Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Updated: Sununu says he’s unaware of widespread voter fraud in NH”
WMUR: “Gov. Chris Sununu said Monday he is unaware of widespread voter fraud in the Granite State, but he said he wants to work with President Donald Trump’s administration to ‘learn of any evidence they may have.'”
“The next GOP assault on voting rights”
“State elections chiefs warn against eliminating agency that protects elections from hacking”
Think Progress:
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), who voted against the legislation, told ThinkProgress it’s likely that the full House will follow through with eliminating the agency, as protecting elections has become a partisan issue in Washington.
But elsewhere in the… Continue reading
“Stephen Miller’s bushels of Pinocchios for false voter-fraud claims”
Glenn Kessler Fact Checker column in WaPo:
Stephanopoulos is right. The White House continues to provide zero evidence to back up its claims of voter fraud. Officials instead retreat to the same bogus talking points that have been repeatedly shown… Continue reading
Watch Trump Administration’s Stephen Miller State Lie after Lie About Voter “Fraud,” and Reasons to Worry
Astonishing video full of lies and unsubstantiated (and unproven) statements.
(A bit from Politifact.)
More evidence the “Pence Commission” on voter fraud will be a sham (here‘s what a fair commission would look like).
And… Continue reading
“Illegal Voting Gets Texas Woman 8 Years in Prison, and Certain Deportation”
Michael Wines for the NYT:
Despite repeated statements by Republican political leaders that American elections are rife with illegal voting, credible reports of fraud have been hard to find and convictions rarer still.
That may help explain the unusually heavy… Continue reading
“Judges hear arguments over restricting NC governor’s powers”
AP:
North Carolina’s new Democratic governor and the entrenched Republican-led legislature battled in court on two fronts Friday over efforts to restrict the chief executive’s ability to alter the state’s recent conservative direction.
A panel of three state trial court… Continue reading
“Trump’s voter fraud claims are absurd, another analysis shows”
President Trump Falsely Claims “Thousands” of Illegal Voters Bussed in from Mass. to NH, Costing Him and Ayotte the State
Politico:
On Thursday, during a meeting with 10 senators that was billed as a listening session about Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, the president went off on a familiar tangent, suggesting again that he was a victim of widespread voter… Continue reading
78 House Democrats Send Letter to President Trump Asking Him to Investigate “Voter Suppression”
“Two Weeks After Donald Trump’s Promised Voter Fraud Probe — Crickets”
S.V. Date for HuffPo:
Justin Levitt, a Loyola Law School professor and voting rights expert, said the order’s disappearance is not terribly unexpected. “I wouldn’t be surprised if this falls by the wayside for a whole lot longer,” he said.… Continue reading
Remember When It Looked Like Iowa SOS Was Going to Propose Mild Voter ID Bill with Bipartisan Support?
“Republican state lawmakers push for restrictions on voting”
As predictable as is it disheartening and demoralizing:
As President Donald Trump hurls unfounded allegations of colossal fraud in last fall’s election, lawmakers in at least 20 mostly Republican-led states are pushing to make it harder to register or to… Continue reading