Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Election Law’s Path in the Roberts Court’s First Decade: A Sharp Right Turn but with Speed Bumps and Surprising Twists”

March 22, 2016, 8:41 pmcampaign finance, election administration, redistricting, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have posted a revised version of this paper (forthcoming, Stanford Law Review) to take into account the death of Justice Scalia. Here is the revised abstract: This Essay describes the path of election law jurisprudence in the Roberts Court… Continue reading

WI Online Voter Registration Law Stops Community Voter Registration Drives

March 22, 2016, 7:36 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Project Vote: As expected, last week Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed an election bill into law. Significantly, the bill provides for online voter registration. But it comes at a high cost. That cost is not the money required to… Continue reading

“Did Casting a Ballot Just Get Harder? Gunther Peck on how the new NC voting law may affect the 2016 elections”

March 21, 2016, 3:31 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Listen at Duke Today.

5th Circuit Won’t Consider Emergency Injunction in TX Voter ID Case Until Oral Argument

March 21, 2016, 10:20 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

So reports Raffi Melkonian.

“My brush with North Carolina voter ID law”

March 21, 2016, 10:15 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Rudy Ravindra in News & Observer: Since my wife was out of town last week, I drove her to the designated polling place (not the same place I voted) on Election Day. This time poll worker NX subjected my wife… Continue reading

“Voter ID Laws: A Closer Look”

March 18, 2016, 1:17 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Seth Meyers video. (corrected link)

“Grassley Presses for Answers on Obama Administration Impeding Independent Voting Agency”

March 18, 2016, 10:38 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is asking questions about the Justice Department’s refusal to defend the actions of the Election Assistance Commission, an independent federal agency without litigation authority, despite the law requiring the department to represent the… Continue reading

Plaintiffs in Texas Voter ID Case Want En Banc 5th Circuit to Stop Use of ID Law Pending Final Decision in Case

March 18, 2016, 10:36 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Press release: The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) today called on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate its stay of a lower court’s ruling so that Texas’s harmful voter ID law will not prevent voters from casting… Continue reading

“Primary Offers a Glimpse of Voter Problems”

March 18, 2016, 9:34 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

IndyWeek: On Tuesday, North Carolina saw its highest primary turnout in history, but that didn’t mean all N.C. voters had such an easy time exercising their right to vote. Democracy NC, a Durham-based voter rights organization, said that… Continue reading

“Greg Abbott claims voter fraud rampant in Texas: Pants on Fire!”

March 18, 2016, 7:36 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politifact Texas.

“Analysis: Scant Evidence for Abbott’s ‘Rampant’ Voter Fraud”

March 15, 2016, 7:37 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ross Ramsey for the Texas Tribune. Yup.

“Abbott Rejects Obama Criticism Of Texas Voter Turnout Efforts”

March 14, 2016, 7:47 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott repudiated President Barack Obama’s recent criticisms of the state’s voter laws on Monday, arguing that Texas must remain vigilant against voter fraud. “What I find is that leaders of the other party are… Continue reading

“The Hard Power of ‘Soft’ Voter-ID Laws”

March 14, 2016, 8:04 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

I have written this new piece for The Atlantic. it begins: A recent lawsuit accuses the state of Wisconsin of disenfranchising an eligible voter who had lost the use of her hands, because she could not sign a government document… Continue reading

“Voter ID law hinders some college students”

March 13, 2016, 6:09 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

News and Observer: Ruby McClellan, a UNC-Chapel Hill freshman, registered to vote in November. She has a New York license, so she cast a provisional ballot last Saturday. At the same time, other students with out-of-state licenses were able… Continue reading