Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Without evidence, Trump and Sessions warn of voter fraud in Tuesday’s elections”

November 5, 2018, 5:39 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday issued strong warnings about the threat of voter fraud in Tuesday’s elections, echoing the president’s baseless claims that massive voter fraud marred his 2016 election and prompting accusations that his… Continue reading

“There Are No Actual Set Rules for Counting Disputed Ballots; Here are some good ones.”

November 5, 2018, 1:52 pmelection administration, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ned Foley and Steve Huefner at Slate: This year, in particular, the temptation may be especially strong to distort the vote-counting process to achieve a victory for one side or the other. Given the refrain that the current elections are… Continue reading

“Concerns about voter access dominate final stretch before Election Day”

November 5, 2018, 7:36 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“Brian Kemp under scrutiny after announcing probe of Democrats”

November 5, 2018, 7:17 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

AJC: Secretary of State Brian Kemp has had two roles this year: Running Georgia’s elections and running for governor of the state. Democrats, including former President Jimmy Carter, have called on him to step aside, warning repeatedly of potential conflicts… Continue reading

“Hackers are using malware to find vulnerabilities in U.S. swing states. Expect cyberattacks.”

November 5, 2018, 7:05 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Monkey Cage.

“Brian Kemp Just Engaged in a Last-Minute Act of Banana-Republic Level Voter Manipulation in Georgia”

November 4, 2018, 12:50 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: In perhaps the most outrageous example of election administration partisanship in the modern era, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who is running for governor while simultaneously in charge of the… Continue reading

“In Midterms, the Right to Vote Is Still at Issue, Too”

November 3, 2018, 3:24 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: Nathaniel Persily, a Stanford University law professor and elections scholar, said what was going on reflected a shift from a belief in shared rules of democracy toward one that sees elections as struggles for power “in which you need… Continue reading

“Four Fights Over Voting Rights”

November 3, 2018, 3:21 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“Judges Are Telling Minority Voters They’re Probably Being Disenfranchised, but It’s Too Late to Do Anything About It”

November 2, 2018, 1:04 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. it begins: In separate rulings on Thursday, two federal courts had the same message for minority voters making credible claims of potential disenfranchisement: Your arguments may be good on the merits, but it’s… Continue reading

“North Dakota Voter ID Law Stands After Last-Ditch Lawsuit”

November 2, 2018, 8:21 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

NYT: The judge, Daniel L. Hovland of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, wrote in a brief, two-page order that it was simply too close to Election Day to do so. He noted that “federal… Continue reading

“Americans see voter suppression as a bigger problem than voter fraud”

November 1, 2018, 8:27 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Fix: On Monday, the Pew Research Center released a survey looking at how Americans see these dueling problems. To do so, though, it used an interesting strategy, asking respondents how big fraud or suppression would be depending on how… Continue reading

“When states make it easier to vote, more people vote. Kentucky makes voting extra hard.”

November 1, 2018, 7:59 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Josh Douglas oped.

“The Amazing Disappearing Voter; Voter purges have become the right’s new voter suppression tool of choice.”

October 31, 2018, 11:47 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Eliza Newlin Carney deep dive for TPM.

“How Democrats Can Reverse Years of Voter Suppression. It doesn’t require packing the Supreme Court.”

October 30, 2018, 7:25 amSupreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: Faced with the latest flurry of hardball Republican tactics on voting issues this election cycle, Democrats are grappling with the reality of an opposition that now seems determined to cement long-term … Continue reading

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