Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“A Seeker of Kansas Voter Fraud Gets a National Soapbox”

May 14, 2017, 9:33 pmchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: Kris W. Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, oversees an office whose clerical and regulatory work costs the state’s taxpayers barely $5.5 million a year. But he has parlayed that modest post into a national platform for tough restrictions… Continue reading

FEC Commissioner Weintraub Suggests Trump “Voter Fraud” Conclusions “Preordained”

May 12, 2017, 1:50 pmchicanery, federal election commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Statement.

Justin Levitt Comments on the Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission

May 12, 2017, 1:41 pmchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Take Care blog: Evidence suggests that the Commission’s conclusions are also already preordained. Kris Kobach, co-chair of the new Commission, met with President-Elect Donald Trump in November 2016, in an apparent interview to become Secretary of the Department of Homeland… Continue reading

Charles Stewart on New Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission: This Will Distract From Real Work of Election Reform

May 12, 2017, 6:09 amchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Charles is one of the smartest and fairest people working in the field of election administration from the academic side. From his post today: 4. The lost opportunity. Most people who work in the field of election administration, academics and… Continue reading

Doug Chapin Has Questions About New Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission

May 12, 2017, 6:06 amchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Among Doug’s questions: What impact does this have on members of the commission? Several members of the new commission are involved in complicated issues elsewhere. Kansas’ Kobach continues to be the target of numerous lawsuits regarding his state’s voter registration… Continue reading

Bauer on Trump Voter Fraud Commission: “election administration experts should keep their distance”

May 12, 2017, 6:03 amchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Bob Bauer, former co-chair of the last (bipartisan) Presidential Commission on Election Administration: This means that the only hope for the Commission to attain respectability is to build a record of consultation with the respectable. And given how the Commission… Continue reading

Why Didn’t Trump Announce All 15 (or 12?) Members of His “Voter Fraud” Commission? And Why Announce Now?

May 11, 2017, 8:15 pmchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Executive order establishing the “voter fraud” commission provides for the VP to chair and up to 15 additional members. Yet the NYT report says it will have “about a dozen” members, and so far we only know the names… Continue reading

Nate Persily, Research Director of Last Bipartisan Voting Commission, Blasts Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission

May 11, 2017, 7:43 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

TPM: Even election administration experts who had served on presidential election commissions in the past were dubious of Trump’s panel’s true aims. “It so beyond the pale. What can you say at this point?” said Nate Persily, who served as… Continue reading

My Q and A with VICE on Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission

May 11, 2017, 7:39 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Here

ACLU Makes FOIA Request Connected to Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission

May 11, 2017, 7:38 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: The American Civil Liberties Union took legal action today related to President Trump’s new executive order establishing a “Presidential Commission on Election Integrity.” The ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act “FOIA” request seeking information that the Trump administration… Continue reading

Breaking: Trump to Launch a Voting “Commission” with No Credibility, with Pence, Kobach, and the EAC’s McCormick

May 11, 2017, 4:23 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

ABC News: President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order today establishing a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression in the American election system, multiple senior administration officials tell ABC News. The officials say Vice… Continue reading

“Did a Voter ID Law Really Cost Clinton a Victory in Wisconsin?”

May 10, 2017, 7:50 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Slate reports (and links to my earlier blog post).

“In Wisconsin, ID law proved insurmountable for many voters”

May 9, 2017, 9:05 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: When Sean Reynolds went to his polling place at a local ice skating rink on Election Day, he showed his valid driver’s license. The problem? It wasn’t issued in Wisconsin. Reynolds, 30, was taken aback. He had moved to… Continue reading