“Why This Woman Who Cast An Illegal Vote For Donald Trump Is Getting A Pass For Voter Fraud”
Sam Levine for HuffPost.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Recent rulings that Texas’ voting laws discriminate put pressure on the state, but the road ahead is long”
“The Complicated Partisan Effects of State Election Laws”
Burden, Canon, Mayer, and Moynihan in Political Research Quarterly:
Conventional political wisdom holds that policies that make voting easier will increase turnout and ultimately benefit Democratic candidates. We challenge this assumption, questioning the ability of party strategists to predict which… Continue reading
“NC Republicans override gov’s veto in latest partisan clash”
AP:
Republican lawmakers have voted to override new Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill that reduces his authority over state elections, the latest partisan clash in North Carolina over laws that chip away at executive branch power.
The… Continue reading
“Wisconsin DOJ: James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas tape did not show election law violations”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Covert videos of Democratic activists released in the run-up to last year’s presidential election showed no violations of Wisconsin laws, a review by the attorney general’s office found.
The blunt conclusion is at odds with how Republican… Continue reading
“Montgomery election board to review registration practices”
WaPo:
Montgomery election officials said Monday they will review registration procedures in response to allegations from a conservative watchdog group that the county’s rolls are packed with ineligible voters.
Judicial Watch said in a letter earlier this month there was… Continue reading
“Now we finally know how bad voter fraud is in North Carolina”
Charlotte Observer editorial:
At last, we know how badly photo voter ID is needed in North Carolina.
For years, Republicans in North Carolina have alleged that in-person fraudulent voting is widespread while Democrats have said it is non-existent. But no… Continue reading
Supreme Court Does Nothing Today in North Carolina Voting Case
No word on the cert petition, the motion to dismiss the cert petition by NC’s governor and AG, and the motion to intervene from the NC legislature.
It will probably be relisted for a third time for the next conference,… Continue reading
Quote of the Day: Donald Trump Voter Fraud Edition
“OK and if anything happens you have my power of attorney and you be sure to vote for Donald Trump for me’.”
—-Woman’s instructions to her daughter in North Carolina to vote her absentee ballot for Trump if she… Continue reading
“There’s also a partisan split in *when* people vote.”
WaPo:
Those two examples aside, it’s worth considering Wasserman’s assessment more broadly. Are Georgia and Florida simply outliers? Is it the case more broadly that early voting tends to favor the Democrat in a race more heavily?
Looking at last… Continue reading
“NC residents and Common Cause accuse lawmakers of holding illegal session”
News and Observer:
A nonpartisan citizens’ lobbying group and 10 North Carolina residents filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing the lieutenant governor and legislative leaders of violating the state Constitution in December when they hastily called a special session to consider… Continue reading
“Nevada Secretary Of State Says 21 Noncitizens Could Have Voted For President In Her State”
HuffPo:
Nevada’s Secretary of State says her office believes 21 noncitizens could have voted in the state in the 2016 election.
Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske (R) released the information Wednesday after she accused the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles… Continue reading
“Kobach seeks stay of judge’s order to hand over documents from Trump meeting”
KC Star:
The organization argues that if Kobach lobbied Trump on changes to the act, it would amount to an admission that current federal law precludes him from enforcing the policy. Kobach has argued for several years that the policy… Continue reading
NC: “Report shows Same-Day Registration enabled voter access across the board”
Release:
On April 21, the U.S. Supreme Court is slated to consider whether or not is will hear an appeal to a lower court’s ruling that found North Carolina’s 2013 voter suppression law “targeted African-American voters with almost surgical precision.”… Continue reading