Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Rudy Giuliani: Democrats commit election fraud because they ‘control the inner-cities'”

October 16, 2016, 11:10 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

A bit more than a dog whistle at this point: In most years, what Rudy Giuliani said on today’s Sunday morning talk shows could be dismissed as a conspiracy theory with no greater consequence or relevance. But this isn’t most… Continue reading

“Judge Rebukes Florida’s Top Election Official in Ballot Case”

October 15, 2016, 8:55 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: A federal judge on Saturday issued a scathing rebuke to Florida’s top election official in an order cancelling a hearing on a lawsuit over vote-by-mail ballots. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker accused Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner of… Continue reading

(Literally) Waking Up to the Danger of Trump’s Vote Rigging Comments to Democracy

October 15, 2016, 8:32 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

This morning Donald Trump tweeted: “Hillary Clinton should have been prosecuted and should be in jail. Instead she is running for president in what looks like a rigged election.” People in the media and broader society are suddenly concerned… Continue reading

“GOP States Keep Ignoring Court Orders to Restore Voting Rights”

October 14, 2016, 1:10 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ari Berman writes for The Nation.

“Bloomberg Law Brief: Florida Voter Deadline Pushed Back (Audio)”

October 14, 2016, 9:12 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Nate Persily and I were on Bloomberg Law radio talking to June Grasso and Greg Stohr about the latest voting litigation. Listen.

Judge Peterson Issues Order to Try to Fix WI Voter ID Softening

October 13, 2016, 8:32 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

As Patrick Marley tweeted, Judge Peterson has now issued a written order related to how to fix the problems with the Wisconsin voter id softening (see his earlier story). From the order: As the court explained during… Continue reading

“Ohio does not want to add most illegally purged voters back to the rolls”

October 13, 2016, 8:12 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Think Progress: A few weeks ago, a federal court declared Ohio’s purge of Harmon and more than one million other inactive voters illegal. Since then, the state and voting rights groups have been negotiating a settlement to allow most of… Continue reading

“Judge refuses to require more early voting in N Carolina”

October 13, 2016, 8:02 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: “A judge has refused to order North Carolina officials to expand early in-person voting in five counties after some voters alleged the counties’ voting schedules didn’t comply with a court’s ruling last summer over ballot access.”

The Menagerie that is Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law/Litigation

October 13, 2016, 2:30 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Great timeline.

“Conservative group may have broken Fla. law in secret recording of Clinton campaign voter-registration shenanigans”

October 13, 2016, 2:09 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: The conservative Project Veritas group might have broken Florida law by secretly shooting video of Hillary Clinton staffers making crude comments and discussing the destruction of Republican voter-registration forms. The video was shot recently by a Project Veritas mole… Continue reading

Two Dissents Now Filed in 6th Circ. Refusal to Take OH Provisional Ballots Case En Banc

October 13, 2016, 2:06 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

On October 7th, I noted that the 6th Circuit refused to take a controversial Ohio voting case en banc. Then the court promised some opinions to follow. You can now read the two dissenting opinions here.

“Donald Trump, Slipping in Polls, Warns of ‘Stolen Election’”

October 13, 2016, 8:34 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

This NYT story is chilling: “I haven’t seen it since 1860, this threat of delegitimizing the federal government, and Trump is trying to say our entire government is corrupt and the whole system is rigged,” Mr. Brinkley said. “And that’s… Continue reading

“As GOP warns of voter fraud, Dems quietly register more poll watchers in ‘fraud-filled’ Philadelphia”

October 13, 2016, 8:26 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The latest from Philly.

“Federal judge: Arizona counties don’t have to tally out-of-precinct votes”

October 13, 2016, 8:20 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Howard Fischer: A federal judge rejected a bid by Democrats to force counties to tally the votes of people who show up at the wrong polling place. In his ruling late Tuesday, Judge Douglas Rayes acknowledged that Arizona has… Continue reading