Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Briefs Filed in 6th Circuit Emergency Appeal of TRO in OH Trump Voter Intimidation Case

November 5, 2016, 9:03 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Yesterday a federal court in Ohio out an order against the Trump campaign and others in Ohio, which is now the subject of a Sixth Circuit appeal. I see some issues of due process, vagueness and overbreadth in that order… Continue reading

“Donald Trump Says Early Voting Lines Are Evidence of ‘Rigged’ System”

November 5, 2016, 8:40 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

ABC: As Donald Trump swept his campaign across the country in a final sprint, he claimed that long lines in Clark County, Nevada, were evidence of electoral wrongdoing. “It’s being reported that certain key Democratic polling locations in Clark County… Continue reading

“Supreme Court Attempts To Slow Flood Of Last-Minute Election Litigation”

November 5, 2016, 10:41 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Chris Geidner for BuzzFeed: The Supreme Court attempted to slow an ever-expanding map of pre-election litigation on Saturday — sending a message to lower courts that the time had passed for rulings that would change the way election laws are… Continue reading

Chutzpah Dep’t: Dallas Woodhouse, the Guy That Lobbied NC Election Boards to Restrict Early Voting, Takes Credit for Efforts to Overcome EV Cutbacks

November 5, 2016, 10:38 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Wow.

Breaking: Supreme Court Halts AZ “Ballot Harvesting,” With No Noted Dissents

November 5, 2016, 8:28 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Order with no noted dissents. Yesterday I explained: Aside from the merits of this decision (which I discussed in this post), there is a whole lot going on in this opinion about proper application of the Purcell principle… Continue reading

“The election might not end on Tuesday night — and that’s okay”

November 4, 2016, 8:49 pmelection administration, provisional ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ned Foley and Charles Stewart WaPo oped: Moreover, it would be reasonable for a candidate behind by several thousand votes in a state critical to winning the electoral college to think it possible to make up the difference by… Continue reading

“How Much Will Voters Trust Election Results On Election Day?”

November 4, 2016, 8:31 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Texas Monthly reports.

“The closer the race, the more likely a legal challenge”

November 4, 2016, 8:17 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP reports.

“Republicans and the Myth of Election Fraud”

November 4, 2016, 8:08 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

William Barber NYT oped.

Huefner: “The Perils of Allowing Absentee Ballot Harvesting”

November 4, 2016, 7:36 pmabsentee ballots, election administration, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Steve Huefner: Indeed, earlier this year the American Law Institute approved a set of principles (which can be found here) for conducting early and absentee voting, one of which is akin to Arizona’s anti-harvesting law. (I serve as the… Continue reading

Breaking: Federal Court in AZ Refuses Injunction Barring Voter Intimidation Against the Trump Campaign and Stone

November 4, 2016, 7:27 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

A snippet from the opinion: Second, whether true or false, and whether appealing or repugnant to the listener, Mr. Trump’s and his agents’ statements that the election is rigged, that voter fraud is being perpetrated en masse by “illegal aliens,”… Continue reading

Breaking and Big: En Banc 9th Circuit, on 7-4 Vote, Won’t Require AZ to Count Ballots Cast Out of Precinct; Next to #SCOTUS?

November 4, 2016, 5:25 pmelection administration, provisional ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The other shoe just dropped in Arizona. The Ninth Circuit, en banc, issued this short order declining an injunction pending appeal on the en banc case, and making it clear that when the en banc court considers this matter fully,… Continue reading

“GOP Voting Fraud Squads Are Nothing New”

November 4, 2016, 4:27 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Rick Perlstein in the Washington Spectator.

“Maricopa County GOP to poll watchers: Follow, photograph voters if voter fraud suspected”

November 4, 2016, 4:04 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting: Democrats who have become increasingly worried about possible voter intimidation at the polls say local Republicans could find themselves on the wrong side of the law, after a poll watching training led by the Maricopa… Continue reading