“Trump’s Voter Fraud Czar, And His Claims About Illegal Voting, Are About To Go On Trial”
Sam Levine for HuffPo.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Kansas voting rights trial has national implications”
“Maine secretary of state talks of ‘strange journey’ on Trump’s voter-fraud panel”
“White House Has Given No Orders to Counter Russian Meddling, N.S.A. Chief Says”
NYT:
Faced with unrelenting interference in its election systems, the United States has not forced Russia to pay enough of a price to persuade President Vladimir V. Putin to stop meddling, a senior American intelligence official said on Tuesday.
Adm.… Continue reading
“NAACP to Host Press Conference Denouncing Trump Federal Court Nominee Thomas Farr”
Strong opposition (livestream of Wednesday press conference).
“Russia fears have election vendors feeling the heat”
Eric Geller for Politico:
At the heart of this election security standoff is an acrimonious relationship between the researchers who analyze voting systems for digital flaws and the vendors trying to preserve their profits and reputations in a small, difficult… Continue reading
Red Alert for Election Administration: Matthew Masterson May Be Out at EAC
Reuters Exclusive:
The head of a federal agency who has helped U.S. states protect election systems from possible cyber attacks by Russia or others is being removed from his post by Republican House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and the… Continue reading
NAACP LDF Files Brief in Eleventh Circuit on Legality of Alabama Voter ID Law.
“The Myth of the Hacker-Proof Voting Machine”
Kim Zetter for NYT Magazine:
But for as long as experts have warned about security problems, voting machine makers and election officials have denied that the machines can be remotely hacked. The reason, they say, is that the systems are… Continue reading
“Attacking the ‘Woke’ Black Vote”
Charles Blow NYT column:
One thing that is clear to me following the special counsel’s indictment of 13 Russians and three companies for interfering with our election is that the black vote was specifically under attack, from sources foreign and… Continue reading
Did My Predictions at Slate About What President Trump Would Mean for Voting Rights Come True?
Last year the staff at Slate asked me to predict what would happen with voting rights in the Trump era, as part of a broader set of predictions about Trump’s effects on politics, law, and culture. Well they’ve now gone … Continue reading
“Fights over voting rights a prelude to November midterm election”
McClatchy with a voting wars curtain raiser. You are not going to want to miss some of the quotes in this article.
“Election Security in All 50 States”–New CAP Report and Big Monday Event
Center for American Progress:
By Danielle Root, Liz Kennedy, Michael Sozan, and Jerry Parshall
In 2016, America’s elections were targeted by a foreign nation-state intent on infiltrating and manipulating our electoral system. On September 22, 2017, it… Continue reading
“Lawsuit Filed Over Arkansas’ Revamped Voter ID Law”
VOA:
An Arkansas resident asked a judge Wednesday to strike down a new state law requiring voters show photo identification before casting a ballot, arguing the measure causes the same problems as a nearly identical state voter ID law struck… Continue reading