“New Normal: Bloodlust on the Left in Census and Election Fights”
Wherein
J. Christian Adams rails against “personal destruction” and “demonization,” and
compares Kris Kobach (or, possibly, himself) to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“House votes to hold Barr and Ross in criminal contempt of Congress”
Microsoft and election security
NBC
reports on two Microsoft announcements, summarized in this
blog post.
The headline is that Microsoft is giving away free, open
source ElectionGuard software to election machine suppliers. According to the site, it apparently “enables”
voting using a touchscreen… Continue reading
Trial begins in party ballot position case
Trial
has started up in Florida over the law automatically placing candidates of
the governor’s party in the first position of the ballot. I’ve been watching this case pretty closely;
it’s a really interesting test of the prevailing constitutional doctrine… Continue reading
Citizenship and the Census: representation is not the same as voting
As Michael Li explains, on All
Things Considered.
“Dems clash with Republicans over election security”
Politico:
House Democrats and Senate Republicans may have attended similar classified briefings on election security Wednesday, but they left with opposite conclusions.House Democrats expressed deep concerns about the White House’s ability to protect voting systems in 2020, drawing fresh… Continue reading
“Iowa’s voter ID law trial begins: Opposing lawyers emphasize unnecessary hurdles and election integrity”
“How Republicans Stopped Worrying About The Right To Vote”
Timothy Smith for TPM Cafe.
Must-read Politico Deep Dive into Brian Newby, a Kobach Protege Who is Causing Major Problems with Election Administration as Executive Director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Read this quite damning portrait:
A tiny federal agency that plays a crucial role in assisting the nation’s local election supervisors is gripped by a leadership crisis that hassparked concerns that it is unprepared to play its role in… Continue reading
“Mitch McConnell is Making the 2020 Election Open Season for Hackers” (though much of this New Yorker article is about dysfunction or worse at the EAC)
“Texas Tried to Mess with Voting. It Failed.”
“Bill repealing GOP election-law changes headed for Sununu’s desk”
New Hampshire Union Leader:
The effort by Democratic majorities in the state Legislature to rollback changes to election laws passed by Republicans last year continued on Thursday, as the Senate approved a House-passed bill regarding the definition of residence… Continue reading
“Texas ditched its botched voter roll review but has signaled it hasn’t closed its criminal inquiry”
Alexa Ura for the Texas Tribune:
When former Secretary of State David Whitley launched a review of the Texas voter rolls for supposed noncitizens, his office marked almost 100,000 voters for two reviews — one by county officials to question… Continue reading