Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Democrat On Trump Voter Fraud Probe Slams Voting Restriction Efforts”

September 9, 2017, 12:24 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

HuffPost: A Democratic member of President Donald Trump’s commission to investigate voter fraud issued some of the strongest criticism yet from within the panel on efforts to make it more difficult to vote. In a lengthy statement to the commission,… Continue reading

Today’s Must-Read: “Analysis: Heritage Foundation’s Database Undermines Claims of Recent Voter Fraud”

September 8, 2017, 1:36 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Brennan Center comes through with tedious but very important debunking work: The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity relies on a database produced by the Heritage Foundation to justify baseless claims — by President Trump and some of the… Continue reading

Breaking: Challengers in Texas Voter ID Case Seek 5th Circuit En Banc Review of Stay Order and Full Review of Case

September 8, 2017, 1:24 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The other day I reported that a 5th Circuit motions panel, on a 2-1 vote, allowed Texas to enforce its revised voter id law pending appeal in the case. The court did this even though the trial court found Texas… Continue reading

“Kobach Discovers College Students Live in College Towns”

September 8, 2017, 9:52 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jonathan Brater for the Brennan Center: Despite his claims that he won’t “pre-judge” the findings of the Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission of which he is the vice-chair and public face, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach… Continue reading

“Election Integrity Commission members accuse New Hampshire voters of fraud”

September 8, 2017, 7:45 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Weigel for WaPo: Kobach apparently made no attempt to contact voters who’d cast ballots but held out-of-state IDs. Thursday night, The Washington Post asked voters who’d done so to tell their stories; three did so within 60 minutes — college… Continue reading

“Undue Burdens and Potential Opportunities in Voting Rights and Abortion Law”

September 8, 2017, 7:40 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pam Karlan has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Indiana Law Journal). Here is the abstract: This essay explores two areas of law that at first blush might seem relatively disconnected from one another: voting rights and reproductive justice. Many… Continue reading

“Data on Out-of-State IDs Fuels Cries of ‘Fraud’ in 2016 Election”

September 7, 2017, 9:11 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NHPR: A newly released report from the New Hampshire Secretary of State and Department of Safety says a majority of people who used out-of-state IDs to register in last November’s elections haven’t registered vehicles in New Hampshire or gotten in-state… Continue reading

Why No Women Testifying Before Pence-Kobach Commission? NH SOS Gardner Blames Lack of Women in Computer Science

September 7, 2017, 1:01 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Really. Note that most of the witnesses are not computer scientists.

“The Fake Americans Russia Created to Influence the Election”

September 7, 2017, 12:37 pmchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: An investigation by The New York Times, and new research from the cybersecurity firm FireEye, reveals some of the mechanisms by which suspected Russian operators used Twitter and Facebook to spread anti-Clinton messages and promote the hacked material they… Continue reading

“New Senate Amendment Would Provide Resources To States For Election Cybersecurity”

September 7, 2017, 7:08 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

A ChapinBlog.

NH: “The People, No; Repressing the ballot in the Granite State”

September 7, 2017, 7:06 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Zack Roth in The Baffler.

“Top Civil Rights Nominee Won’t Refute Trump Falsehood About Illegal Voting in 2016”

September 6, 2017, 8:13 pmDepartment of Justice, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pema Levy for Mother Jones: Recent events loomed over the hearing. Dreiband faced questions about the violence in Charlottesville, which the division is investigating, and the rise of hate crimes. He was also asked about voting rights, amid moves by… Continue reading

5th Circuit Sets Oral Argument in Texas Voter ID Case for December, After First Setting It in November

September 6, 2017, 12:12 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Chuck Lindell with the schedule.

“Exclusive: First look at paper-ballot machines that Georgia is testing”

September 6, 2017, 10:43 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AJC: The test of the system, demonstrated exclusively Tuesday for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB-TV, came as early voters in Conyers will begin Oct. 16 to use the ballots along with new electronic record, voting and tabulating machines ahead of… Continue reading