Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Lacking Evidence of Voter Fraud, Legislatures Target Its Specter”

March 23, 2017, 10:51 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Michael Wines in the NYT: Nationwide, Republican state legislators are again sponsoring a sheaf of bills tightening requirements to register and to vote. And while they have traditionally argued that such laws are needed to police rampant voter fraud… Continue reading

“Federal elections commissioner wants Trump to back up his allegations of voter fraud”

March 22, 2017, 8:56 pmchicanery, federal election commission, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

LAT: A member of the Federal Election Commission has accused President Trump of threatening democracy with his unproven allegations of voter fraud and asked him to show evidence if he has any. Ellen Weintraub, a Democratic commissioner at the agency,… Continue reading

“Nevada Governor Vetoes AVR, Voters To Decide”

March 22, 2017, 8:56 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

A ChapinBlog.

“Former Colorado GOP chairman Steven Curtis charged with voter fraud”

March 21, 2017, 8:56 pmchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Denver Channel with a story that is just too rich: The former chairman of the Colorado Republican Party is charged with forgery and voter fraud for allegedly forging his wife’s mail-in ballot from last year’s election, according to court… Continue reading

“A Texas Woman ‘Voted Like a U.S. Citizen.’ Only She Wasn’t.”

March 19, 2017, 12:33 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Michael Wines for the NYT.

“Texas Needs a Remedial Lesson on Voting Rights”

March 18, 2017, 1:03 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT editorial.

Breaking: NC Court Rejects Law Changing North Carolina Board of Elections to Help Republicans

March 17, 2017, 3:07 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

A unanimous three-judge North Carolina state court, in a 43-page decision here, held that North Carolina’s attempt to change the nature of election boards in the state to help favor Republicans violates the state constitution. (The judges were not… Continue reading

“In Emails, Neil Gorsuch Praised a Leading Republican Activist Behind Voter Suppression Efforts”

March 17, 2017, 7:50 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ari Berman: Few people in the Republican Party have done more to limit voting rights than Hans von Spakovsky. He’s been instrumental in spreading the myth of widespread voter fraud and backing new restrictions to make it harder to… Continue reading

“McAuliffe vetoes bills he says could restrict voting rights”

March 16, 2017, 8:31 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

News3: Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Wednesday vetoed a bill that he said could disenfranchise qualified voters but Republican legislators said could reduce voter fraud. HB 2343, sponsored by Del. Robert Bell, R-Charlottesville, would have required the state Department of… Continue reading

#SCOTUS Schedules NC Voting Case Cert Petition, and Motion to Dismiss It, for March 31 Conference

March 15, 2017, 3:23 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The case is back on the Justices’ conference list. (More on the dispute and the delay.) The first thing the Justices will do is decide the motion to dismiss the cert petition (put in by North Carolina’s governor and… Continue reading

“Republicans relieved Trump eased up on voter fraud claims”

March 15, 2017, 7:14 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: Prominent Republicans across the country are breathing a sigh of relief that President Donald Trump has so far not aggressively pursued his pledge for a “major investigation” into his allegations of widespread voter fraud that he claims robbed him… Continue reading

“15 States File Amicus Brief Seeking Clarification On NVRA, Non-Voting And List Maintenance”

March 14, 2017, 7:31 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Doug Chapin: Fifteen states have filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to hear a case in order to clarify if and how states may use evidence of non-voting as a… Continue reading

New Paper Casts Doubt on Hajnal et al Finding Strict Voter ID Laws Suppress Democratic Votes

March 13, 2017, 7:29 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Grimmer, Hersh, Meredith, Mummolo, and Nall have posted “Comment on ‘Voter Identification Laws and the Suppression of Minority Votes.’” Here is the abstract: To study how voter identification laws affect participation in elections, Hajnal, Lajevardi and Nielson (2017) examines… Continue reading