Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“North Carolina elections officials will give U.S. attorney vastly fewer records than he sought in voter probe”

February 14, 2019, 5:47 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: Six months after a grand jury demanded millions of North Carolina voting records, state officials have announced they will release fewer than 800 voter files — a potentially significant setback for a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney who has targeted… Continue reading

“ACLU sues to block NH voter fraud law deriding it as a ‘poll tax'”

February 14, 2019, 9:08 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Union Leader: The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the state on behalf of two college students who claim a new law that requires a New Hampshire driver’s license to vote violates their constitutional rights and represents a 21st-century… Continue reading

“Texas secretary of state apologizes for how he rolled out voter citizenship review. But he still supports the effort.”

February 14, 2019, 9:03 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Facing an uncertain path to confirmation after ordering a deeply flawed voter citizenship review that seemingly focused on naturalized citizens, Texas Secretary of State David Whitley is now apologizing to state lawmakers for the way his office… Continue reading

Josh Douglas Takes on Mitch McConnell Again over Whether Democrats’ H.R. 1 Reform Bill is Good or Bad for American Democracy

February 13, 2019, 7:03 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Tweet thread starts here: .@senatemajldr has doubled down on his falsehoods and inaccuracies about H.R. 1, the "For the People Act" (which he derisively calls the Democrat Politician Protection Act), this time in response to a @heraldleader Op-Ed. Senator,… Continue reading

“The Myths of Voter ID”

February 12, 2019, 8:55 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ross Douhat NYT column.

North Carolina Cites ELB Blog Post by Nick Stephanopoulos to Argue Court Intervention in Partisan Gerrymandering Cases is Unnecessary

February 8, 2019, 1:13 pmredistricting, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

From the opening brief:

“Texas’ election chief defends sharing flawed noncitizen list”

February 7, 2019, 8:14 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: Texas’ election chief on Thursday defended giving prosecutors a list of 95,000 potential noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls before vetting the information, which turned out to wrongly include scores of people who were naturalized before casting legal… Continue reading

“Inaccurate claims of noncitizen voting in Texas reflect a growing trend in Republican states”

February 6, 2019, 9:22 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Amy Gardner reports for WaPo.

“What Is Voter Suppression?”

February 6, 2019, 9:00 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Laura Brill blogs.

“With Kris Kobach Out Of Office, His Voting Policies Could Wither In Kansas”

February 6, 2019, 7:27 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

KCUR: Former Republican Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach rewrote the rules for voting in Kansas. Laws he pushed for required voters to show citizenship papers to register and ID at the polls. He secured prosecutorial powers for his… Continue reading

Stacey Abrams: “We must reject the cynicism that says allowing every eligible vote to be cast and counted is a ‘power grab.'”

February 5, 2019, 9:15 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Very clear Democrats will make voter suppression arguments a key theme of 2020. From Stacey Abrams response to the SOTU: Let’s be clear. Voter suppression is real. From making it harder to register and stay on the rolls to moving… Continue reading

“Where the hunt for voter fraud is worse than the crime itself”

February 5, 2019, 9:09 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Karen Tumulty WaPo column.

Elections Matter Dep’t: Michigan Withdraws Support for Kansas in Documentary Proof of Citizenship Case

February 5, 2019, 6:46 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Michigan withdrew its support of amicus brief in Fish v. Schwab (formerly, Fish v. Kobach) supporting Kansas’s position that the risk of noncitizen voting justifies a documentary proof of citizenship requirement for voter registration. The withdrawal cites the change in… Continue reading

Federal District Court Will Hear Motion for Preliminary Injunction on Feb. 19 from CLC and LULAC in Texas Voter Purge Case

February 4, 2019, 3:00 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Motion here. See also this declaration of Bruce J. Elfant, the elections administrator of Travis County. Elfant says that Travis County is in the midst of a review of voter registration records on Friday and determined that approximately 29%… Continue reading