“Trump Advisor Roger Stone Promises Not to Harass Voters, as Parties Battle Over Poll Watchers”
Emily Cadei for Newsweek.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
Democrats Seek SCOTUS Relief on Trump Voter Intimidation Ruling in Ohio
I noted earlier that a Sixth Circuit panel, cutting some important corners, reversed a trial court order barring the Trump campaign and others from acts of voter intimidation and other activity in Ohio.
The Democrats have now filed this application… Continue reading
Ari Berman Talks to Brian Stelter About How Journalists Cover Voter Fraud
Breaking: Roger Stone and Stop the Steal Call Off the Hounds, and Dems May Win By Losing Again in Nevada
Much has been made of the Democrats’ losing a number of cases they have filed to try to get Trump, the RNC and Roger Stone to be barred from acts of voter intimidation.
But, as I wrote yesterday regarding the… Continue reading
Briefs Filed in 6th Circuit Emergency Appeal of TRO in OH Trump Voter Intimidation Case
Yesterday a federal court in Ohio out an order against the Trump campaign and others in Ohio, which is now the subject of a Sixth Circuit appeal. I see some issues of due process, vagueness and overbreadth in that order… Continue reading
“Donald Trump Says Early Voting Lines Are Evidence of ‘Rigged’ System”
ABC:
As Donald Trump swept his campaign across the country in a final sprint, he claimed that long lines in Clark County, Nevada, were evidence of electoral wrongdoing.
“It’s being reported that certain key Democratic polling locations in Clark County… Continue reading
“Supreme Court Attempts To Slow Flood Of Last-Minute Election Litigation”
Chris Geidner for BuzzFeed:
The Supreme Court attempted to slow an ever-expanding map of pre-election litigation on Saturday — sending a message to lower courts that the time had passed for rulings that would change the way election laws are… Continue reading
Chutzpah Dep’t: Dallas Woodhouse, the Guy That Lobbied NC Election Boards to Restrict Early Voting, Takes Credit for Efforts to Overcome EV Cutbacks
Breaking: Supreme Court Halts AZ “Ballot Harvesting,” With No Noted Dissents
Order with no noted dissents.
Yesterday I explained:
Aside from the merits of this decision (which I discussed in this post), there is a whole lot going on in this opinion about proper application of the Purcell principle… Continue reading
“The election might not end on Tuesday night — and that’s okay”
Ned Foley and Charles Stewart WaPo oped:
Moreover, it would be reasonable for a candidate behind by several thousand votes in a state critical to winning the electoral college to think it possible to make up the difference by… Continue reading
“How Much Will Voters Trust Election Results On Election Day?”
“The closer the race, the more likely a legal challenge”
“Republicans and the Myth of Election Fraud”
Huefner: “The Perils of Allowing Absentee Ballot Harvesting”
Steve Huefner:
Indeed, earlier this year the American Law Institute approved a set of principles (which can be found here) for conducting early and absentee voting, one of which is akin to Arizona’s anti-harvesting law. (I serve as the… Continue reading