Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Republican lawsuits over Pennsylvania’s mail voting law have some Democrats quietly worried”

October 12, 2021, 6:45 amabsentee ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jonathan Lai for the Philly Inquirer: Two years ago this month, Republicans and Democrats in Harrisburg reached a deal on the most significant changes to Pennsylvania election law in decades — including greatly expanded mail voting.But now, a year… Continue reading

“Voting Laws Roundup: October 2021”

October 4, 2021, 6:34 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Brennan Center: he 2020 federal election drew the United States’ highest voter turnout in more than a century, breaking records despite the Covid-19 pandemic and efforts to undermine the election process with the Big Lie of a stolen election.In… Continue reading

“GOP to massively step up 2022 poll watching efforts in Michigan and across U.S.”

September 25, 2021, 10:34 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Detroit Free Press: The GOP will massively increase its poll watching and election litigation efforts in 2022 and beyond after so far failing to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election through a series of lawsuits and audits, a… Continue reading

“Texas secretary of state’s office auditing four counties’ 2020 elections months after an official called the statewide process ‘smooth and secure'”

September 24, 2021, 6:47 amelection subversion risk, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: The Texas secretary of state’s office announced late Thursday that it has begun a “full forensic audit” of the 2020 general election in four Texas counties: Collin, Dallas, Harris and Tarrant. But the statement from that agency did… Continue reading

“Pa. Senate Democrats sue Republicans to block election review subpoena”

September 20, 2021, 6:59 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Philly Inquirer: Democrats in the Pennsylvania Senate sued their Republican colleagues Friday evening to block them from subpoenaing voter records as part of a review of the 2020 election.The lawsuit argues that the Republican effort unconstitutionally tramples on the separation… Continue reading

“Harassed and Harangued, Poll Workers Now Have a New Form of Defense”

September 19, 2021, 1:06 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Michael Wines for the NYT: It is perhaps a metaphor for the times that even the volunteer who checked you into the polls in November now has a legal defense committee.The Election Official Legal Defense Network, which made… Continue reading

State Court in North Carolina, on 2-1 Vote, Strikes Down State Voter Identification Law as Intentionally Racially Discrminatory

September 17, 2021, 10:56 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

You can find 211 pages of the opinion and dissent at this link.

“Democrats propose a compromise bill on voting rights.”

September 15, 2021, 7:17 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Carl Hulse for the NYT: In introducing a scaled-back version, Democrats hoped to demonstrate to Mr. Manchin — now deeply invested in the measure as one of the chief authors — that Republicans would never sign on to a… Continue reading

“LDF Releases Report Detailing Voter Suppression in 2020 Election Season”

September 15, 2021, 7:11 amThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Release: Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) released its highly anticipated Democracy Defended report, which documents and analyzes election-related activities undertaken by LDF during the 2020 election season, provides documentation of barriers faced by Black… Continue reading

“Election Officials on Radar of Rich Donors, Thanks to Trump”

September 15, 2021, 7:07 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Bloomberg: The once-obscure state-level job of overseeing elections has emerged as a prime target for wealthy donors and national organizers from both parties seeking an edge in the 2022 midterms that could shift control of Congress away from Democrats.Republicans are… Continue reading

More Disputes Over Fulton County, GA Election Administration and a Possible State Takeover

September 15, 2021, 7:01 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AJC’s The Jolt: The Fulton County Commission could tap former Atlanta City Council president Cathy Woolard as the next chairwoman of the troubled elections board. And Republicans are up in arms. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger issued some of the… Continue reading

“Texas’s New Law Is The Climax Of A Record-Shattering Year For Voting Restrictions”

September 10, 2021, 7:11 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

538: The Texas law is likely the culmination of the large-scale Republican push to restrict voting access this spring and summer — the policy byproduct of former President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent. At this… Continue reading

“Gov. Greg Abbott signs Texas voting bill into law, overcoming Democratic quorum breaks”

September 8, 2021, 8:08 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Though delayed by Democratic quorum breaks, Texas has officially joined the slate of Republican states that have enacted new voting restrictions following the 2020 election.Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed into law Senate Bill 1, sweeping… Continue reading

“Civil Rights Organizations and an Election Official File Challenge to Texas Anti-Voter Legislation”

September 3, 2021, 10:27 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: A voting bill that will make it harder for Texans, particularly voters of color, to cast their ballots is unconstitutional and violates federal voting rights law because it diminishes access to the ballot box, according to a lawsuit… Continue reading

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