Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Georgia Secretary of State’s Spokesperson Calls Judge Totenberg’s Conclusions About the Unconstitutionality of Georgia’s Voting Systems “Silly and Unfounded”

August 17, 2019, 6:40 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

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

“Stacey Abrams Will Not Run for President in 2020, Focusing Instead on Fighting Voter Suppression”

August 13, 2019, 2:16 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT reports.

EAC Commissioner Christy McCormick Gives Presentation Arguing Against Automatic Voter Registration, Suggesting It Violates the 1st Amendment and Raises “Security Concerns” About People Registering to Vote

August 13, 2019, 10:38 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

I understand that this presentation (backup version here) at NCSL raised some eyebrows. In my view, there is no good First Amendment argument against automatic voter registration, because any voter can choose not to register if they desire. This… Continue reading

“Stacey Abrams’s Fight for a Fair Vote”

August 12, 2019, 6:37 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jelani Cobb in the New Yorker.

8th Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Holds District Court Erred in Granting Preliminary Injunction Barring Parts of North Dakota Voter ID Law That Affected Native American Voters; Leaves Open Room for As-Applied Challenge on Remand

July 31, 2019, 11:28 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Here is the appellate opinion in Brakebill v. Jaeger.

“2020 election: Dems man up for recount; GOP looks to boost voter ranks”

July 20, 2019, 11:25 amcampaigns, recounts, The Voting Wars, voter registrationJustin Levitt

Florida gonna Florida.

Parking as pretext?

July 20, 2019, 11:22 amelection administration, The Voting WarsJustin Levitt

ThinkProgress on the challenged Florida law requiring sufficient parking for early voting sites, and its impact on college voters.

“New Normal: Bloodlust on the Left in Census and Election Fights”

July 20, 2019, 11:20 amcensus litigation, chicanery, The Voting WarsJustin Levitt

Wherein J. Christian Adams rails against “personal destruction” and “demonization,” and compares Kris Kobach (or, possibly, himself) to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

“House votes to hold Barr and Ross in criminal contempt of Congress”

July 17, 2019, 5:24 pmcensus litigation, chicanery, The Voting WarsJustin Levitt

AP, NYT, WaPo, WSJ, CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, CNN. The vote, 230-198 (4 Democrats voting with Republicans uniformly against, and Rep. Amash voting with the rest of the Democrats) was for… Continue reading

Microsoft and election security

July 17, 2019, 5:18 pmchicanery, The Voting Wars, voting technologyJustin Levitt

NBC reports on two Microsoft announcements, summarized in this blog post. The headline is that Microsoft is giving away free, open source ElectionGuard software to election machine suppliers. According to the site, it apparently “enables” voting using a touchscreen… Continue reading

Trial begins in party ballot position case

July 16, 2019, 10:49 amballot access, election administration, election law and constitutional law, The Voting WarsJustin Levitt

Trial has started up in Florida over the law automatically placing candidates of the governor’s party in the first position of the ballot. I’ve been watching this case pretty closely; it’s a really interesting test of the prevailing constitutional doctrine… Continue reading

Citizenship and the Census: representation is not the same as voting

July 13, 2019, 12:09 pmcensus litigation, redistricting, The Voting WarsJustin Levitt

As Michael Li explains, on All Things Considered.

“Dems clash with Republicans over election security”

July 10, 2019, 5:14 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: House Democrats and Senate Republicans may have attended similar classified briefings on election security Wednesday, but they left with opposite conclusions.House Democrats expressed deep concerns about the White House’s ability to protect voting systems in 2020, drawing fresh… Continue reading