New Poll Finds American Public About Evenly Divided on Whether Voter Fraud or Denying Eligible Voters the Ballots is a Bigger Problem; Deep Partisan Split
This YouGov poll confirms what we’ve seen elsewhere. Huge problem.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Trump, Biden build legal armies for electoral battlefield”
“A 2020 Question 100 Days Out: Will the Elections Be Free and Fair? President Trump baselessly rages about voter fraud, while Joe Biden warns of foreign interference.”
“As Concerns About Voting Build, The Supreme Court Refuses To Step In”
Emmet Witkovsky-Eldred and Nina Totenberg for NPR:
Voting rights advocates are batting 0-4 at the U.S. Supreme Court so far this year. A record number of election-related lawsuits are piling up in courts around the country as concerns mount… Continue reading
“Ranking Member Davis Sends Ten Oversight Election Letters To Problematic Localities”
Release:
Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today exercised the committee’s oversight role of federal elections by seeking to engage with localities where significant issues occurred during recent primaries and where voters are likely to face significant… Continue reading
In Worrisome Decision, 11th Circuit Panel on 2-1 Vote Rejects Challenge to Alabama Voter Identification Law Without Allowing a Trial
You can find the opinion in Greater Birmingham Industries v. Alabama at this link.
This opinion is very troubling because the majority held it was appropriate to grant summary judgment to the state of Alabama despite evidence that at… Continue reading
In Must-Read Piece on Dysfunction at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, Jessica Huseman Reveals that Excellent Republican Commissioner Matt Masterson Was Forced Out by Von Spakovsky and EAC Commissioner McCormick for Being “Insufficiently Partisan”
In my 2012 book, The Voting Wars, I chronicled how Congress created the United States Election Assistance commission in 2002 after the debacle of 2000’s Bush v. Gore, how the agency started out with great promise as one that… Continue reading
“As November Looms, So Does the Most Litigious Election Ever”
Michael Wines for the NYT:
Four months before Election Day, a barrage of court rulings and lawsuits has turned one of the most divisive elections in memory into one that is on track to be the most litigated ever.With voting… Continue reading
“Biden campaign readying hundreds of lawyers in expansive vote protection effort”
The “armies of lawyers” stories are coming earlier this election season.
Supreme Court, on 5-4 Vote, Blocks Federal District Courts Rules Easing Voting in Alabama Primary in Light of COVID-19
The Court’s order is here, breaking along ideological/party lines.
I expected this. See my earlier post, Alabama Goes to Supreme Court to Reverse Lower Court Orders Making Voting Easier During Pandemic (and I Expect Alabama Will Win)
These changes are… Continue reading
I’ll Be Talking Voting Rights with The Texas Observer at Virtual Event 7/7
Announcement and registration link:
Voting in Texas has never been easy. Join the Texas Observer for a discussion of the voting challenges in Texas ahead of the July runoffs.
About this Event
Voting in Texas has never been easy. But… Continue reading
“In Wisconsin, Every Ruling on Voting Counts; Two critical court decisions gave both parties hope in a state where election margins are often razor thin.
Breaking: 7th Circuit, after 3 Year Delay, Decides Challenge to Wisconsin Voter ID and Related Voting Provisions, in Short Unanimous Opinion, Upholding and Striking Down Some Parts of Law; This is Mostly a Loss for Voting Rights Plaintiffs
You can find the 27-page unanimous decision, with no explanation for the 3 year delay in this case, at this link.
This is mostly a loss for the plaintiffs in these cases, as the appeals court rejected many (though… Continue reading
Bizarre Washington Examiner Article Posits Republican Fear That Democrats Will “Wield Voting Rights Like a Cudgel” After Georgia Primary Election Meltdown
Washington Examiner:
Republican insiders in Georgia are warning after a balloting meltdown in Fulton County that Democrats could wield voting rights like a cudgel, galvanizing turnout this fall to defeat President Trump in the traditionally red state.Georgia Republicans blame… Continue reading