“Vote over, but election dysfunction remains”
Nate Persily writes at CNN Opinion.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“We Have to Fix That”
Wendy Weiser blogs at the Brennan Center.
See also Modernization Can Fix Long Voting Lines.
“Rethinking Voting”
Today’s NPR On Point with Nate Persily, Wendy Weiser, and Rob Richie.
“One voter’s tale tells it all”
Josh Douglas has written this oped in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Issacharoff, Bauer, and the Ohio Bush v. Gore Sequel
Interesting Jeffrey Toobin tidbit in the New Yorker. I’m writing something more extensive about this case and related ones for the GW conference.
What Will DC Court Do in Texas Voter ID Case?
Texas has now filed its reply brief in the DC Court, reaching the question whether section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional as exceeding congressional power. The issue is now before the Supreme Court in the Shelby County… Continue reading
NYT Sunday Review on Election Reform Issues
Today’s Sunday Review section of the NYT featured this cartoon strip from Brian McFadden as well as shortened portions of my and Cleta Mitchell’s contributions to the recent “A Better Way to Vote” question for “Room for Debate.”
“Updated: Canseco Concedes CD-23 to Gallego”
KUT: “U.S. Rep. Francisco ‘Quico’ Canseco conceded the Congressional District 23 race on Friday. He congratulated state Rep. Pete Gallego, while renewing allegations that voter fraud skewed the results.”
“Voter suppression and Florida’s butterfly effect”
Marc Caputo must-read (Miami Herald):
Edgar Oliva waited to vote at Shenandoah Elementary School and fretted.
The line was too long. The clock was ticking. He had to get to work across town.
Twice before, during in-person early voting, he… Continue reading
“A Victory Over Suppression?”
Elizabeth Drew writes for the NY Review of Books.
“Ohio polls need short answer to long lines”
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
Remember I Said There Would Be Election Truthers?
Florida
NYT: “The state is consumed by finger-pointing and finger-wagging as election officials, lawmakers and voters try to make sense of what went wrong on Election Day and during early voting. A record number of Florida voters — 8.4 million, or… Continue reading
“Time to Federalize U.S. Voting?”
Here’s a CNN interview with me from today about The Voting Wars.