Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Obama-linked group asks for temporary injunction against Trump voter commission”
McClatchy:
A group of former Obama Administration lawyers on Wednesday moved for a temporary injunction against President Donald Trump’s voting fraud commission, saying the committee caused an “immediate blow to the proper functioning of our democracy” when it requested voter… Continue reading
Timing is Everything Dep’t: 5th Circuit Denies Request for Initial En Banc Consideration of Texas Voter ID Case
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has denied a request by opponents of Texas’s strict voter id law to have the state’s appeal of the ruling holding the law illegal and enacted with racially discriminatory purpose… Continue reading
“Senate Democrats worry Russia could jeopardize reelection bids”
Politico:
Democratic senators such as Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Jon Tester of Montana — who hail from states President Donald Trump won in 2016 — know they’re already facing stiff reelection challenges.
Now they’re… Continue reading
“Hack-Vulnerable Voting Machines a ‘National Security Threat,’ Experts Warn”
Celeste Katz:
It happened in Las Vegas, but the weaknesses in U.S. voting equipment uncovered during a summer hackathon are too important to stay there, experts say. They’re a matter of national security.
A new report breaks down the lessons… Continue reading
From Your Mouth to God’s Ears Dept: Pence-Kobach Fraudulent Fraud Squad May Never Meet Again
HuffPost:
A member of President Donald Trump’s voter fraud probe expressed deep frustration Tuesday over the way the commission has been run so far and doubted that the panel would ever meet again.
Even though the Presidential Advisory Commission… Continue reading
“New Document Shows Inner Workings Of Trump’s Voter Fraud Probe”
HuffPost:
The commission’s work so far has been unclear; even some commissioners have said they’re not exactly sure what the panel is working on. Friday’s disclosure is significant because it shows officials on the probe have contacted officials with… Continue reading
Is Justice Gorsuch in Play in Ohio Voter Purge Case?
Sam Bagenstos, in a fine amicus brief for former DOJ officials, makes a very strong textualist argument (along with other arguments) that Ohio’s voter purge process violates the plain meaning of the NVRA and HAVA. (Sam makes other persuasive arguments… Continue reading
“The Few Democrats on Trump’s Voter Fraud Panel Push Back”
“Former Justice Department Lawyers Fire Back on Voting-Rights Reversal They Say Betrays Two Decades of Enforcement”
Dan Froomkin:
The Justice Department’s recent about-face on a voting rights case was such a betrayal of long-standing DOJ policy that a group of former political appointees and career lawyers filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court on Friday,… Continue reading
Careful New Study Finds at Least Thousands in Two Wisconsin Counties Didn’t Vote Because of Voter ID Requirements, Confusion Over Them
Careful new study led by Ken Mayer:
A survey of registered voters in Dane and Milwaukee Counties who did not vote in the 2016 presidential election found that 11.2% of eligible nonvoting registrants were deterred by the Wisconsin’s voter ID… Continue reading
3d Circuit Rejects ACRU’s Voter Purge Suit in Philadelphia, Saying Suit Threatens Goals of NVRA and Integrity of the Vote
Unanimous opinion:
The American Civil Rights Union (“ACRU”) challenges the Philadelphia City Commissioners’ failure to purge the city’s voter rolls of registered voters who are currently incarcerated due to a felony conviction. Because state law prohibits felons from voting… Continue reading
“The Russians are hacking. Luckily the Trump voter fraud commission isn’t in charge”
Michael McDonald has written this oped for USA Today, with the subhead: “The Kris Kobach group is clownish. But some seriously competent people are mobilizing to protect our elections.”