Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“How will Trump supporters react if he loses?”
Pippa Norris for The Monkey Cage:
What do Americans think they would do if their presidential candidate does not win? The Reuters-IPSOS poll gave registered voters six hypothetical choices. Respondents were allowed to choose more than one option. The most… Continue reading
“A City Clerk Opposed an Early-Voting Site at UW–Green Bay Because ‘Students Lean More Toward the Democrats'”
Big from Ari Berman:
After the primary, leaders of eight different student groups—including the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian parties and the Black Student Union—asked the city to put an early-voting location on campus to alleviate long lines. But city officials… Continue reading
“The Real Voting Problem in the 2016 Election; Officials in key battleground states have been dragging their feet on obeying court orders to open up access to the polls”
Zack Roth for Politico.
Politifact Rates “False” Trump Claim That 14 Percent of Non-Citizens are Registered to Vote
“Complaint spurs voter machine recalibration”
This happens every year, and it is already happening this year. It doesn’t mean the machines are rigged:
The Alamance County Board of Elections will recalibrate the voting machines at the Graham early voting site after a second-hand,… Continue reading
“A growing conflict over voting rights is playing out in Georgia, where the presidential race is tightening”
WaPo:
A growing conflict over voting rights and ballot access is playing out in Georgia, where civil rights activists are trading accusations with Republican elected officials and where stakes have risen considerably with the state’s new status as a closely… Continue reading
“Trump backers walking shaky legal line in monitoring voters”
“Why the Justice Dept. Will Have Far Fewer Watchdogs in Polling Places”
Eric Lichtblau for the NYT:
The federal observer program has really been a hallmark of the Justice Department’s voting rights work,” Kristen Clarke, the director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said. That effort “has really… Continue reading
“The truth behind voter fraud in Indiana”
“Why Donald Trump’s ‘Ballot Watchers’ Might Be Illegal”
“Poll: 60% of Republicans believe illegal immigrants vote; 43% believe people vote using dead people’s names”
“Indiana Officials Target A Black Voter Registration Drive On A Technicality”
Must-read HuffPo:
Varoga said the Oct. 4 police action prevented the group from registering 5,000 to 10,000 additional voters ahead of Indiana’s Oct. 11 voter registration deadline. He’s worried that clerks won’t count some of the 45,000 applications the… Continue reading
FL: “Despite Trump’s plea, little sign of interest in poll watching”
Tallahassee Democrat:
Few local voters have answered Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call to sign up as poll watchers to prevent a rigged election. On the campaign trail this week, he warned of the media and partisans conspiring to… Continue reading