Read the Fair Fight Action Complaint Challenging Georgia’s Election Process
Here.
More from me later on this.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
Three on NC Voter ID from WRAL
Editorial: Open access to N.C. polls needs to be part of voter ID script (Capitol Broadcasting) — If there’s one thing state legislative leaders should realize from Monday’s legislative committee meeting, it is that it will take more… Continue reading
“4 ways NC lawmakers can make a voter ID bill less than awful”
“Florida’s recount drama could sow chaos in 2020”
Sun Sentinel:
Florida’s 2018 recount is over, but the work to restore the public’s confidence has just started.
Political combatants didn’t hold their fire in Florida’s midterm elections, unleashing a barrage of unsupported allegations of voter fraud and conspiracy theories.… Continue reading
“Georgia Set To Remain A Battleground For Voting Rights Ahead Of 2020”
“Reliving the 2000 Election — and Learning the Wrong Lessons”
Justin Levitt for the HLR Blog.
“NC Republicans reveal their voter ID proposal”
News & Observer:
Boards of elections would provide registration cards with photos, and students at North Carolina’s public universities would be able to use their school IDs to vote under a draft voter ID bill that Republican legislators released Tuesday.… Continue reading
“Just Because an Election Is Legal Doesn’t Mean It’s Legitimate”
Adam Serwer in The Atlantic.
“Stacey Abrams has it right about election rhetoric”
“If an Election Was Stolen, Say It Was Stolen; Lessons from Sherrod Brown and Chuck Todd.”
A different perspective from Charles Pierce.
“Charges of Vote Stealing in Florida Portend More Distrust in System for 2020”
NYT:
The acrimony in Florida followed a contentious, weekslong fight over voter suppression in Georgia, where the Republican secretary of state was overseeing a governor’s race in which he was also a participant. Those battles may foreshadow what 2020 will… Continue reading
“The Trailer: The voting wars aren’t over. They’re just beginning.”
“Why Democrats Should Not Call the Georgia Governor’s Race ‘Stolen’; There are three important reasons to cool this rhetoric, despite Brian Kemp’s odious voter suppression efforts.”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Many Democrats are understandably angry about efforts to suppress the vote in Georgia and elsewhere in the 2018 midterm elections. In the Peach State, there is no question that Gov.-elect Brian… Continue reading
Jeffrey Toobin Expresses Some Optimism About Voting Rights
Not so sure I agree with this one.