Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Judges block NC elections board overhaul as Roy Cooper’s lawsuit pends”

January 5, 2017, 2:16 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

News & Observer: A three-judge panel ruled on Thursday to uphold Gov. Roy Cooper’s request to block a revamp of the state elections board while his lawsuit makes its way through the courts. In the first hearing before the panel … Continue reading

“Voter ID Laws Are So Last (Election) Season”

January 5, 2017, 8:01 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: Elections have consequences, and frequently they’re changes in election law. New state legislatures often “rethink” election laws once in office, Edward B. Foley, director of Election Law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Columbus,… Continue reading

Strict Voter ID, Voting Rollbacks May Be Coming to Iowa

January 4, 2017, 5:25 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

And that means a lawsuit too, no doubt.

NC: “Judge puts NC GOP elections board makeover on hold after Roy Cooper sues”

December 30, 2016, 11:53 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

News and Observer: Governor-elect Roy Cooper filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging the General Assembly’s special session law that revamps the state elections board. Cooper’s attorneys asked a Wake County Superior Court judge to block the law from taking… Continue reading

“Virtually no fraud in U.S. vote”

December 21, 2016, 3:58 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

News and Observer editorial: Despite their considerable victories in November’s elections, Republicans have lost badly on one issue – voter fraud. Republican-led states, most notably North Carolina, have passed laws preventing people from voting in the name of another or… Continue reading

“I Was Accused of Voter Fraud in North Carolina”

December 21, 2016, 7:58 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Brooks Sterritt for TNR.

“Fact check: No proof in story of mass voter fraud in Michigan”

December 21, 2016, 7:56 amchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: A widely shared story that claimed in headlines that Michigan had mass Democratic voter fraud and that more than half of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s Detroit vote faces disqualification is false. State election officials say there is no proof… Continue reading

“Voter Fraud Myths and Realities: Q&A”

December 19, 2016, 7:39 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I did this Q & A with Frank Wilkinson at Bloomberg View.

“Election officials focus on whether voter ID laws contributed to Hillary Clinton’s defeat”

December 18, 2016, 7:57 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

LAT: Now, voting rights advocates, elections officials and political experts have zeroed in on the city as a case study of whether controversial new rules requiring ID for voting — the kind used in several states in November for the … Continue reading

“All This Talk of Voter Fraud? Across U.S., Officials Found Next to None”

December 18, 2016, 7:52 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Must-read Michael Wines NYT: After all the allegations of rampant voter fraud and claims that millions had voted illegally, the people who supervised the general election last month in states around the nation have been adding up how many credible… Continue reading

“North Carolina Governor Signs Law Limiting Successor’s Power”

December 16, 2016, 8:28 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Richard Fausset for the NYT: But some here said that Republicans’ effort to hobble the incoming governor had few parallels in recent North Carolina history. “Sure, the Democrats don’t have clean hands, but this is beyond anything I’ve seen them… Continue reading

NC Gov. McCrory Signs Election Bill Power Grab

December 16, 2016, 11:24 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Wasting no time: The House approved Senate Bill 4 67-23, and sent it to the Senate for final approval. The Senate signed off on it in the early afternoon and sent it to the governor. Gov. Pat McCrory signed the… Continue reading