Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Democrats Unite Behind Voting Rights Bill as It Faces a Senate Roadblock”

June 22, 2021, 7:55 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: A push by Democrats to enact the most expansive voting rights legislation in generations is set to collapse in the Senate on Tuesday, when Republicans are expected to use a filibuster to block a measure that President Biden… Continue reading

Must-Read NYT: “How Republican States Are Expanding Their Power Over Elections”

June 19, 2021, 9:26 amelection subversion risk, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Nick Corasantini and Reid Epstein for the NYT: Lonnie Hollis has been a member of the Troup County election board in West Georgia since 2013. A Democrat and one of two Black women on the board, she has advocated… Continue reading

“Opinion: Manchin’s voting rights compromise is great — except it doesn’t take on ‘election subversion’”

June 19, 2021, 7:06 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ned Foley WaPo column. But other pieces of S. 1 that don’t make Manchin’s list deserve to be added. S. 1 has a section that would require voter-verified paper ballots, meaning voters have the opportunity to review an official… Continue reading

“Joe Manchin and the Magic 50th Vote for Democrats’ Voting Rights Bill”

June 18, 2021, 7:08 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Carl Hulse NYT analysis: Democrats and progressive activists who have been working for months on a sweeping voting rights bill quickly embraced on Thursday a new, far narrower plan suddenly put forward by Senator Joe Manchin III, their party’s sole… Continue reading

“GOP crushes Manchin’s hopes for elections compromise”

June 17, 2021, 12:47 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: Senate Republicans spent months praising Joe Manchin for his insistence on cross-party compromise. Next week they will almost surely end his hopes for a bipartisan deal on elections.Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he believed all 50 Republicans… Continue reading

“Democrats Should Leap at the Chance to Take Joe Manchin’s Deal”

June 16, 2021, 1:55 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: Sen. Joe Manchin, who thus far has opposed Democrats’ big election reform bill, has finally made his counteroffer. On Wednesday, the West Virginian proposed a series of changes to the… Continue reading

Georgia: “Could there be a takeover of the Fulton election board? Raffensperger says state is ‘frustrated'”

June 15, 2021, 9:11 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Savannah Morning News: There are plenty of hoops to jump through before that can happen, though. In order to remove and replace a superintendent, the performance review board would have to find that the superintendent violated Georgia elections law three… Continue reading

“Congress likely won’t take action on the growing threats to election integrity, leaving election workers vulnerable to criminal prosecution and results open to partisan tampering”

June 14, 2021, 3:02 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Grace Panetta for Business Insider.

“In Congress, Republicans Shrug at Warnings of Democracy in Peril”

June 14, 2021, 6:54 amchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: Senator Christopher S. Murphy concedes that political rhetoric in the nation’s capital can sometimes stray into hysteria, but when it comes to the precarious state of American democracy, he insisted he was not exaggerating the nation’s tilt toward… Continue reading

“Texas Dems amp up voting rights pressure with D.C. blitz”

June 14, 2021, 6:41 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Zach Montellaro for Politico.

Bauer and Ginsberg: “State Election Officials Are Under Attack. We Will Defend Them.”

June 4, 2021, 7:53 amchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT oped by Bob Bauer and Ben Ginsberg: Tucked into many of the election laws Republicans are pushing or enacting in states around the country are pernicious provisions threatening punishment of elections officials and workers for just doing their jobs.Laws… Continue reading

“Trump’s grip on GOP sparks fears about democratic process”

June 3, 2021, 3:45 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: Seven months after Election Day, former President Donald Trump’s supporters are still auditing ballots in Arizona’s largest county and may revive legislation that would make it easier for judges in Texas to overturn election results.In Georgia, meanwhile, the… Continue reading

“Business leaders take their election law fights behind the scenes after attacks from Republicans”

May 24, 2021, 7:03 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

CNBC: Corporate leaders are now fighting behind the scenes against Republican-supported voting laws they consider too restrictive, following repeated attacks from GOP leaders and their well-funded allies.Since the outcry earlier this year over the passage of Georgia’s new voting… Continue reading

“Many Americans don’t trust elections. What can be done?”

May 23, 2021, 4:56 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

CSM: America’s democratic process has been severely tested in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. Former President Donald Trump’s personal push to overturn results in key states revealed vulnerabilities in the nation’s electoral system – including how many important… Continue reading