“Bloomberg Law Brief: Florida Voter Deadline Pushed Back (Audio)”
Nate Persily and I were on Bloomberg Law radio talking to June Grasso and Greg Stohr about the latest voting litigation. Listen.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
Judge Peterson Issues Order to Try to Fix WI Voter ID Softening
As Patrick Marley tweeted, Judge Peterson has now issued a written order related to how to fix the problems with the Wisconsin voter id softening (see his earlier story). From the order:
As the court explained during… Continue reading
“Ohio does not want to add most illegally purged voters back to the rolls”
Think Progress:
A few weeks ago, a federal court declared Ohio’s purge of Harmon and more than one million other inactive voters illegal. Since then, the state and voting rights groups have been negotiating a settlement to allow most of… Continue reading
“Judge refuses to require more early voting in N Carolina”
AP: “A judge has refused to order North Carolina officials to expand early in-person voting in five counties after some voters alleged the counties’ voting schedules didn’t comply with a court’s ruling last summer over ballot access.”
The Menagerie that is Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law/Litigation
“Conservative group may have broken Fla. law in secret recording of Clinton campaign voter-registration shenanigans”
Politico:
The conservative Project Veritas group might have broken Florida law by secretly shooting video of Hillary Clinton staffers making crude comments and discussing the destruction of Republican voter-registration forms.
The video was shot recently by a Project Veritas mole… Continue reading
Two Dissents Now Filed in 6th Circ. Refusal to Take OH Provisional Ballots Case En Banc
On October 7th, I noted that the 6th Circuit refused to take a controversial Ohio voting case en banc. Then the court promised some opinions to follow. You can now read the two dissenting opinions here.
“Donald Trump, Slipping in Polls, Warns of ‘Stolen Election’”
This NYT story is chilling:
“I haven’t seen it since 1860, this threat of delegitimizing the federal government, and Trump is trying to say our entire government is corrupt and the whole system is rigged,” Mr. Brinkley said. “And that’s… Continue reading
“As GOP warns of voter fraud, Dems quietly register more poll watchers in ‘fraud-filled’ Philadelphia”
The latest from Philly.
“Federal judge: Arizona counties don’t have to tally out-of-precinct votes”
Howard Fischer:
A federal judge rejected a bid by Democrats to force counties to tally the votes of people who show up at the wrong polling place.
In his ruling late Tuesday, Judge Douglas Rayes acknowledged that Arizona has… Continue reading
“Florida Voter Registration Deadline Is Extended, a Win for Democrats”
NYT:
A federal judge has extended Florida’s voter registration deadline to Oct. 18, agreeing with voting rights advocates and the state Democratic Party that damage from Hurricane Matthew threatened to deprive some residents of their right to cast a ballot.… Continue reading
7th Circuit, in Frank v. Walker Voter ID Appeal, Wants to Know About Post-District Court Developments
An unusual order issued yesterday: “Order issued DENYING motion to strike brief. Both of the parties’ remaining briefs should address which events following the close of the record in the district court is subject to judicial notice, and what role… Continue reading
“Danger on November 9”
Important Josh Marshall at TPM:
It now seems quite likely that Hillary Clinton will win the November election and become the next President of the United States. But Donald Trump has been for months pushing the idea that the election… Continue reading
“Lawyers’ Committee Files Suit Seeking Emergency Extension of Voter Registration Deadline in Georgia”
Release:
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), together with the law firm of Bryan Cave LLP, filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, seeking emergency relief extending the time… Continue reading