Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Congress Has the Power to Improve Elections”

August 5, 2015, 6:09 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this contribution for the New York Times Room for Debate forum on the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. A snippet: When a state rolls back conveniences for voters and makes it more burdensome to register… Continue reading

“Scott Walker, GOP lawmakers want to change elections board by 2016”

August 5, 2015, 6:05 amcampaign finance, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans who control the Legislature plan to restructure the agency that runs elections by the fall of 2016, when Walker hopes to top the ballot as a candidate for president. GOP lawmakers also plan… Continue reading

“Slim turnout expected in next month’s NC primaries”

August 4, 2015, 4:26 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Charlotte Observer: To mark the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Sunday’s New York Times Magazine made North Carolina the focus for a sweeping cover story on the 1965 law and the struggle both to create it and… Continue reading

“Coalition urges Christie to sign N.J. voting overhaul”

August 4, 2015, 6:59 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NJ.com reports.

Charles Koch on Voter ID and His Supposed Lack of Support for ALEC’s Role in Promoting Such Laws

August 3, 2015, 7:17 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

In this interview with Matea Gold (on Koch’s friendship and partnership with Michael Lomax of the United Negro College Fund): The two do not see to eye to eye on many issues, including when it comes to voter identification laws.… Continue reading

“Does a voting-rights case threaten experimentation?”

August 3, 2015, 2:40 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Michael McGough in the LA Times on the non-retrogression question lurking in the North Carolina voting rights case.

“John Roberts has been trying to gut the Voting Rights Act for decades”

August 3, 2015, 7:46 amSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Scott Lemieux at The Week.

“Ruth: Vote, then pray your ballot is counted”

August 3, 2015, 7:24 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Daniel Ruth in the Tampa Bay Times on FL SOS Ken Detzner: Ken Detzner has other things to do, like protecting the state seal to make sure it doesn’t get lost, fall into a mayo jar, or wind up on… Continue reading

“Former news anchor joins race for Missouri secretary of state”

August 2, 2015, 8:34 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

KMBC: “Robin Smith, a longtime television news anchor in St. Louis, announced Sunday that she will run for the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office….Republican candidate Jay Ashcroft said he thinks Smith will follow in the footsteps of Democratic secretaries… Continue reading

“Historic federal trial on voting rights ends; judge to issue decision later this year”

July 31, 2015, 7:40 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Winston-Salem Journal: Thomas Farr, one of the state’s attorneys, said in closing arguments that the plaintiffs had not presented any evidence that the law is racially discriminatory. He said North Carolina legislators have the authority to enact changes to… Continue reading

“US judge has many questions in NC voting rights case”

July 31, 2015, 5:04 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The News & Observer reports.

“Key Voting Rights Test Now in Federal Judge’s Hands”

July 31, 2015, 4:39 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Erik Eckholm for the NYT: During closing arguments Friday, Judge Schroeder,who was appointed by President George W. Bush, peppered the plaintiffs’ lawyers with questions about why the repeal of extra voting opportunities that do not exist in many states would… Continue reading

“Closing arguments in voting rights trial set for today”

July 31, 2015, 9:24 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Michael Hewlett reports for the Winston-Salem Journal. Kudos to them for their indispensable coverage of the North Carolina voting rights trial.

“This is why the Voting Rights Act is on trial in North Carolina”

July 31, 2015, 9:01 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have written this post for The Monkey Cage at WaPo. It begins: In a Winston-Salem, N.C. federal courthouse, closing arguments are taking place this morning in a hotly-contested trial over North Carolina’s restrictive voting law. The U.S.… Continue reading