Category Archives: The Voting Wars
Huge North Carolina Voting Case, and Motion to Withdraw Cert. Petition, Taken Off #SCOTUS Conference Docket Again
Super interesting. Second time it is being rescheduled. I explained what was supposed to happen tomorrow here. The governor and AG of North Carolina want to withdraw the petition and the Legislature does not.
Something is going on behind… Continue reading
“Senate Committee approves Texas voter ID overhaul”
Texas Tribune:
Filed by Committee Chairwoman Joan Huffman, Senate Bill 5 would add options for Texas voters who say they cannot “reasonably” obtain one of seven forms of ID currently required at the polls. It would also create harsh… Continue reading
“Lacking Evidence of Voter Fraud, Legislatures Target Its Specter”
Michael Wines in the NYT:
Nationwide, Republican state legislators are again sponsoring a sheaf of bills tightening requirements to register and to vote. And while they have traditionally argued that such laws are needed to police rampant voter fraud… Continue reading
“Federal elections commissioner wants Trump to back up his allegations of voter fraud”
LAT:
A member of the Federal Election Commission has accused President Trump of threatening democracy with his unproven allegations of voter fraud and asked him to show evidence if he has any.
Ellen Weintraub, a Democratic commissioner at the agency,… Continue reading
“Nevada Governor Vetoes AVR, Voters To Decide”
“Former Colorado GOP chairman Steven Curtis charged with voter fraud”
The Denver Channel with a story that is just too rich:
The former chairman of the Colorado Republican Party is charged with forgery and voter fraud for allegedly forging his wife’s mail-in ballot from last year’s election, according to court… Continue reading
“A Texas Woman ‘Voted Like a U.S. Citizen.’ Only She Wasn’t.”
Michael Wines for the NYT.
“Texas Needs a Remedial Lesson on Voting Rights”
Breaking: NC Court Rejects Law Changing North Carolina Board of Elections to Help Republicans
A unanimous three-judge North Carolina state court, in a 43-page decision here, held that North Carolina’s attempt to change the nature of election boards in the state to help favor Republicans violates the state constitution. (The judges were not… Continue reading
“In Emails, Neil Gorsuch Praised a Leading Republican Activist Behind Voter Suppression Efforts”
Ari Berman:
Few people in the Republican Party have done more to limit voting rights than Hans von Spakovsky. He’s been instrumental in spreading the myth of widespread voter fraud and backing new restrictions to make it harder to… Continue reading
“McAuliffe vetoes bills he says could restrict voting rights”
News3:
Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Wednesday vetoed a bill that he said could disenfranchise qualified voters but Republican legislators said could reduce voter fraud.
HB 2343, sponsored by Del. Robert Bell, R-Charlottesville, would have required the state Department of… Continue reading
#SCOTUS Schedules NC Voting Case Cert Petition, and Motion to Dismiss It, for March 31 Conference
The case is back on the Justices’ conference list. (More on the dispute and the delay.)
The first thing the Justices will do is decide the motion to dismiss the cert petition (put in by North Carolina’s governor and… Continue reading
“Republicans relieved Trump eased up on voter fraud claims”
Politico:
Prominent Republicans across the country are breathing a sigh of relief that President Donald Trump has so far not aggressively pursued his pledge for a “major investigation” into his allegations of widespread voter fraud that he claims robbed him… Continue reading