Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Donald Trump debuts new election integrity panel by hinting at big-league voter fraud”
Celeste Katz for Mic.
“North Carolina Court to Rule on Law on Gov’s Elections Role”
AP:
The state Supreme Court said Wednesday it will take up Gov. Roy Cooper’s lawsuit against state legislative leaders. The decision bypasses an intermediate appeals court and schedules a Supreme Court hearing on Aug. 28.
Me SOS Dunlap Promises to Be “in a bear cage with a bullhorn” on Pence-Kobach Fraud Committee
Uh-huh.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
Maine SOS Dunlap, Who Promised to Butt Heads, Says Virtually Nothing to Challenge Voter Fraud Focus of Pence-Kobach Commission
Maine SOS Dunlap, one of the few credible Democrats on the Pence-Kobach fraud commission, promised “head-butting” on the push to make this commission about voter fraud.
The first meeting of the Commission has just concluded. And if anyone expected Dunlap… Continue reading
“Trump stokes voter fraud fears as commission convenes”
“Ken Blackwell defends his work on Trump’s Election Integrity Commission, past work in Ohio”
New NAACP-LDF Complaint Raises Constitutional and Statutory Claims Against Pence-Kobach Commission
Complaint.
(h/t Chris Geidner.)
“Trump Election Commission: A White House Team Will Handle Voter Data”
Chris Geidner:
Since President Trump’s Election Integrity Commission was last in court, the commission has announced plans to dramatically alter how it plans to collect state voter information in an attempt to avoid a potential legal ruling that could require… Continue reading
Trump DOJ: Court Should Give Up Jurisdiction and Trust Texas on Voter ID Education Efforts
Texas dragged its feet in implementing the district court’s interim remedy in the Texas voter id case, which allowed voters without one of the right (narrow) forms of identification to vote in Texas elections. The state was so bad at… Continue reading
“Former Clinton and Romney campaign chiefs join forces to fight election hacking”
WaPo:
The former managers of Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney’s presidential campaigns are leading a new initiative called “Defending Digital Democracy” in the hopes of preventing a repeat of Russia’s 2016 election interference.
Robby Mook, Clinton’s 2016 campaign chief, and… Continue reading
Texas: District Court Should Give Up Jurisdiction in Voter ID Case, Impose No More Remedies
“Trump’s voter commission says it doesn’t need to make privacy impact assessment”
Wash Times:
In a court filing on Monday, the commission argued federal law doesn’t require it to perform a privacy risk assessment before collecting voter data, which was a key argument in one of the first lawsuits brought by the… Continue reading
New Details on December Hack of U.S. Election Assistance Comm’n, as House Republicans Try to Shut It Down
WSJ:
The hack appeared to include a breach of the EAC’s administrative-access credentials as well as access to nonpublic reports on flaws in voting machines, according to Andrei Barysevich, an analyst with cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Access to the reports… Continue reading