Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“The Vote You Save May Be Your Own”

November 4, 2014, 9:50 amelection administration, provisional ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ned Foley and Josh Douglas for NYT Opinion: Millions of Americans will head to the polls today, and many of them will confront some of the most serious obstacles to voting in decades, including strict new photo ID requirements in… Continue reading

What to Expect When You’re Electing: Here’s What I’ll Be Watching for Tuesday

November 4, 2014, 8:58 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

[Updated and bumped to the top.] I will be blogging and tweeting all day about election developments, but expect things to heat up as polls close. Unless there is some natural or human-made disaster or a massive electronic voting problem… Continue reading

“Judge dismisses GOP suit challenging Boulder County Clerk”

November 4, 2014, 8:54 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Fox31 Denver: ” Boulder County judge quickly dismissed a legal challenge by Colorado Republicans, who filed a lawsuit Monday against Clerk Hillary Hall for allegedly violating the law by not allowing GOP election watchers enough time to challenge voter… Continue reading

Follow Doug Chapin’s Election Administration Live Blog

November 4, 2014, 8:39 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

For updates throughout the day. No one has their pulse on what is happening with election administration in real time throughout the country better than Doug. He’s also on Twitter, if you can stomach the corny jokes.

Ned Foley Holds Himself Back, Refuses to Commit Impersonation Fraud

November 4, 2014, 8:30 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Where’s Mr. O’Keefe when you need him? Ned’s story is typical. I saw a bunch of screw-ups at my LA polling place today too. And everyone showing remarkable self control. Not only in not committing voter fraud, but in not… Continue reading

“The big problem with a right-to-vote constitutional amendment”

November 4, 2014, 8:14 amSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, votingRick Hasen

Scott Lemieux writes. (The NYT Room for Debate covers this too—here’s my contribution.)

Thought on Election Eve

November 3, 2014, 5:08 pmcampaign finance, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Here’s a scary thought: a recount in the Orman-Roberts #KSSEN race with Kris Kobach (perhaps a lame duck) in charge.

NYT Room for Debate: Should Voting in An Election Be A Constitutional Right?

November 3, 2014, 3:17 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can read the forum here. Guarantee Basic Principles KEITH ELLISON AND MARK POCAN, CONGRESSMEN Take politicians in the nearly 10,000 voting jurisdictions out of the business of deciding who can vote and which votes count. Enforce Existing Rights, … Continue reading

“To Guarantee Voting Rights, Enforce the Laws We Have”

November 3, 2014, 3:14 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

This is my contribution to the NYT Room for Debate forum on a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to vote. It concludes: Notably Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kennedy did not join in Justice Alito’s troubling dissent (joined by Justices… Continue reading

“Vote Suppressors At It Again: A Response to Hans van Spakovsky”

November 3, 2014, 2:32 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Gerry Hebert and Josh Bone blog.

“40,000 Voter Registrations Have Gone Missing in Georgia, and They’re Probably Lost Forever”

November 3, 2014, 2:20 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

TNR reports. If this turns out to be correct it is a BFD. Not because I suspect a nefarious scheme to ditch these registrations, but rather because once again election administration incompetence will effectively disenfranchise people.

“Colorado Mail-In Voting Gets Early Test; New Statewide System Will Be Used on Closely Watched Races”

November 3, 2014, 1:53 pmabsentee ballots, campaigns, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Dan Frosch for WSJ: A new election system using only mail-in ballots faces an immediate test in Colorado, with tight Senate, House and gubernatorial races that are being closely watched nationally. Hoping to boost turnout, the Democrat-led legislature here passed… Continue reading

Must-Read of the Day

November 3, 2014, 1:36 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Joey Fishkin on voting rights and Texas’s voter id law.

Is the Interstate “Cross Check” Program Wrongly Disenfranchising Thousands of Voters?

November 3, 2014, 1:17 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

That’s the claim made by Greg Palast in this extensive Al Jazeera report. I have hesitated to link to this report, because in my experience dealing with Palast’s work on Florida 2000 for my book, The Voting Wars, I… Continue reading