Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Breaking: Federal Court in Texas Rules Texas Passed Its Voter ID Law with a Racially Discriminatory Intent

April 10, 2017, 2:23 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

A federal district court has held on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sitting en banc that Texas enacted its controversial voter identification law with a racially discriminatory intent. If (and it is a… Continue reading

After Being “Rescheduled” Twice, NC Voting Case Now Back on for April 13 SCOTUS Conference, w Justice Gorusch

April 10, 2017, 9:45 amSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Docket. The first question is whether the state gets to withdraw the cert. petition, as the gov. and AG want and the Legislature does not.

“Iowa Secretary Of State’s Office Released Statistics That Its Own Staff Objected To”

April 10, 2017, 7:30 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

HuffPo: In an effort to highlight voter irregularities and push for stricter voting laws, Iowa’s top election official pushed statistics on alleged voter fraud that even a member of his own staff privately suggested were misleading, emails obtained by the… Continue reading

“GOP is trying to shape elections by reshaping North Carolina’s election boards”

April 9, 2017, 7:57 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

News Observer editorial: A three-judge panel issued a clear ruling last month that Republican shenanigans trying to change the makeup of local elections boards and the structure of the state Board of Elections and the state ethics board were illegal… Continue reading

“Republican Governors Keep Vetoing Legislation That Would Make Voting Easier”

April 9, 2017, 12:14 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Paul Blumental for HuffPo: On March 21, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) vetoed legislation that would have automatically registered eligible voters when they sought services from the Department of Motor Vehicles. The veto made Sandoval the third Republican governor to… Continue reading

AL: “Rebekah Mason suggested closure of DMV offices in majority black counties, report shows”

April 8, 2017, 9:28 amchicanery, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Wow: Governor Robert Bentley’s former top advisor and secret paramour Rebekah Mason led a politically-motivated effort in 2015 to close 31 driver’s license offices in mostly black counties, a move that embarrassed the state and was later reversed. The decision… Continue reading

“A Department of Justice, But For Whom?”

April 7, 2017, 7:17 amDepartment of Justice, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Joshua Matz and Leah Litman: At the end of March, a group of conservative activists sent Attorney General Jeff Sessions an unsolicited letter with some detailed suggestions about how to “fix” the Civil Rights Division of the Department of… Continue reading

“Federal Court Denies Motion to Dismiss NAACP LDF’s Lawsuit Against Discriminatory Alabama Voter ID Law”

April 6, 2017, 4:05 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Release: A federal court today denied a motion to dismiss a challenge to Alabama’s discriminatory voter ID law brought by plaintiffs represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. The ruling comes in the case of Greater Birmingham … Continue reading

“N.H. ACLU: Bill Would ‘Effectively Criminalize’ Legitimate New Hampshire Voters”

April 4, 2017, 7:29 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

New Hampshire Public Radio reports.

Federal Court in TX Voter ID Case Will Address Discriminatory Intent Claim in “Due Course,” Will Await Ruling on Remedies

April 3, 2017, 1:14 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

From today’s order (via Josh Gerstein): Having heard re-argument, this Court intends to issue its new opinion on whether SB 14 was passed with a discriminatory intent in violation of the Voting Rights Act at its earliest convenience and in… Continue reading

“Why Republicans Can’t Find the Big Voter Fraud Conspiracy”

April 2, 2017, 2:52 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Lisa Rab with a must-read Politico magazine feature: But that wasn’t it. Not by a long shot. Eleven years after the books were closed on Ashcroft’s probe, another voter fraud investigation is gearing up. Once again, it is being driven… Continue reading

Video of the Day

March 30, 2017, 5:16 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Just watch this.

Huge North Carolina Voting Case, and Motion to Withdraw Cert. Petition, Taken Off #SCOTUS Conference Docket Again

March 30, 2017, 6:44 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Super interesting. Second time it is being rescheduled. I explained what was supposed to happen tomorrow here. The governor and AG of North Carolina want to withdraw the petition and the Legislature does not. Something is going on behind… Continue reading

“Senate Committee approves Texas voter ID overhaul”

March 27, 2017, 8:28 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Filed by Committee Chairwoman Joan Huffman, Senate Bill 5 would add options for Texas voters who say they cannot “reasonably” obtain one of seven forms of ID currently required at the polls. It would also create harsh… Continue reading

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