Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Trump’s voter fraud commission plans to create a massive voter database. Former national security officials say it could be hacked.”

December 5, 2017, 7:40 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: More than a half-dozen technology experts and former national security officials filed an amicus brief Tuesday urging a federal court to halt the collection of voter information for a planned government database. Former national intelligence director James R. Clapper… Continue reading

“Texas back in court on ‘discriminatory’ voter ID law”; 5th Circuit Panel Draw is Higginbotham, Jones, and Graves

December 4, 2017, 8:01 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Oral argument before the 5th Circuit Tuesday in Veasey case on the intentional discrimination question. With Judges Edith Jones and James Graves on the panel, there is likely to be a dissent, given how each voted in the last … Continue reading

“I’m on Trump’s voter fraud commission. I’m suing it to find out what it’s doing.”

December 1, 2017, 7:49 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Maine SOS Matt Dunlap for WaPo Outlook.

“Sean Spicer may hold key to future of N.J. Trump voter intimidation case”

December 1, 2017, 7:45 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jonathan Salant for NJ.com. Sean Spicer’s visit to Trump Tower on Election Night looms large as a federal judge decides whether to end Republican National Committee’s 35-year restriction on its voter activities in a case that began with a New… Continue reading

Update on DNC v. RNC Consent Decree: “Judge allows DNC to depose Spicer on election night activities”

November 29, 2017, 12:43 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: A federal judge said Wednesday that he’ll allow the Democratic National Committee to depose Sean Spicer, the former Republican National Committee communications director and White House spokesman, on whether he violated a 35-year-old consent decree barring the RNC… Continue reading

House Oversight Committee Holding Hearing Today on Voting Machine Cybersecurity

November 29, 2017, 8:01 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Details.

“RNC on verge of escaping aging court decree on ‘ballot security'”

November 29, 2017, 7:00 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Josh Gerstein for Politico. See also my earlier Slate piece on this. We will know more after the Judge’s conference call with the lawyers today.

“Vote Suppressors Unleashed: A district judge might be handing Donald Trump a chance to supercharge voter suppression.”

November 27, 2017, 12:46 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this piece at Slate. It begins: This could be a very bad week for voting rights in the United States. On Friday, a federal consent decree to stop potential voter suppression by the Republican National Committee—in place… Continue reading

“Culling Voter Rolls: Battling Over Who Even Gets to Go to the Polls”

November 26, 2017, 3:35 pmNVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: Conservative groups and Republican election officials in some states say the poorly maintained rolls invite fraud and meddling by hackers, sap public confidence in elections and make election workers’ jobs harder. Voting rights advocates and most Democratic election officials,… Continue reading

“Civil Rights Groups Launch National Effort to Combat Alarming Voter Purge Attempt”

November 26, 2017, 3:30 pmNVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: Today, leading national civil rights organizations are urging state and county election officials in jurisdictions across the country to reject the Public Interest Legal Foundation’s (PILF) coordinated attempt to launch a wide-scale voter purge effort across the country. Using… Continue reading

North Carolina Republican Leader Contemplates Voter ID Constitutional Amendment

November 22, 2017, 7:41 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

It never ends. On the last voter id law passed by the NC general assembly, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit concluded: “Although the new provisions target African Americans with almost surgical precision, they constitute inapt… Continue reading

“Appeals court skeptical of privacy-focused suit against Trump voter fraud panel”

November 21, 2017, 8:15 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Josh Gerstein: An appeals court gave a skeptical reception Tuesday to a lawsuit claiming that President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission violated federal law by failing to study the privacy impact of a demand for voter rolls and other personal… Continue reading

“Maine secretary of state steps up legal fight with Trump voter fraud panel”

November 20, 2017, 6:51 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

BDN: Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap is increasing the pressure on President Donald Trump’s election fraud commission to release documents he says have been withheld from him. Dunlap, who is a member of the president’s commission, announced Thursday that… Continue reading

“In Idaho, program to fight voter fraud may cause more problems than it catches”

November 13, 2017, 7:05 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Idaho Statesman: Ada County elections employees have been leery of the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program since 2014 — the year they got burned by it. It was Idaho’s first year as a member. Ada County received a list of… Continue reading

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