Maddow Show Talks Election Reform, VRA Cert. Grant
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Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“The 2nd Richest County in the Country ‘Can’t’ Find Enough Qualified Poll Workers”
Empty Wheel: ‘Or perhaps this is the reason why: the Vice Chair of Fairfax’s Board of Elections is Hans von Spakovsky, the architect of GOP efforts to suppress the vote. And so it is that one of the most… Continue reading
Group Claims Allen West Election Stolen
From a GOPUSA email (this is NOT the official Republican Party):
Dear Patriot,
Conservative hero Allen West is in the midst of a brutal recount. His entire career hangs in the balance.
The liberals threw everything they had at him… Continue reading
Cleta Mitchell Responds Re Voting Wars Truce
Following up on this post, Cleta Mitchell has written this response over at the RNLA blog: “In response to Rick Hasen’s ‘interpretation’ of my piece in the New York Times, I did NOT say there is no voter… Continue reading
“It’s not the 2000 recount, but voting snafus and disputes still plague Florida”
Tom Curry reports for NBC.
Republicans to Give Up Voter Fraud Crusade?
Cleta Mitchell, writing in today’s NYT “Room for Debate on a Better Way to Vote,” writes: “First, we partisans should declare a truce. What if we held our noses and declared together that Republicans really are not trying… Continue reading
“Republicans ‘Test’ For Voting Fraud, Wind Up In Custody”
TPM: “Two Republicans in separate states were taken into police custody during the past week for allegedly attempting to test how easy it would be to commit voter fraud. In Nevada, 56-year-old Roxanne Rubin, a Republican, was arrested on… Continue reading
“Federal Judge on Ohio’s Ballot Order: ‘Democracy Dies in the Dark'”
If you read one election law-related piece today, read this from Andrew Cohen.
The Election That Was
Electionline looks back over Election 2012.
“How the GOP’s War on Voting Backfired”
Interesting Ari Berman piece in The Nation.
“Once Again, Florida’s Voting Doesn’t Add Up”
The Voting Wars Hits The Senate
A reader sent me this picture from a display case in the Russell Senate office building (my book below):
How to “Fix That:” What Should the President Do About Long Lines?
I’ve been thinking how the President might make good on his election night promise to fix the long line problem (assuming he intends to do anything about it—I’ve been hearing for four years that he’s going to make proposals to… Continue reading