“Behind the Ballot Box: How Do You Run an Election When the Rules Keep Changing?”
Extensive Abby Rapoport report in the National Journal on litigation just before the election, some of which made it to the Supreme court.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“It’s Pretty Much Just Fox Viewers Who Think Voter Fraud Is A Problem”
TPM: “By a huge margin, people who consider Fox News their most trusted TV news source say that “people casting votes who are not eligible to vote” is the bigger problem while most people who trust other news stations… Continue reading
“Pew Post-Election Survey Has Some Interesting Numbers for Election Geeks, Too”
Read Doug Chapin on the new Pew Survey and look at these fascinating data on voter confidence over time:
“Want to Improve Voter Turnout? Abolish Voter Registration. No, Really!”
This item appears at The Root.
“Haters Gonna Hate: Fight Over Wisc. GAB Shows Non-Partisanship Comes From Deeds, Not Structure”
Chapin on Wisconsin’s voting wars.
“Allegations of voter fraud surface in Illinois Treasurer’s race”
“How many voters were disenfranchised by Texas’ ID law?”
Zack Roth for MSNBC:
Both sides are already making claims and counterclaims about the impact of Texas’ strict voter ID law in last week’s election.
There’s no question that some legitimate voters were disenfranchised by the law. But how… Continue reading
“No, Voting Laws Didn’t Doom Democrats”
Francis Barry for Bloomberg View:
A day after the election, Wendy Weiser at the Brennan Center for Justice argued that “in several key races, the margin of victory came very close to the likely margin of disenfranchisement.” She cited the… Continue reading
“A vote of confidence for mail elections in Colorado”
Denver Post editorial:
While Colorado’s 2014 election was primarily about the candidates and initiatives on the ballot, it was also a test of the state’s all-mail ballot and vote center system.
Our verdict: It was a success.
Not only did… Continue reading
“Catherine Rampell: Voter suppression laws are already deciding elections”
WaPo opinion. This relies on Brennan Center data, and for reasons I’ve given, I’m very skeptical.
“The Supreme Court’s Gerrymandering Conundrum: Did Alabama legislators redraw district lines to hurt Democrats or to disenfranchise black voters?”
I have written this new piece for Slate. It begins:
As Democrats struggled last week to salvage control of the Senate, they pushed to get as many black voters to the polls as possible, especially in the South. It’s… Continue reading
Provisional Ballot Dispute in AZ Congressional Race
Tuscon Weekly:
A Pima County Superior Court judge has denied an effort by Republican Martha McSally’s congressional campaign to stop counting a group of ballots in Democratic precincts in her hotly contested race against Democratic incumbent Ron Barber.
Superior… Continue reading
Read Doug Chapin on How The Kobach v. EAC Decision Complicates Confirmation of EAC Commissioners
Here.
“Turnout Down in Texas, and Democrats Claim a Reason: Voter ID Law”
Ross Ramsey (Texas Tribune/NYT):
Texas turnout, already the worst in the country, dropped. The state’s population is larger than it was in 2010. More than 14 million Texans registered to vote, according to the secretary of state — up from… Continue reading