Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Trump campaign, Ohio GOP ask federal judge not to limit poll watchers”

November 2, 2016, 3:52 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Cleveland Plain Dealer: A lawyer for Donald Trump’s campaign wrote in a brief filed Wednesday that the Republican candidate’s statements encouraging supporters to watch the polls for Democratic voter fraud are protected speech and that preventing supporters from espousing those… Continue reading

“North Carolina voter challenge process seems ‘insane,’ judge says”

November 2, 2016, 3:31 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

CBS News: North Carolina’s process for challenging voters’ registration seems to harken to a bygone era when fewer safeguards were in place, a federal judge said Wednesday as she presided over a lawsuit that alleges voters are being purged… Continue reading

RNC Denies Coordinating with Trump Campaign on “Ballot Security,” Says RNC Members Who Are Coordinating Working in Their State Party Capacities

November 2, 2016, 2:40 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

See this Republican response and this declaration by John Phillippe Jr. Some excerpts from the response: Mr. Phillippe also personally interviewed Governor Mike Pence, and asked him about the statement he made regarding “ballot integrity” on August 3, 2016.… Continue reading

Breaking: Divided 9th Circuit Agrees to Hear AZ Ballot Harvesting Case En Banc, But J. Reinhardt Predicts Plaintiffs Will Lose

November 2, 2016, 2:04 pmabsentee ballots, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

On October 30 I wrote the following post: Arizona passed a law limiting who is allowed to collect a completed absentee ballot from voters (so called “ballot harvesting”). Democrats and others filed suit claiming that the law was unconstitutional… Continue reading

“What to fear most at the polling booth”

November 2, 2016, 1:40 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

KCRW To the Point: In many states, Republican claims of widespread “voter fraud” have led to photo ID laws and other restrictions that Democrats call “voter suppression.” Donald Trump, who’s gained political traction with the claim that next week’s election… Continue reading

“Wichita man can vote after proving parents’ citizenship”

November 2, 2016, 12:27 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Bryan Lowry: A Wichita man will be allowed to vote in Tuesday’s presidential election after two of the state’s highest officers confirmed his parents were born in Kansas. Dale Robert Weber, a Wichita resident, was born on a U.S. military… Continue reading

“UPDATE: Arizona’s “Defend The Donald… Exit Polling” Plan Set For Thursday Emergency Hearing”

November 2, 2016, 10:12 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The latest from AZ.

“The long history of black voter suppression in American politics”

November 2, 2016, 10:09 amchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Fix reports.

“Harris County early voters greeted with incomplete ID instructions”

November 2, 2016, 9:14 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Houston Chronicle: Under the watered-down provisions – implemented for the November election only – a voter may cast a ballot after signing a declaration explaining the “reasonable impediment” that prevented him from getting a photo ID, such as a lack… Continue reading

Judge in DNC v. RNC Supplements Discovery Order Aimed at the RNC

November 2, 2016, 8:52 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

On Monday I blogged about the extensive discovery order in the DNC v. RNC voter intimidation case. The judge has now issued a new order, requiring more discovery to encompass as well poll watching efforts and also efforts during… Continue reading

US Dept. of Justice Files Brief Supporting NAACP Legal Argument in NC Voter Purge Case

November 2, 2016, 7:47 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

You can find the 13-page document here. A snippet: Here, plaintiffs allege that election officials in three North Carolina counties have removed voters solely based on alleged changes of residence, premised on mail returned as undeliverable and submitted through voter… Continue reading

“West Palm Beach Trump Supporters Use Bullhorns, Scream at Clinton Supporters Outside Poll”

November 2, 2016, 7:42 amcampaigns, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Electionland: Supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump continue to gather in front of the West Palm Beach, Florida, supervisor of elections’ office and shout at Hillary Clinton supporters and voters through bullhorns as they use the early voting location,… Continue reading

“White nationalists plot Election Day show of force; KKK, neo-Nazis and militias plan to monitor urban polling places and suppress the black vote’

November 2, 2016, 7:31 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Hard to believe this is 2016. Let’s hope law enforcement is ready. And there’s this: It is difficult to know at what scale these plans will materialize because Anglin and his fringe-right ilk are serial exaggerators, according to Potok.… Continue reading