Category Archives: The Voting Wars
Breaking: 9th Circuit Grants En Banc in AZ Case Involving Counting Out-of-Precinct Ballots
Order.
(Confusingly, there are now two en bancs named Feldman stemming from the same AZ case: this one on out of precinct ballots and the other on “ballot harvesting”).
From my coverage yesterday:
Same panel as in the… Continue reading
“The Voter Suppression Trail”
“Are new voter ID laws unfairly blocking people from the polls?”
Quote of the Day: Republican Early Voting Cutback Edition
“Republicans don’t want early voting because they suck at early voting….It’s not an advantage (for Democrats); it’s the law. And when things don’t go the way Republicans want, they change the law.”
–WI Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton), quoted in Milwaukee … Continue reading
“Democrat’s Voter Intimidation Case Goes Before Federal Court Friday”
Pam Fessler curtainraiser for NPR.
“How States Moved Toward Stricter Voter ID Laws”
“Oops! Dems Seize On GOP Lawyer’s Apparent Slip On Poll Watcher Call”
Tierney Sneed for TPM:
In legal action claiming that the Republican National Committee was illegally engaged in ballot security activities, Democrats are pointing to a conference call in which a Republican operative mentioned that certain GOP ballot security initiatives in… Continue reading
“Not Intimidated: A court has gotten the Trump campaign on the record promising not to intimidate voters on Election Day. That is huge.”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
On Friday morning, a federal district court will hear arguments in a dispute between the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee over whether the RNC, the Trump campaign,… Continue reading
“Concerns grow around voter intimidation and fraud – Press Play with Madeleine Brand on KCRW”
I did this interview with the great Madeline Brand.
Breaking: Roger Stone Ordered to Respond at NV Voter Intimidation Hearing Tomorrow [UPDATE and POSSIBLE CORRECTION]
Docket entry:
ORDER that a hearing on the Plaintiff’s [6] Emergency Motion for TRO is set for 11/4/2016 03:00 PM in LV Courtroom 7D before Judge Richard F. Boulware II. Defendants Stop the Steal, Inc. and Roger J. Stone, Jr,… Continue reading
RNC Files Latest Response in DNC v. RNC Voter Intimidation Case, with Hearing Set for 10 am Tomorrow
You can read the response here. The RNC says there’s not enough evidence they are violating the consent decree to justify any additional remedies or sanctions. A snippet on Ms. Holland, the person who sent the controversial text message: … Continue reading
VA GOP: “Republican Election Officers are the 1st line of defense against election fraud”
Powerpoint presentation from Republican Party of VA for election officers and poll watchers (filed as part of DNC v. RNC litigation)
“The Strange Career of the Voter-Fraud Myth”
Must-read Dale Ho NYT oped:
Early voting is underway, and according to Donald J. Trump, so is voter fraud. Almost daily, he proclaims that “large-scale voter fraud” is happening and that the election is “rigged.” Politicians across the spectrum have… Continue reading