Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Pippa Norris’s “Strengthening Electoral Integrity” Out In August

August 18, 2017, 7:27 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Looking forward to reading this last one of the trilogy. Book descriiption: Today a general mood of pessimism surrounds Western efforts to strengthen elections and democracy abroad. If elections are often deeply flawed or even broken in many countries around… Continue reading

Marc Elias Interviewed on “Take Care” Podcast

August 18, 2017, 7:22 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Listen.

“Charlottesville and the Problem of Donald Trump’s Constitution”

August 18, 2017, 7:15 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Bob Bauer, with a note on Pence-Kobach: Trump has not limited himself to waging this war of exclusion on a merely rhetorical front. His Vice President is managing the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, a major initiative to root… Continue reading

If Pence-Kobach Voter Fraud Commission is Doing Any Substantive Work, It Would Be News to At Least One Democratic Commissioner

August 16, 2017, 2:01 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

From this Think Progress piece on whether any commission members might leave the Commission given President Trump’s abhorrent comments calling some of the white supremacists marching in Charlottesville “very fine people,” is this discussion from Democratic commissioner David Dunn: “I’ve… Continue reading

“Thinking Like a Lawyer” Podcast on Election Law

August 16, 2017, 11:07 amSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

This was fun!

New Voter Suppression Effort Appears to Be on the Way from Trump Campaign Aides

August 16, 2017, 9:43 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: With President Trump’s poll numbers slipping, a group of the president’s former campaign aides is beginning an effort to encourage new voters in parts of the country that supported him in the election, and to stop what they contend… Continue reading

“The Voter Purge Crusade That Preceded Trump’s Sketchy Elections Commission”

August 16, 2017, 7:16 amfraudulent fraud squad, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Tierney Sneed for TPM: Vice President Mike Pence, leader of President Trump’s shady “Elections Integrity” commission kicked off its first meeting last month with a promise that it would have “no preconceived notions or preordained results.” But like many of … Continue reading

“Perkins Coie’s Marc Elias on ‘Explosion’ in Election Law”

August 14, 2017, 7:46 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Elias audio interview on law.com.

NYT and WaPo Editorialize Against DOJ Position Flip-Flop in Ohio Purge Case at SCOTUS

August 11, 2017, 7:59 amNVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT WaPo

“Our Hackable Democracy”

August 10, 2017, 6:01 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Sue Halpern NYRB.

Must-Read: “Russian Cyberattack Targeted Elections Vendor Tied To Voting Day Disruptions”

August 10, 2017, 1:34 pmchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Must-read Pam Fessler for NPR: When people showed up in several North Carolina precincts to vote last November, weird things started to happen with the electronic systems used to check them in. “Voters were going in and being told that… Continue reading

“Republicans limiting early voting in Marion County, letting it bloom in suburbs”; and New Indiana Lawsuit Re Lake County Precinct Consolidation

August 10, 2017, 8:21 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

IndyStar: State and local Republicans have expanded early voting in GOP-dominated areas and restricted it in Democratic areas, an IndyStar investigation has found, prompting a significant change in Central Indiana voting patterns. From 2008 to 2016, GOP officials expanded early… Continue reading

“Trump’s voter fraud commission could create target for hackers, critics say”

August 10, 2017, 7:55 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: In Maine, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, a Democrat who is a member of Trump’s voting commission, is not handing over the information. Dunlap said the information the commission is getting from other states “isn’t wicked intimate” and may… Continue reading

Sigh. “In a new poll, half of Republicans say they would support postponing the 2020 election if Trump proposed it”

August 10, 2017, 7:45 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ariel Malka and Yphtach Lelkes for The Monkey Cage: The survey interviewed a sample of 1,325 Americans from June 5 through 20. Respondents were recruited from the Qualtrics online panel who had previously reported identifying with or leaning toward… Continue reading