“Commentary: Yes, broken voter ID laws will affect the 2016 election”
Herman Schwartz for Reuters.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Sneaky Ads on Twitter Tell Voters to Text Votes for Hillary Clinton; A Digital Form of Voter Suppression?”
Jeff John Roberts for Fortune.
Breaking: Federal Court Rejects PA GOP Efforts to Send Poll Watchers to Different Counties to Look for Voter Fraud
Under Pennsylvania law, poll watchers must be from the same county in which they are registered to vote. Republicans failed to change that law in the legislature, and the PA Republican party filed a federal lawsuit seeking to make the… Continue reading
MN: “Voters’ group challenges polling-place procedure”
Star-Tribune:
A group that has repeatedly challenged Minnesota’s elections process says several election judges — including three it is joining in a new lawsuit — are refusing to follow their duties at polling places because they disagree with how the… Continue reading
NC: “U.S. Justice Department to monitor voting in Forsyth, Wake, Cumberland and Robeson counties”
AP reports.
9th Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Rejects Argument AZ Must Count Ballots Cast in the Wrong Precinct
Same panel as in the other aspect of the Feldman case, same 2-1 split: this time, whether Arizona’s rule that ballots cast by a voter in the wrong precinct should not count (for those races that the voter was… Continue reading
“Texas Secretary Of State Says Voter Fraud Exists But He Doesn’t Know How To Fix It”
KERA talks to TX SOS Cascos.
“RNC Advised Against ‘Ballot Security’ Efforts By Members With State Party Roles”
As I explained in this post, the RNC is arguing that RNC members who have that position by virtue of being state party chairs had the right to engage in activities prohibited by the RNC consent decree because these people… Continue reading
VoteRiders v. Vox: “Get real: The underestimated impact of voter ID laws”
The following is a guest post from Kathleen Unger, President/CEO of the incredibly crucial VoteRiders organization:
We strongly disagree with the Vox journalist’s assertion that voter ID laws have an insignificant impact on voter turnout. We base our view on… Continue reading
“BREAKING: Arizona Secy of State Reagan Warns Against Voter Intimidation Efforts (READ)”
“Dems Offer More Evidence of Sketchy GOP Poll Watcher Activity In Nevada”
TPM:
Democrats put forward more evidence on Wednesday that they said showed that the Republican National Committee was illegally engaging in poll watching activities.
The additional filing comes after an initial round of affidavits from Dem poll observers in Nevada… Continue reading
“Trump campaign, Ohio GOP ask federal judge not to limit poll watchers”
Cleveland Plain Dealer:
A lawyer for Donald Trump’s campaign wrote in a brief filed Wednesday that the Republican candidate’s statements encouraging supporters to watch the polls for Democratic voter fraud are protected speech and that preventing supporters from espousing those… Continue reading
“North Carolina voter challenge process seems ‘insane,’ judge says”
CBS News:
North Carolina’s process for challenging voters’ registration seems to harken to a bygone era when fewer safeguards were in place, a federal judge said Wednesday as she presided over a lawsuit that alleges voters are being purged… Continue reading
RNC Denies Coordinating with Trump Campaign on “Ballot Security,” Says RNC Members Who Are Coordinating Working in Their State Party Capacities
See this Republican response and this declaration by John Phillippe Jr. Some excerpts from the response:
Mr. Phillippe also personally interviewed Governor Mike Pence, and asked him about the statement he made regarding “ballot integrity” on August 3, 2016.… Continue reading