Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Undue Burdens and Potential Opportunities in Voting Rights and Abortion Law”

September 8, 2017, 7:40 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pam Karlan has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Indiana Law Journal). Here is the abstract: This essay explores two areas of law that at first blush might seem relatively disconnected from one another: voting rights and reproductive justice. Many… Continue reading

“Data on Out-of-State IDs Fuels Cries of ‘Fraud’ in 2016 Election”

September 7, 2017, 9:11 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NHPR: A newly released report from the New Hampshire Secretary of State and Department of Safety says a majority of people who used out-of-state IDs to register in last November’s elections haven’t registered vehicles in New Hampshire or gotten in-state… Continue reading

Why No Women Testifying Before Pence-Kobach Commission? NH SOS Gardner Blames Lack of Women in Computer Science

September 7, 2017, 1:01 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Really. Note that most of the witnesses are not computer scientists.

“The Fake Americans Russia Created to Influence the Election”

September 7, 2017, 12:37 pmchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: An investigation by The New York Times, and new research from the cybersecurity firm FireEye, reveals some of the mechanisms by which suspected Russian operators used Twitter and Facebook to spread anti-Clinton messages and promote the hacked material they… Continue reading

“New Senate Amendment Would Provide Resources To States For Election Cybersecurity”

September 7, 2017, 7:08 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

A ChapinBlog.

NH: “The People, No; Repressing the ballot in the Granite State”

September 7, 2017, 7:06 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Zack Roth in The Baffler.

“Top Civil Rights Nominee Won’t Refute Trump Falsehood About Illegal Voting in 2016”

September 6, 2017, 8:13 pmDepartment of Justice, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pema Levy for Mother Jones: Recent events loomed over the hearing. Dreiband faced questions about the violence in Charlottesville, which the division is investigating, and the rise of hate crimes. He was also asked about voting rights, amid moves by… Continue reading

5th Circuit Sets Oral Argument in Texas Voter ID Case for December, After First Setting It in November

September 6, 2017, 12:12 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Chuck Lindell with the schedule.

“Exclusive: First look at paper-ballot machines that Georgia is testing”

September 6, 2017, 10:43 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AJC: The test of the system, demonstrated exclusively Tuesday for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB-TV, came as early voters in Conyers will begin Oct. 16 to use the ballots along with new electronic record, voting and tabulating machines ahead of… Continue reading

Pence-Kobach Fraud Commission Members Using Personal Email to Communicate, Raising Public Records Concerns

September 6, 2017, 7:10 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Thread.

5th Circuit Motions Panel, on 2-1 Vote, Allows Texas to Enforce Its Revised ID Law Pending Appeal

September 5, 2017, 5:48 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Via Josh Gerstein comes news of this order in the long-running Texas voter ID litigation. Judges Jerry Smith and Jennifer Elrod held that Texas is likely to succeed on the merits because its new voter id legislation (SB 5) is… Continue reading

“Truth, Politics and Power: Voter fraud”

September 5, 2017, 7:15 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

MPR: Federal investigations of possible voter fraud are underway. In this episode of Truth, Politics and Power, former NPR host Neal Conan explores the history of voting rights, voter fraud, and the current investigations. Guests: Ron Hayduk is an associate… Continue reading

“Cash-strapped states brace for Russian hacking fight”

September 5, 2017, 7:09 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: The U.S. needs hundreds of millions of dollars to protect future elections from hackers — but neither the states nor Congress is rushing to fill the gap. Instead, a nation still squabbling over the role Russian cyberattacks played in… Continue reading

“Election-law lawsuit by NH Democratic party to become federal case”

September 2, 2017, 7:26 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

New Hampshire Union Leader: The legal maneuvering sets the stage for a showdown over the controversial election law, SB3, passed by the Republican majority in the state Legislature in the spring, and signed into law by Gov. Chris Sununu. Opponents… Continue reading