Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Cash-strapped states brace for Russian hacking fight”

September 5, 2017, 7:09 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: The U.S. needs hundreds of millions of dollars to protect future elections from hackers — but neither the states nor Congress is rushing to fill the gap. Instead, a nation still squabbling over the role Russian cyberattacks played in… Continue reading

“Election-law lawsuit by NH Democratic party to become federal case”

September 2, 2017, 7:26 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

New Hampshire Union Leader: The legal maneuvering sets the stage for a showdown over the controversial election law, SB3, passed by the Republican majority in the state Legislature in the spring, and signed into law by Gov. Chris Sununu. Opponents… Continue reading

Today’s Must-Read in NYT: “Russian Election Hacking Efforts, Wider Than Previously Known, Draw Little Scrutiny”

September 1, 2017, 11:51 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: After a presidential campaign scarred by Russian meddling, local, state and federal agencies have conducted little of the type of digital forensic investigation required to assess the impact, if any, on voting in at least 21 states whose election… Continue reading

Trump DOJ Argues Texas Should Be Allowed to Enforce Voter ID Law Court Struck Down Pending Appeal, Despite Intentional Discrimination Finding

September 1, 2017, 6:57 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

New filing in the 5th Circuit does not even recognize that the trial court found Texas engaged in intentional racial discrimination in passing its voter id law and substitute, and that this finding allows for a broader remedy under the… Continue reading

“Why Is This Dem Fixture Giving Cover To Trump’s Bogus Voter Fraud Panel?”

August 31, 2017, 6:56 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

TPM: Gardner, the nation’s longest-serving secretary of state, is by far the most prominent Democrat on the commission. On Sept. 12 he will host its second meeting, in New Hampshire. Those moves have frustrated Democrats and even some Republicans back… Continue reading

Federal Court Which Struck Down Texas Voter ID Law Allows Its Use in Sept. 9 Local Elections

August 31, 2017, 6:51 amThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

This order makes sense given the Purcell Principle. Still pending are requests in the district court and 5th Circuit to allow Texas to continue to enforce its voter id law pending appeal (which could well take a year or… Continue reading

“Trump voting panel apologizes after judge calls failure to disclose information ‘incredible’”

August 30, 2017, 8:22 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: Kollar-Kotelly said the panel’s after-the-fact argument was “incredible” when it said it did not believe documents prepared by individual commissioners for the July meeting had to have been posted in advance. “You didn’t completely live up to the government’s… Continue reading

“After Disclosure Failure, DC Judge Wants List of Trump Voter Commission Docs”

August 30, 2017, 2:13 pmDepartment of Justice, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The NLJ: A federal judge is stepping in to ensure that President Donald Trump’s voter integrity commission is in compliance with public disclosure laws. Justice Department lawyer Elizabeth Shapiro apologized to U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the District of… Continue reading

“Kansas’ ballot box has too many locks”

August 30, 2017, 8:29 amelection administration, provisional ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Wichita Eagle editorial: Kansas handed out 40,872 provisional ballots and discarded a third of them. Some reasons for throwing them out: The voter moved to another county but didn’t update registration; trying to vote in the wrong jurisdiction; and not… Continue reading

“Cyber experts were blocked in their push to patch voting systems in 2016”

August 29, 2017, 10:33 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Troubling McClatchy report: They knew Russian operatives might try to tamper with the nation’s electronic voting systems. Many people inside the U.S. government and the Obama White House knew. In the summer of 2016, a cluster of volunteers on a… Continue reading

“State seeks to keep voter ID law in place for handful of elections”

August 29, 2017, 7:05 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Express News: Less than a week after a judge tossed Texas’ voter identification law, the state is asking permission to keep the requirements in place for a handful of upcoming elections in which early voting had already been underway. Looks… Continue reading

“Gardner invites chief panel critic to voter commission meeting in NH”

August 28, 2017, 7:58 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Union Leader: Secretary of State Bill Gardner has invited Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer of New York to address President Trump’s Advisory Commission on Election Integrity when it meets in New Hampshire next month. The invitation comes days after… Continue reading

“The Determinants of State Legislator Support for Restrictive Voter ID Laws”

August 28, 2017, 12:29 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

William Hicks, Seth McKee, and Dan Smith have written this article for State Politics & Policy Quarterly. Here is the abstract: We examine state legislator behavior on restrictive voter identification (ID) bills from 2005 to 2013. Partisan polarization of state… Continue reading