Today’s Must-Read from Alexa Ura: “‘Someone did not do their due diligence.’ How an attempt to review Texas’ voter rolls turned into a debacle”
Texas should have (and likely did) know better. Great reporting from Alexa Ura of the Texas Tribune.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Mitch McConnell Calls Push to Make Election Day a Holiday a Democratic ‘Power Grab’”
“What’s Mitch McConnell so afraid of?”
Josh Douglas for CNN Opinion:
As a professor of election law and voting rights at the University of Kentucky College of Law — your state’s flagship institution and your alma mater — I invite you to come sit in on… Continue reading
“Stacey Abrams to Take to Georgia Airwaves During Super Bowl”
AP reports.
Stacey Abrams is taking her voting rights campaign to the airwaves in her home state during the Super Bowl.
LULAC Sues Texas Under Voting Rights Act for Directive About SOS Letter on Supposed Non-Citizen “Voter Fraud;” More Lawsuits May Be Coming
You can find the complaint here. Here is an earlier Texas Tribune story, suggesting there may be more lawsuits coming.
“Judiciary Hearing on Democrats’ Election Bill Turns Into Partisan Brawl”
NYT reports.
It says something about the Republicans’ views of election administration reform and improvement that they put up von Spakovsky and Adams as witnesses rather than credible Republican voices who have been working hard for sensible election reform. These… Continue reading
Must-Watch: Sherrilyn Ifill Lays Into Von Spakovsky and Christian Adams on Voter Fraud and the Fraudulent Fraud Squad
Watch this:
WATCH: @Sifill_LDF calls out misleading testimony and how "shading the reality of what it takes for lawyers and communities to challenge discriminatory voting practices…is the reason that we need #HR1." #ForThePeople #WomenLead pic.twitter.com/Vr4vLAsNjX— Legal Defense Fund… Continue reading
“You might be seeing headlines or tweets tonight that claim Texas says 58,000 non-citizens have voted in Texas. That is not true.”
So begins this tweet thread from the indispensable Texas Tribune, based upon this article.
1/ You might be seeing headlines or tweets tonight that claim Texas says 58,000 non-citizens have voted in Texas. That is not true. That is… Continue reading
“Iowa voter ID law: Judge strikes rule on absentee ballots as ‘irrational, illogical and wholly unjustifiable'”
Des Moines Register:
An Iowa judge struck down part of a 2017 voter ID law dealing with absentee ballots — a decision opponents of the law say will make it easier for voters to get ballots and Secretary of… Continue reading
“New NC elections board won’t start for a week. But it’s already deep in controversy.”
Charlotte Observer:
North Carolina’s new bipartisan elections board won’t be named for a week, but it’s already sparked more partisan sniping in the midst of what could be the state’s biggest election scandal in years.The attacks began after former… Continue reading
North Carolina: “Judge denies Mark Harris request to certify his win despite election fraud investigation”
News & Observer:
The state’s investigation into alleged election fraud by the Mark Harris campaign will continue, a judge ruled Tuesday morning.
Harris is the Republican candidate who appeared to narrowly win an election for North Carolina’s 9th District seat… Continue reading
“Arizona Legislators Launch Dueling Proposals on Voting Rights and Elections”
Phoenix New Times:
A battle is underway for the future of voting rights in Arizona, featuring liberal lawmakers who want to expand voting opportunities fighting with conservatives who seek to add new restrictions.
Democratic legislators unveiled a House resolution on… Continue reading
Mitch McConnell Calls H.R. 1, the Democrats’ Mammoth Election Reform Bill, a “Partisan Power Grab”
New WaPo oped.
Here were my more positive thoughts about the bill.
“Congress ignored its election duties for years. That ends now”
Matt Weil in Roll Call:
House Democrats have waited eight years to regain the speakership, and now that they hold the gavel, they will clearly seek to move on pent-up priorities. For their first act out of the gate, they… Continue reading