Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Democrats Settle Election Dispute with the State of Arizona”

September 9, 2016, 8:32 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: The Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Ann Kirkpatrick for Arizona, the Arizona Democratic Party, Hillary for America, and Sanders, Inc., announced that they reached a settlement in their joint lawsuit against Maricopa County, Arizona that will… Continue reading

Breaking: DC Circuit Reverses in Kobach-EAC Proof of Citizenship Voting Case

September 9, 2016, 5:16 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Acting very quickly after oral argument, the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has issued this order preliminarily enjoining changing the federal form to allow Kansas, Alabama, and Georgia to require documentary proof of citizenship… Continue reading

“Despite North Carolina Vote Changes, Groups May Go to Court”

September 9, 2016, 12:29 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP reports.

“Democracy NC: State Board meeting an ‘overall victory’ for North Carolina voters”

September 9, 2016, 11:39 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: Yesterday, in a 12-hour marathon meeting, the N.C. State Board of Elections resolved the contested Early Voting plans from 33 of the state’s 100 counties. In 26 bipartisan votes, the three Republicans and two Democrats on the board chose… Continue reading

More Shenanigans from Texas in Voter ID Case: Threats to Investigate Voters Who Sign Affidavits

September 9, 2016, 11:16 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

From a newly filed motion from the private plaintiffs, apart from the DOJ filing, and now to be heard at a Sept. 19 hearing: Private Plaintiffs’1 Motion for Further Relief to Enforce Interim Remedial Order is triggered by… Continue reading

Supreme Court, With Justices Thomas and Alito Dissenting, Refuses Michigan Voting Stay; Three Ideological Camps at SCOTUS

September 9, 2016, 7:19 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

After an unexplained delay in ruling last night, the Supreme Court without comment has turned down Michigan’s request to overturn a stay blocking the state’s elimination of straight ticket voting. Justices Thomas and Alito would have granted the stay. This… Continue reading

#SCOTUS Sometimes Decides Even When It Doesn’t Decide: The Strange MI Voting Case

September 8, 2016, 8:37 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

[Friday morning update: read about the Court’s order denying MI’s stay request here.] It is almost midnight on the East Coast, and we still have no ruling from the Supreme Court on Michigan’s application to allow it to … Continue reading

“Sunday voting, additional early voting sites and hours restored in some counties despite GOP opposition”

September 8, 2016, 8:12 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

News and Observer: RALEIGH Noting the watchful eye of a federal court, the State Board of Elections voted to restore Sunday early voting hours in several counties that had offered the option – popular among African-American voters – in 2012.… Continue reading

“U.S. Voting System So ‘Clunky’ It Is Insulated From Hacking, FBI Director Says”

September 8, 2016, 7:58 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WSJ reports.

Read OH Opposition to Dem’s “Golden Week” Emergency SCOTUS Motion

September 8, 2016, 5:41 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

It’s here.

“Appeals court sympathetic to challenge over voter rules” (Kobach, EAC Case)

September 8, 2016, 5:23 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: A federal appeals court on Thursday seemed likely to side with voting rights groups seeking to block Kansas, Georgia and Alabama from requiring residents to prove they are U.S. citizens when registering to vote using a national form. Judges… Continue reading

Trump’s Wink-Wink on Vote Rigging

September 8, 2016, 5:20 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

“Larry…you know exactly what I’m talking about.” Yeah we do.

“Some election mailers still say voters will need ID at polls”

September 8, 2016, 7:54 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

It’s got to be an innocent mistake, right?

“The results on voter ID laws are in — and it’s bad news for ethnic and racial minorities”

September 8, 2016, 7:26 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Zoltan Hajnal LAT oped: My colleagues Nazita Lajevardi and Lindsay Nielson and I analyzed validated voting data from the Cooperative Congressional Election Study in order to follow voter turnout from 2006 through 2014 among members of different groups — almost… Continue reading