Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Specious claims dog Pennsylvania’s noncitizen voter search”

February 3, 2019, 7:25 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: Two Pennsylvania state lawmakers are making a disputed claim in a long-running, and possibly futile, effort by elections officials to determine how many non-U.S. citizens had registered to vote over the years.On Tuesday, the lawmakers, Republican state Reps.… Continue reading

“Voting Rights and Wrongs:” Watch Kathay Feng, Justin Levitt Michael Morley, Franita Tolson Discuss Voting and Gerrymandering Issues with Me at the Hammer Museum

February 3, 2019, 12:31 pmelection administration, redistricting, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can watch this great conversation here. Voting Rights and Wrongs: Hammer Museum, Jan. 31, 2019

“Civil rights group sues Texas over order to investigate potential noncitizen voters with flawed data”

February 2, 2019, 9:24 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Dallas Morning News: A civil rights group has sued the state of Texas for advising counties to review the citizenship of tens of thousands of eligible voters in the state with flawed data, claiming it violates the voting rights of… Continue reading

“To Fight Democrats’ First Bill, GOP Calls in Discredited Advocates of Voter Suppression”

February 1, 2019, 3:50 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ari Berman reports for Mother Jones.

“Republicans Rewrote Voting Laws for 8 Years. Now Democrats Say It’s Their Turn.”

February 1, 2019, 9:22 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Michael Wines for the NYT.

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”

February 1, 2019, 9:07 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Texas should have (and likely did) know better. Great reporting from Alexa Ura of the Texas Tribune.

“Mitch McConnell Calls Push to Make Election Day a Holiday a Democratic ‘Power Grab’”

January 31, 2019, 5:32 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“What’s Mitch McConnell so afraid of?”

January 31, 2019, 3:25 pmThe Voting Wars, UncategorizedRick Hasen

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”

January 31, 2019, 7:33 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

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

January 30, 2019, 7:39 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

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”

January 30, 2019, 7:30 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

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

January 29, 2019, 11:44 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

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.”

January 28, 2019, 7:08 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

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'”

January 25, 2019, 1:44 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

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

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