Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Who? White House names unknowns to voting panel”

June 23, 2017, 11:18 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Zack Roth: President Trump’s commission on voter fraud appears to be struggling to attract A-list talent, at least among Democrats. The White House announced three new members of the panel late Wednesday: Mark Rhodes, the clerk for Wood County, West… Continue reading

Verified Voting/Common Cause Letter: Government Needs to Do More to Deal with Risk of Voting Machine Hacking

June 23, 2017, 8:13 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Letter: This letter was sent to the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence following a hearing on June 21, 2017. (Download PDF) Verified Voting vigorously applauds the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for its leadership and commitment to… Continue reading

Ga. SOS Brian Kemp Still Skeptical Russians Tried to Hack Voting Machines

June 23, 2017, 8:09 amcampaigns, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

This, from the SOS of a state whose voting security is most worrisome: Brian Kemp, the Republican secretary of state of Georgia, used the call to denounce Johnson’s proposal as an assault on state rights. “I think it was… Continue reading

“Little movement on White House probe into voter fraud; No meetings yet; commissioners still being vetted”

June 22, 2017, 9:10 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

CNN; On Super Bowl Sunday this year, President Donald Trump told Fox News that Vice President Mike Pence would head a commission into voter fraud allegations — ones that he made, claiming that between three to five million people voted… Continue reading

Politifact Rates “False” ‘Fox and Friends’ Ridiculous Claim about 5-7 Million Noncitizen Voters in 2016

June 22, 2017, 8:57 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politifact: The claim made on Fox and Friends is based on an extrapolation of a controversial study that relied on a very small number of responses. Researchers involved in the underlying survey of voters have cautioned against using their data… Continue reading

Quote of the Day—Trump Election Integrity Commission Edition

June 22, 2017, 2:08 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

“I don’t know why this has fallen on my shoulders,…I’m just a very small old country boy from Arkansas in this bigger commission with Vice President Pence, and I’m just going to do the best I can, to be honest.”… Continue reading

“Election Hackers Altered Voter Rolls, Stole Private Data, Officials Say”

June 22, 2017, 8:37 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

TIME: The hacking of state and local election databases in 2016 was more extensive than previously reported, including at least one successful attempt to alter voter information, and the theft of thousands of voter records that contain private information like… Continue reading

District Court in Texas Voter ID Case Orders Briefing on Remedies Complete by Mid-July, With Chance Texas Put Back Under Preclearance

June 22, 2017, 8:10 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Judge orders briefs, but no new evidentiary hearing.

Two Democratic Members of Trump “Election Integrity” Commission Want to Add Consideration of Russian Hacking of Election Systems

June 22, 2017, 7:48 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Boston Globe: Two members of a presidential commission charged with investigating alleged voter fraud want the panel to focus on what could be the biggest fraudulent scheme of all: attempted Russian hacking of numerous state election systems. The call, by… Continue reading

“Civil rights advocates: ‘Confidential’ documents undercut Kobach’s voting fraud claim”

June 21, 2017, 7:51 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: Kansas election official is trying to hide materials that undercut his public claim that substantial numbers of noncitizens have registered to vote and that documentary proof-of-citizenship requirements are necessary to stop it, civil rights advocates contend in a court… Continue reading

Vanita Gupta: “It’s Time to Revive the Heart of the Voting Rights Act”

June 21, 2017, 7:45 pmDepartment of Justice, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Vanita Gupta in The Root: Instead of focusing on actual problems, like modern-day voting discrimination, however, the Trump administration is working to further undermine our democracy. One of Jeff Sessions’ first moves as attorney general was to withdraw the Department… Continue reading

“Texas group that fueled Trump voter fraud claim scales back 2016 election audit”

June 21, 2017, 1:45 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Just days after his victory, Trump caused a stir by claiming — without evidence — that he would have won the popular vote in addition to the Electoral College “if you deduct the millions of people who voted… Continue reading

von Spakovsky, Christian Adams to Be Offering Advice, Reports to President’s “Election Integrity” Commission

June 21, 2017, 10:37 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: The Best Practices report follows President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order on the Establishment of Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. PILF intends to contribute to the body’s future studies by offering these findings and suggestions in… Continue reading

“Is North Carolina the Future of American Politics?”

June 20, 2017, 9:25 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jason Zengerle for NYT magazine: In just a few years, North Carolina Republicans have not just run quickly through the conservative policy checklist; they’ve tried to permanently skew the balance of power in the state in their favor, passing some… Continue reading