Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Dartmouth researchers find no evidence of bused-in voters”
Concord Monitor:
If crowds of Massachusetts residents came into New Hampshire on Election Day as part of widespread voter fraud – a claim made by President Donald Trump’s administration and others – they managed to do so without creating any… Continue reading
Marc Joseph Stern Dispatch from Texas Voter ID Hearing Said It Went Well for Plaintiffs, Despite DOJ Flip
“Rescheduled:” #SCOTUS Takes North Carolina Voting Case Off March 3 Calendar
The dispute between the Governor/AG and Legislature as to who speaks for North Carolina and whether its cert. petition can be withdrawn has gotten the Supreme Court’s attention.
There is now a docket notation that the consideration of the case’s… Continue reading
I Talked to Texas Standard About DOJ’s About-Face on Texas’s Voter ID Law
Listen.
Goldfeder and Perez on the Current State of Voting Rights
“A Closer Look at Husted’s Allegations of Non-Citizen Voting”
Michael Slater for Project Vote:
Secretary Husted very likely exaggerates the number of non-citizen registrants and voters. He misleads his constituents about the availability of a reliable and accurate federal database of non-citizens. He fails to explain that the few… Continue reading
“Justice Department asks court to dismiss claim of discrimination in Texas voter ID case”
Ariane de Vogue for CNN.
Today’s Must-Read: Emily Bazelon on the New DOJ: “Department of Justification”
With a nice section on voting rights, in the new NYT Magazine.
“Justice Dept. Drops a Key Objection to a Texas Voter ID Law”
Manny Fernandez and Eric Licthblau in the NYT:
The Justice Department remains a party in the case. But it is pulling back at a crucial phase. If a judge finds the state acted with discriminatory intent, as the Justice Department… Continue reading
“Justice Department changes its position in high-profile Texas voter-ID case”
Sari Horwitz for WaPo:
The practical effect of the Justice Department’s decision is that civil rights groups will continue, without the backing of the federal government, to contest the purpose of the Texas law.
“DOJ’s reversal in position defies rationality… Continue reading
Breaking: NC General Assembly Will Object to Dismissing #SCOTUS Suit over Strict NC Voting Law, Moves to Add as Petitioner
Well, we’ve been expecting this. Here’s a motion to be filed at the Supreme Court objecting to NC AG’s motion to dismiss the cert. petition in the controversial NC voting case. And here’s a motion to add the Legislature and… Continue reading
Some Clarification on What DOJ Is and Isn’t Doing in the Texas Voter ID Case
Before tomorrow’s hearing, the United States Department of Justice will ask a federal district court to voluntarily dismiss its claim that in enacting its strict voter identification law, Texas acted with a racially discriminatory purpose. There is nothing in the… Continue reading
Judge Leon Puts EAC Chair in Interesting Position: It Has to Say Whether Brian Newby Acted within the Scope of His Authority
Via Josh Gerstein comes news of this latest ruling in League of Women Voters v. Newby, concerning a directive from EAC director Newby allowing states (including SOS Kobach’s Kansas) to require documentary proof of citizenship before using the federal form… Continue reading