Category Archives: The Voting Wars
Politifact Rates “True” Claim that People Struck by Lightning More Common than Voter Fraud
Politifact limits the claim to impersonation voter fraud, and this seems correct.
“The conservative gladiator from Kansas behind restrictive voting laws”
Important Sari Horwitz WaPo piece on Kobach:
Kobach, 50, first entered the national spotlight several years ago when he advised Mitt Romney on the idea of “self-deportation” for illegal immigrants during the 2012 presidential campaign. A former chairman of the… Continue reading
“AG Schimel Defends Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law in Federal Court”
Quote of the Day: Voter Suppression Dep’t
“It just really incensed me that they started talking about this particular bill, and one of the senators got up and said, ‘We really need to think about the ramifications on certain neighborhoods in Milwaukee and on our college campuses… Continue reading
“Jury is still out on voter ID after first big test”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
The state’s first major test of its voter ID law arrived with historic turnout and scattered long lines, prompting Republicans to dismiss claims it suppresses the vote and Democrats to maintain it played at least a role in… Continue reading
WI Republican Legislators Were “Giddy” About Suppressing Minority and Student Votes
Via Ari Berman comes this Facebook post from Todd Albaugh, the former Chief of Staff to a Wisconsin state senator:
Todd Allbaugh
Yesterday at 9:19am ·
You wanna know why I left the Republican Party as it exists today? Here… Continue reading
“Lawsuit alleges Ohio illegally purging voter rolls”
MSNBC:
The most important state in this year’s presidential election is illegally removing thousands of voters from the rolls, a new voting rights lawsuit alleges.
Ohio currently cancels the registration of people who don’t vote in three successive federal… Continue reading
“Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law Caused Major Problems at the Polls Last Night”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
“Grothman: Voter ID law will help eventual GOP nominee win Wisconsin”
We’ve seen this before.
But I’m sure Rep. Grothman would say (incorrectly) that the reasons photo id lets Republicans win elections is because it stops Democratic voter fraud. It is a key talking point of the fraudulent fraud squad.
Near Final Version of My “Reining in the Purcell Principle” Paper Now Available
Coming out soon in FSU L Rev, but now at SSRN:
About a month before the 2014 election, the United States Supreme Court issued a series of four extraordinary orders in election law cases. Without any explanation, the Court:… Continue reading
“Republicans and Voter Suppression”
“This Is How Hard It Is To Get A Voter ID In Wisconsin”
Important Alice Ollstein for Think Progress.
“Bromance between Kris Kobach and Brian Newby leads to attack on voting rights”
KC Star editorial:
Take a look at the email Newby sent in June to Kobach: “I think I would enter the job empowered to lead the way I want to.”
And there was this communication from Newby to the Kansas… Continue reading