioans voted here fraudulently”
Cincinnati Enquirer:
• Allen is charged with attempting to vote by requesting an absentee voter ballot, despite being a resident of Florida. She hasn’t lived in Ohio since 2009.
• Strickland is charged with registering to vote and then… Continue reading
“3 Voting Bills Get Day in Court”
Pittsburgh Tribune Review:
Voter ID was just the beginning.
A trio of bills aimed at overhauling access to the ballot box in Pennsylvania will get a hearing on Thursday, when the Senate Democratic Policy Committee meets in the Allegheny… Continue reading
“No, Democrats Did Not Just Want to ‘Count All the Votes’ in the 2000 Election”
Megan McArdle blogs.
She’s right. I cover this issue in Chapter 1 of The Voting Wars.
Voter ID Concerns Voiced in an Unexpected Place: Plan B
Salon, “Judge Rips Obama’s Plan B Stance:”
This morning, [Judge] Korman repeatedly slammed his hand down on the table for emphasis, interrupting the government counsel’s every other sentence with assertions like, “You’re just playing games here,” “You’re making an… Continue reading
“Arizona Secretary Of State On Payroll Of FreedomWorks Bankroller”
TPM: “Ken Bennett, the Secretary of State of Arizona, receives a $70,000 annual salary. But he also, it turns out, receives $2,000 a month for his work as a board member of the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, a… Continue reading
“Vote fraud alleged in Mount Vernon; Group calls on state and feds to intervene”
Gannett:
A group calling itself Concerned Citizens of Mount Vernon is claiming the 2012 school vote was rife with fraud and has sent letters to the U.S. Department of Justice and state attorney general requesting monitors for this year’s… Continue reading
“Battling Across the Finish Line: Florida and Colorado Move Toward Approval of Reform Bills”
“Getting Beyond the Fraud”
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorial: “Before Indiana GOP officials bluster on too long about how dirty the Indiana Democratic Party’s kettle is when it comes to election fraud, they should keep in mind their own record.”
“Husted suddenly losses interest in election uniformity”
“Florida Lawmakers Approve Overhaul of State’s Problem-Ridden Voting Process”
“Elections bill heads to governor’s desk”
Gannett:
Florida election supervisors will be allowed to restore early voting up to 14 days — including the last Sunday before Election Day — and increase the kinds of locations sanctioned for early-voting, under a bill passed by the… Continue reading