Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Today’s Must Read: Kira Lerner at TPM: The Powerful Role Confusion Plays In American Elections

December 31, 2018, 7:44 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

TPM: The United States’ byzantine election system is governed by overlapping rules on the county, state, and federal levels. Elections in different states and even different cities are held on different days, with polling places in varying locations… Continue reading

Full HuffPost Podcast Series on Voting Rights Now Available

December 20, 2018, 10:26 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Listen.

“Wisconsin’s early voting limit challenged in federal court”

December 17, 2018, 9:16 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: The fight over restricting early voting in Wisconsin returned to federal court Monday, three days after Gov. Scott Walker signed into law a new limit passed during a lame-duck legislative session. A coalition of liberal groups, with the support… Continue reading

“Liberal groups move to sue after Walker signs lame-duck bills in Wisconsin”

December 14, 2018, 5:52 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: Two liberal groups announced that they will take legal action in response to Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s decision to sign legislation limiting the powers of Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers. The One Wisconsin Institute, supported by the National… Continue reading

“Election Protection Releases Preliminary Report on 2018 Midterm Elections”

December 13, 2018, 11:51 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: According to Election Protection’s report, voters in 2018 faced widespread attempts at voter suppression and disenfranchisement across the country – obstacles that made voting more difficult or impossible. Election Protection kept track of the top barriers to the… Continue reading

“In North Carolina, Voting Controversies Are Common. Here’s the Recent History.”

December 13, 2018, 11:02 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“Multiple Indiana voting laws on trial in federal court”

December 12, 2018, 8:21 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Indiana Lawyer: Indianapolis attorney Robbin Stewart was raised to value the right to vote. In his home state of Delaware, Stewart watched his mother work as a citizen lobbyist to protect the environment, and he got his first taste… Continue reading

Steve Huefner Argues for Anti-Ballot Harvesting Laws in Light of North Carolina Absentee Voting Scandal

December 10, 2018, 7:00 amabsentee ballots, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Steve at Moritz: But the North Carolina story makes clear that it behooves states to do more to promote the security of absentee voting by mail. For starters, reform advocates must recognize that the convenience of absentee voting comes with… Continue reading

“Republicans Are Using Potential GOP Election Crimes in North Carolina to Push for More Voter Suppression Measures”

December 7, 2018, 2:18 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: It is easy for Democrats to feel some glee about revelations that a Republican operative may have committed absentee ballot fraud in connection with last month’s election for North Carolina’s 9th … Continue reading

“‘Contagion’: After Midterms, GOP Steps Up National Effort To Limit Voting Rights”

December 7, 2018, 8:28 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

TPM: In the aftermath of the elections, Republican lawmakers across the country — and they are nearly all Republican — have moved to undermine those voter-approved allot measures, or to impose new restrictions on the franchise. The boldest version of… Continue reading

“What if Trump loses but refuses to leave the White House? We have to start to contemplate the possibility”

December 4, 2018, 3:03 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jerry Goldfeder and Lincoln Mitchel NYDN oped.

Wisconsin: “Republicans plan vote Tuesday on curbing powers of Gov.-elect Tony Evers, limiting early voting”

December 4, 2018, 7:43 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Wisconsin lawmakers are set to take up plans Tuesday to diminish the powers of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general that brought opponents to the state Capitol this week to protest on its steps and pound on… Continue reading

“Republicans Finally Have a Voter Fraud Scandal. And None of Them Want to Talk About It.”

December 4, 2018, 7:37 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pema Levy for Mother Jones.

“Partisan Election Officials Are ‘Inherently Unfair’ But Probably Here To Stay”

December 3, 2018, 2:44 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Miles Parks for NPR: When Ohio State elections law professor Daniel Tokaji tells colleagues from other parts of the world about how the United States picks election officials, he says they’re stunned. “And not in the good way,” says Tokaji.… Continue reading

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