“Three lessons from North Carolina’s tainted election — and what comes next”
Michael Bitzer for The Monkey Cage.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Republican Cries Against Voter Fraud Go Mostly Quiet After Scheme Tied to Party”
Breaking: North Carolina State Court Rules State Voter ID Constitutional Amendment is Void Because Enacted by a Racially Gerrymandered Legislature; Not Clear if Ruling Will Stand
Release:
The Wake County Superior Court today ruled that the illegally gerrymandered North Carolina General Assembly did not have legal authority to place constitutional amendments on the ballot because it did not act with the full will of the… Continue reading
“All 12 Senate Democrats oppose Texas Secretary of State David Whitley. That’s more than enough to block his nomination.”
“Meet The Lone US Attorney Leading Trump’s Non-Citizen Voting Crusade”
TPM’s Allegra Kirkland profiles Robert Higdon, the US Attorney in the middle of North Carolina’s voting wars.
“Federal judge wants to hear from employee who quit after working on Texas’ noncitizen voters list”
Dallas Morning News reports.
“A federal election will be rerun because of fraud. Republicans aren’t talking about it much.”
Philip Bump for WaPo.
“The Cybersecurity 202: Election security is going to be the hot new Democratic campaign issue in 2020”
WaPo:
Election security is already emerging as a key talking point on the campaign trail as Democrats offer up policies to secure votes from potential tampering and tout their own cybersecurity records — a sign they think this could… Continue reading
“Stacey Abrams: ‘Incompetence’ led to voting rights suppression effort”
11th Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Explains Why It Rejected Stay of District Court Order Requiring Florida Voters Have a Chance to Cure Rejected Absentee Ballots with Mismatched Signatures
You can find the 83 pages of opinions at this link.
“‘Point person’ for Texas secretary of state in controversial voter fraud inquiry quits”
Dallas Morning News:
Betsy Schonhoff, whom newly disclosed emails depict as the secretary of state’s office’s honcho of a nearly yearlong effort to match voter lists with databases at the Department of Public Safety, quit recently with no explanation,… Continue reading
“North Carolina elections officials will give U.S. attorney vastly fewer records than he sought in voter probe”
WaPo:
Six months after a grand jury demanded millions of North Carolina voting records, state officials have announced they will release fewer than 800 voter files — a potentially significant setback for a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney who has targeted… Continue reading
“ACLU sues to block NH voter fraud law deriding it as a ‘poll tax'”
Union Leader:
The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the state on behalf of two college students who claim a new law that requires a New Hampshire driver’s license to vote violates their constitutional rights and represents a 21st-century… Continue reading
“Texas secretary of state apologizes for how he rolled out voter citizenship review. But he still supports the effort.”
Texas Tribune:
Facing an uncertain path to confirmation after ordering a deeply flawed voter citizenship review that seemingly focused on naturalized citizens, Texas Secretary of State David Whitley is now apologizing to state lawmakers for the way his office… Continue reading