Category Archives: The Voting Wars
Breaking: 7th Circuit, after 3 Year Delay, Decides Challenge to Wisconsin Voter ID and Related Voting Provisions, in Short Unanimous Opinion, Upholding and Striking Down Some Parts of Law; This is Mostly a Loss for Voting Rights Plaintiffs
You can find the 27-page unanimous decision, with no explanation for the 3 year delay in this case, at this link.
This is mostly a loss for the plaintiffs in these cases, as the appeals court rejected many (though… Continue reading
Bizarre Washington Examiner Article Posits Republican Fear That Democrats Will “Wield Voting Rights Like a Cudgel” After Georgia Primary Election Meltdown
Washington Examiner:
Republican insiders in Georgia are warning after a balloting meltdown in Fulton County that Democrats could wield voting rights like a cudgel, galvanizing turnout this fall to defeat President Trump in the traditionally red state.Georgia Republicans blame… Continue reading
The list of COVID-19 election cases
Updated as of December 23: the post below lists 335 cases in 45 states, DC, and Puerto Rico.
AND ANOTHER UPDATE: I’ve joined forces in this enterprise with the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project, and a team led by Zahavah… Continue reading
“Editorial: Republicans would rather undermine California’s elections than honorably take their lumps”
“Republican National Committee sues California to halt vote-by-mail for November general election”
CNN:
The Republican National Committee and other Republican groups have filed a lawsuit against California to stop the state from mailing absentee ballots to all voters ahead of the 2020 general election, a move that was made in response … Continue reading
“The Trailer: The mail voting debate gets more confounding”
Weigel:
Since the start of the pandemic, vote-by-mail has been expanded in multiple states. The debate over that expansion has grown increasingly surreal and politically contradictory. As they ramp up their own absentee ballot programs, aimed at their base,… Continue reading
Breaking: Federal District Court, in Sweeping Opinion, Holds That Texas Must Allow Voters Who Wish to Vote by Mail to Do So In Light of COVID, But The Opinion is Vulnerable to Reversal by 5th Circuit
In a sweeping opinion complete with lofty language and an odd choice of using Appendices, a federal district court has held that it would be unconstitutional to bar Texas voters who lack immunity from COVID-19 and wish to vote by… Continue reading
Must-Read NYT: “Freed by Court Ruling, Republicans Step Up Effort to Patrol Voting; Officials seek to recruit 50,000 poll watchers and spend millions to fight voter fraud. Democrats say the real goal is to stop them from voting.”
NYT:
Six months before a presidential election in which turnout could matter more than persuasion, the Republican Party, the Trump campaign and conservative activists are mounting an aggressive national effort to shape who gets to vote in November —… Continue reading
Another Lawsuit Filed Over Absentee Ballot Procedures in Texas
Details here.
Note: An earlier version of this post says that it was filed by Democrats. Although Marc Elias is one of the lead lawyers, the plaintiffs are not Democratic party organizations.
“Trump intensifies war with Democrats over voting laws; The GOP has doubled its budget to fight Democratic lawsuits to $20 million.”
“How to Punish Voters; The prosecution of individual voters for fraud is a trend that seems intended to intimidate.”
Josie Duffy Rice NYT oped.
“I’m the Judge Who Won in Wisconsin. This Principle Is More Important Than Winning.”
Jill Karofsky NYT oped:
Now, over two weeks later, we have an uptick in Covid-19 cases, especially in dense urban centers like Milwaukee and Waukesha, where few polling places were open and citizens were forced to stand in long… Continue reading
“New Voting Rights Battles Erupting In Key Swing States”
Steven Rosenfeld for National Memo.