Category Archives: The Voting Wars
Justin Levitt Comments on the Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission
Take Care blog:
Evidence suggests that the Commission’s conclusions are also already preordained. Kris Kobach, co-chair of the new Commission, met with President-Elect Donald Trump in November 2016, in an apparent interview to become Secretary of the Department of Homeland… Continue reading
Charles Stewart on New Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission: This Will Distract From Real Work of Election Reform
Charles is one of the smartest and fairest people working in the field of election administration from the academic side. From his post today:
4. The lost opportunity. Most people who work in the field of election administration, academics and… Continue reading
Doug Chapin Has Questions About New Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission
Among Doug’s questions:
What impact does this have on members of the commission?
Several members of the new commission are involved in complicated issues elsewhere. Kansas’ Kobach continues to be the target of numerous lawsuits regarding his state’s voter registration… Continue reading
Bauer on Trump Voter Fraud Commission: “election administration experts should keep their distance”
Bob Bauer, former co-chair of the last (bipartisan) Presidential Commission on Election Administration:
This means that the only hope for the Commission to attain respectability is to build a record of consultation with the respectable. And given how the Commission… Continue reading
Why Didn’t Trump Announce All 15 (or 12?) Members of His “Voter Fraud” Commission? And Why Announce Now?
The Executive order establishing the “voter fraud” commission provides for the VP to chair and up to 15 additional members. Yet the NYT report says it will have “about a dozen” members, and so far we only know the names… Continue reading
Nate Persily, Research Director of Last Bipartisan Voting Commission, Blasts Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission
TPM:
Even election administration experts who had served on presidential election commissions in the past were dubious of Trump’s panel’s true aims.
“It so beyond the pale. What can you say at this point?” said Nate Persily, who served as… Continue reading
My Q and A with VICE on Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission
ACLU Makes FOIA Request Connected to Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission
Release:
The American Civil Liberties Union took legal action today related to President Trump’s new executive order establishing a “Presidential Commission on Election Integrity.” The ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act “FOIA” request seeking information that the Trump administration… Continue reading
Breaking: Trump to Launch a Voting “Commission” with No Credibility, with Pence, Kobach, and the EAC’s McCormick
ABC News:
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order today establishing a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression in the American election system, multiple senior administration officials tell ABC News.
The officials say Vice… Continue reading
“Did a Voter ID Law Really Cost Clinton a Victory in Wisconsin?”
Slate reports (and links to my earlier blog post).
“In Wisconsin, ID law proved insurmountable for many voters”
AP:
When Sean Reynolds went to his polling place at a local ice skating rink on Election Day, he showed his valid driver’s license. The problem? It wasn’t issued in Wisconsin.
Reynolds, 30, was taken aback. He had moved to… Continue reading
Some Words of Caution About New Study Finding Voter ID Cost Clinton WI and the Election
Today Ari Berman has an article in The Nation called Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law Suppressed 200,000 Votes in 2016 (Trump Won by 22,748).
The story relies on a new study from Democrat-aligned Priorities USA finding a great decline in turnout,… Continue reading
“Voting Rights Groups Sue California for Voter Suppression”
Press release:
Voting rights groups filed a federal lawsuit today against California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for its failure to offer federally mandated voter registration opportunities to millions of Californians.
The lawsuit—filed on behalf of the League of Women… Continue reading