Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Super-Suppressors: the 18 North Carolina counties that are strangling early voting to death”

October 26, 2016, 3:48 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Insightus: In a fit of pique, 18 of the state’s 100 Republican-controlled county boards of elections noted that “at least one” can also mean “only one.” And so they devised 2016 EV plans that called for the shuttering of all… Continue reading

Breaking: DNC Asks for RNC to Be Held in Contempt, Voter Intimidation Consent Decree Extended 8 More Years

October 26, 2016, 2:26 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Back in August, I blogged about how Donald Trump could be violating a longstanding consent decree against the RNC engaging in “ballot security” measures which have been found to intimidate minority voters. I explained how the consent decree began in… Continue reading

“Some Machines Are Flipping Votes But That Doesn’t Mean They’re Rigged”

October 26, 2016, 10:48 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voting technologyRick Hasen

Pam Fessler for NPR.

“Funny Stuff in Philadelphia? Zero Votes Does Not Equal Fraud”

October 26, 2016, 8:48 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT’s The Upshot: Philadelphia attracts attention for its place in a swing state. It was where a 2008 news article about two New Black Panthers patrolling a polling place gained mythic proportions. And the city — once home to… Continue reading

“Indiana: a perfect storm for voter fraud debate”

October 26, 2016, 8:39 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ariane de Vogue for CNN.

“Battleground states still fighting over voting laws, potential Election Day confusion”

October 26, 2016, 8:35 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Sari Horwitz for WaPo.

“Here’s what we know so far about voter fraud and the 2016 elections”

October 26, 2016, 8:27 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The LA Times reports.

Ohio Homeless Advocates File Emergency #SCOTUS Petition on OH Absentee/Provisional Voting Rules

October 26, 2016, 8:06 amabsentee ballots, election administration, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

You can find the petition here. From the petition: The Sixth Circuit’s decision left in place only the prohibition on requiring full and accurate completion of two fields (address and birthdate) on the absentee ID envelope. It disregarded the identical… Continue reading

“Trump Loyalists Planned Voter Intimidation Using Fake ID Badges, Fake Exit Polling — Until HuffPost Asked Them About It”

October 26, 2016, 7:24 amcampaigns, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The bizarre Roger Stone “exit poll” story gets weirder, via HuffPo.

Justice Breyer Not Too Worried About 8-Justice Supreme Court Handling Presidential Election Dispute

October 26, 2016, 7:20 amSupreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Glad he can be so sanguine. I’m not (except for the fact that the election does not appear to be close right now).

“25 Oct RELEASE: Early voters see problems with photo ID, intimidation”

October 25, 2016, 2:45 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Texas Civil Rights Project.

“No, there is no evidence that thousands of noncitizens are illegally voting and swinging elections”

October 25, 2016, 2:43 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Important LA Times report.

Talking to Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air About Trump Vote Rigging Claims, Voter Fraud, and The Voting Wars

October 25, 2016, 10:36 amchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Listen.

“Why Struck-Down Voter ID Laws Trouble Would-Be Voters”

October 25, 2016, 8:11 amchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Another must-read from Michael Wines of the NYT: While Donald J. Trump repeatedly claims that the election is “rigged”against him, voting rights groups are increasingly battling something more concrete in this year’s ferocious wars over access to the ballot… Continue reading

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