“Why Did Indiana State Police Raid A Voter Registration Group’s Office?”
TPM reports.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“A 90-Year-Old Woman Who’s Voted Since 1948 Was Disenfranchised by Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law”
Ari Berman reports for The Nation.
“Feds, state officials look into Kankakee voter fraud allegations”
Chicago Sun-Times:
The flurry of voter fraud and intimidation allegations and counter allegations swirling through Kankakee County has caught the attention of state and federal officials.
A day after Kankakee officials announced an investigation into voter fraud, including allegations that… Continue reading
The More Fearful You Are, the More You Support Voter ID Laws
“A federal court struck down much of North Carolina’s voter ID law — but what’s left could still shrink the black vote”
Erik Engstrom and Jason Roberts for the Monkey Cage. (This is on the demise of straight-ticket voting)
WI Voter ID Judge Will Hold Oct. 12 Hearing to Consider Affidavit Requirement after DMV Failures
Judge Peterson’s order:
The court will hold an in-person hearing at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 12, 2016, to consider plaintiffs’ motion to enjoin the state’s voter ID law, Dkt. 262, and defendants’ response to the court’s September 30, 2016,… Continue reading
“Voting Rights — and Wrongs”
New radio episode of Reveal.
“Vote fraud, intimidation allegations hurled about in Kankakee Co.”
More strange goings-on from the guy taking away the “I Voted” stickers.
“Why Proof of Citizenship Won’t Improve Election Integrity”
Michael Gilbert:
For years, states have been sounding the alarm about voter fraud and pushing laws to prevent it. One such law would require voters to prove their citizenship, with a birth certificate, passport, or the like, before casting a… Continue reading
“The Texas Voter ID Fight Keeps Getting Weirder”
Bloomberg Businessweek:
On Sept. 20, the federal district judge who oversaw the August agreement denied a pleafrom the NAACP, the League of United Latin American Citizens, and Dallas and Hidalgo counties claiming Harris County clerk Stan Stanart and Texas… Continue reading
“Appeals Court Overrules Proof-Of-Citizenship Voting Requirement in Three States”
Kendrick Burns blogs for CSG.
“Misunderstanding of Statistics Confounds Analyses of Criminal Justice Issues in Baltimore and Voter ID Issues in Texas and North Carolina”
James Scanlan at Fed Soc blog:
I have written here before, most recently in “Things the President Doesn’t Know About Racial Disparities” (Aug. 5, 2016), about the way the federal government, including the President, base many civil rights… Continue reading
“Behind Donald Trump’s calls for his supporters to monitor the polls in November”
“Voter suppression’s last stand: North Carolina’s new Jim Crow counties”
Insightus:
In the wake of a federal court decision overturning North Carolina’s “monster voter suppression law,” the NC-GOP’s executive director issued a call for “party-line changes to early voting” by the state’s Republican-controlled county boards of elections.
Our review of… Continue reading