Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Trial over Broward’s disputed voting lists ends”
Sun Sentinel:
A ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Beth Bloom isn’t expected for several months.
The ACRU, which filed the suit a year ago, is being represented by the Public Interest Legal Foundation. Both are conservative organizations that say… Continue reading
“Amicus Brief: NC General Assembly’s Attempt to Entrench One-Party Power is Unconstitutional Threat to Democratic Institutions”
Release:
Today, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and Democracy North Carolina filed an amicus brief with the North Carolina Supreme Court in Cooper v. Berger, in which the state’s newly-elected Governor, Roy Cooper, is… Continue reading
“Elections watchdog group seeks answers after Georgia drops 590,000 from voter rolls”
Mic:
A watchdog group is pushing the state of Georgia to explain why more than 591,000 people were struck from the voter rolls.
“Each of the 591,548 voters affected by the move had already been on the state’s ‘inactive’ registration… Continue reading
“Kobach had duty to publicize new voting schedule; it appears that he didn’t”
Lawrence Journal-World:
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach does not appear to have conducted any public information campaign, as required by law, to publicize the fact that the state recently shifted the election cycle for municipal elections from the spring… Continue reading
10th Circuit Rejects Kobach Request to Block ACLU Deposition of Him in Voting Case
Order (via Josh Gerstein).
“Is the Voting Process at Risk?”
I spoke with Kathleen Dunn on Wisconsin Public Radio.
“U.S. judge denies Common Cause effort to block Trump voter commission”
WaPo:
A federal judge on Tuesday declined to temporarily bar President Trump’s voting commission from collecting voter data from states and the District, saying a federal appeals court likely will be deciding the legality of the request.
U.S. District Judge… Continue reading
“The Franchise Project Launches, Releases 50-State Voting Access Scorecard”
Release:
Today marks the launch of The Franchise Project (TFP), a voting rights advocacy organization that aims to educate and empower grassroots activists to engage in effective voting rights advocacy at the local level. The group’s 50-State Voting Access … Continue reading
“Separate facts, myths on voter fraud in Ky.”
“How much proof is needed for a voter fraud allegation? NC board considers stiffer standards”
New & Observer:
Republicans and voting-rights advocates went head-to-head over a proposal that would have people make fact-based claims when they allege voters have committed fraud.
The State Board of Elections has proposed a stiffer standard for elections protests that… Continue reading
Maine SOS Dunlap, Rare Democrat on Pence-Kobach Voting Fraud Commission, Won’t Turn Over Maine Data
Press Herald:
Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap said Monday that he is unlikely to release any state voter registration data to the federal voter fraud commission to which he was appointed by President Trump.
Dunlap said he will reject… Continue reading
“U.S. judge set to hear new challenge to Trump voter commission Tuesday”
WaPo:
A federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday over whether a Watergate-era law prohibiting the government from collecting data on how Americans exercise their First Amendment rights bars President Trump’s Election Integrity Commission from American’s voting records.
U.S. District Judge… Continue reading
“The man who may disenfranchise millions”
WaPo editorial on SOS Kobach.