Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Chris Rickert: Photo ID no-brainer would bring a little sense to two brainless GOP initiatives”

September 27, 2015, 4:46 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Column in Wisconsin State Journal: A couple of astute readers contacted me this week with an idea for making at least a little sense out of the senseless: If the Republican-controlled Legislature passes a bill to add photos of food… Continue reading

“Longtime Indiana lawmaker Bill Crawford remembered as a ‘giant among men'”

September 27, 2015, 10:08 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

See this Indy Star obituary. Crawford was also the lead main plaintiff in the case challenging the constitutionality of Indiana’s voter id law, a case which made it to the Supreme Court.

“Voter ID lawsuit can proceed in state court, judge rules”

September 24, 2015, 6:02 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

News & Observer: A Wake County judge has refused a request from state lawmakers to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the Voter ID requirement. Judge Mike Morgan issued his ruling on Wednesday, almost four weeks after a hearing on the… Continue reading

“Voter registration at the center of partisan voting war”

September 23, 2015, 10:06 pmNVRA (motor voter), The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Zach Roth reports for MSNBC.

“GOP-led Montgomery County election board shifts early-voting sites”

September 23, 2015, 9:56 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: The Republican majority on the Montgomery County Board of Elections, led by an appointee of Gov. Larry Hogan (R), voted Monday to shift two heavily used early-voting sites to less populous locations, prompting Democratic charges of voter suppression.… Continue reading

“Elections Canada warns of U.S.-style ‘voter suppression tricks’”

September 22, 2015, 10:18 amcomparative election law, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

More political acid rain spreading from the US to Canada: Elections Canada has quietly warned staff to be on the lookout for increasingly sophisticated tactics aimed at discouraging — or even stopping — voters from casting a ballot. The advanced… Continue reading

Rick Perlstein Remembers When Jimmy Carter Proposed Universal Voter Registration and Ronald Reagan Raised the Specter of Fraud

September 15, 2015, 10:03 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Prophetic President: Everyone loved to talk about voter apathy, but the real problem, Carter said, was that “millions of Americans are prevented or discouraged from voting in every election by antiquated and overly restricted voter registration laws”—a fact… Continue reading

“Kansas Voter Fraud Cases Likely Coming Soon”

September 11, 2015, 1:46 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

KPR reports.

“Voter ID Battle: Texas Seeks Rehearing, DOJ Seeks Injunction”

September 4, 2015, 5:38 pmSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Texas Lawyer: Texas has asked the full bench of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to rehear civil rights plaintiffs’ case against the state’s voter ID law after a three-judge panel from the same court ruled that… Continue reading

SC Gov. Nikki Haley Discusses Voter ID in “Black Lives Matter” Speech

September 2, 2015, 4:31 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Text of the speech: One of the lessons of the flag controversy is that if we stop shouting and start listening, we get more accomplished. We should all listen to each other more – we will all benefit from… Continue reading

“Texas Two-Steps All Over Voting Rights; It says it can make voting as difficult as it wants to, and any law that says otherwise is unconstitutional.”

September 2, 2015, 9:41 amSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: In 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act, one of the most important pieces of legislation in U.S. history. It contained key protections for minority voters, especially blacks, who had been… Continue reading

“Kris Kobach says voter registrations without ‘proof of citizenship’ need to go”

August 30, 2015, 6:27 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

KC Star: One complication of the state’s proof-of-citizenship law is that federal elections have no such requirement. Two voters are challenging Kobach’s decision that those who register to vote using a federal form, which doesn’t require proof of citizenship, can’t… Continue reading

Breaking: TX Seeks En Banc Review in 5th Circuit Voter ID Case

August 28, 2015, 5:12 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can read the petition for en banc review here. The effect of this filing is to stay the mandate and to put the remand of the case on hold, at least for now. It is not clear if… Continue reading