Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Brian Kemp under scrutiny after announcing probe of Democrats”
AJC:
Secretary of State Brian Kemp has had two roles this year: Running Georgia’s elections and running for governor of the state.
Democrats, including former President Jimmy Carter, have called on him to step aside, warning repeatedly of potential conflicts… Continue reading
“Hackers are using malware to find vulnerabilities in U.S. swing states. Expect cyberattacks.”
“Brian Kemp Just Engaged in a Last-Minute Act of Banana-Republic Level Voter Manipulation in Georgia”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
In perhaps the most outrageous example of election administration partisanship in the modern era, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who is running for governor while simultaneously in charge of the… Continue reading
“In Midterms, the Right to Vote Is Still at Issue, Too”
NYT:
Nathaniel Persily, a Stanford University law professor and elections scholar, said what was going on reflected a shift from a belief in shared rules of democracy toward one that sees elections as struggles for power “in which you need… Continue reading
“Four Fights Over Voting Rights”
“Judges Are Telling Minority Voters They’re Probably Being Disenfranchised, but It’s Too Late to Do Anything About It”
I have written this piece for Slate. it begins:
In separate rulings on Thursday, two federal courts had the same message for minority voters making credible claims of potential disenfranchisement: Your arguments may be good on the merits, but it’s… Continue reading
“North Dakota Voter ID Law Stands After Last-Ditch Lawsuit”
NYT:
The judge, Daniel L. Hovland of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, wrote in a brief, two-page order that it was simply too close to Election Day to do so. He noted that “federal… Continue reading
“Americans see voter suppression as a bigger problem than voter fraud”
The Fix:
On Monday, the Pew Research Center released a survey looking at how Americans see these dueling problems. To do so, though, it used an interesting strategy, asking respondents how big fraud or suppression would be depending on how… Continue reading
“When states make it easier to vote, more people vote. Kentucky makes voting extra hard.”
“The Amazing Disappearing Voter; Voter purges have become the right’s new voter suppression tool of choice.”
Eliza Newlin Carney deep dive for TPM.
“How Democrats Can Reverse Years of Voter Suppression. It doesn’t require packing the Supreme Court.”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Faced with the latest flurry of hardball Republican tactics on voting issues this election cycle, Democrats are grappling with the reality of an opposition that now seems determined to cement long-term … Continue reading
“Ahead Of The 2018 Election, Texas AG Ramps Up Voter Fraud Prosecutions”
NPR:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been charging a record number of people with committing voter fraud, an effort his critics decry as an intimidation campaign designed to discourage minority voters from casting ballots.
In 2018 alone, Paxton’s… Continue reading
I Talked with Dahlia Lithwick for Slate’s Amicus Podcast About the State of Voting Rights in the US
Listen:
Dahlia Lithwick talks with Slate’s own Mark Joseph Stern about what to look out for this term, and with Rick Hasen, professor of law and political science at the University of California, Irvine, about how free and fair… Continue reading