“Is America a democracy? If so, why does it deny millions the vote?”
Extensive piece in The Guardian (which in a coup just hired Sam Levine from HuffPost).
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
Democrats File Lawsuits in North Carolina, Texas, and Michigan Fighting Restrictive Voting Rules
“Did racially motivated voter suppression thwart Stacey Abrams?”
WaPo Fact Checker:
“Racially motivated patterns of voter suppression are responsible for Stacey Abrams not being governor of Georgia right now.”— South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D), in remarks in Bow, N.H., Oct. 25, 2019It has become an article… Continue reading
“Republicans escalate their strategy of voter suppression”
Today’s Must-Read from Michael Wines: “The Student Vote Is Surging. So Are Efforts to Suppress It.”
Michael Wines for the NYT:
The story at Austin Community College is but one example of a political drama playing out nationwide: After decades of treating elections as an afterthought, college students have begun voting in force.Their turnout in the… Continue reading
Breaking: Just Days After Rejecting Tennessee’s Motion to Dismiss, Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Against State’s Strict Rules for Conducting Voter Registration Drives
This is a big deal, and no surprise given the earlier ruling (except that it came very quickly after the rejection of the motion to dismiss).
The real question is whether the Sixth Circuit, which is becoming increasingly conservative,… Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“Restricting voter registration drives in order to try to preserve election commission resources is like poisoning the soil in order to have an easier harvest.”
—Federal district court judge Aleta Trauger, in order denying Tennessee’s motion to dismiss lawsuit over… Continue reading
“The Voting Wars Come to Campus; Students face a growing maze of voting restrictions. Can they find their way through in time for 2020?”
Daniel Block for Washington Monthly.
“Democrats, citing GOP-imposed voting restrictions, aim to flip secretary of state offices in five states”
WaPo:
The Democratic Association of Secretaries of State is launching an initiative to try to wrest control of those offices from Republicans, who the group claims have used their power to make it harder for certain demographics to vote.Buoyed… Continue reading
“Georgia voters challenge legality of new election system”
AP:
Georgia voters who want hand-marked paper ballots are challenging the new election system state officials are rushing to implement in time for next year’s presidential primaries, saying the new touchscreen machines remain vulnerable and their results unverifiable, even though… Continue reading
Texas: “Gov. Greg Abbott names new secretary of state months after botched voter roll review”
Texas Tribune:
After losing his last chief election officer over a botched review of the state’s voter rolls, Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday appointed a new secretary of state: Ruth Ruggero Hughs.Ruggero Hughs is moving from the Texas Workforce… Continue reading
“Civil Rights Groups Sue Tennessee Over New Law That Puts Voter Registration Drives At Risk”
HuffPost:
Civil rights groups sued Tennessee on Thursday over a controversial new law that will subject voter registration groups to potential fines and criminal penalties, saying the measure is unconstitutional, vague and will intimidate people from helping others sign up… Continue reading
“Donald Trump touts voter ID laws as an issue in the 2020 election. Here’s why.”
USA Today reports.
Georgia Secretary of State’s Spokesperson Calls Judge Totenberg’s Conclusions About the Unconstitutionality of Georgia’s Voting Systems “Silly and Unfounded”
AP:
Totenberg cited a “mountain of voter testimony showing that these vulnerabilities have a tangible impact” on voters’ attempts to cast a ballot and have their vote counted.The plaintiffs provided statements from 137 Georgia voters, two county poll workers… Continue reading