Tweet of the Day
Elections are right around the corner, be prepared with your Voter ID: https://t.co/Tv5H1t5PbE
— Governor Walker (@GovWalker) September 18, 2016
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Texas’s controversial voter ID law can’t stop mail-in ballot fraud”
“NC Supreme Court election could change ideological tilt”
News and Observer:
It was not until May that it became clear Edmunds would face any challengers in his campaign to keep his seat.
In 2015, the Republican-led General Assembly passed a law that changed how sitting justices could be… Continue reading
“Meet the man at the center of the battle over the Texas voter ID law”
Extensive profile of Texas SOS Carlos Cascos, apparently the only person in Texas without a stated opinion on whether Texas’s voter id law is necessary to stop voter fraud or is really a pretext for suppressing likely Democratic votes:… Continue reading
“DNC Hacker Is Targeting States Trump Most Needs To Win”
“Some Republicans Acknowledge Leveraging Voter ID Laws for Political Gain”
Must-read Michael Wines NYT:
A senior vice president of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, Steve Baas, had a thought. “Do we need to start messaging ‘widespread reports of election fraud’ so we are positively set up for the recount… Continue reading
“North Carolina’s Fragile Voting Rights Victory”
“Polling places become battleground in U.S. voting rights fight”
Reuters:
A Reuters survey found local governments in nearly a dozen, mostly Republican-dominated counties in Georgia have adopted plans to reduce the number of voting stations, citing cost savings and efficiency.
In seven of those counties, African-Americans, who traditionally… Continue reading
“Ohio Purging Voters”
Yup.
The State of Ohio says it’s a fair system. A judge recently ruled in favor of voter purging. The ACLU has filed an appeal. While Brickner agrees that states need a clean list, he doesn’t think people who haven’t… Continue reading
“Protecting the Ballot for All: How Federal Courts Have Vindicated the Constitution and Prevented Voter Suppression by the States in the Run Up To the 2016 Election”
New CAC issue brief.
See also this resource page on relevant litigation.
“Local officials must identify Kansas voters affected by ruling”
Wichita Eagle:
Kansas county election offices are sorting through thousands of records to identify voters affected by a recent federal court order, according to Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit blocked Kansas … Continue reading
“Poll: Nearly half of Americans say voter fraud occurs often”
WaPo:
Nearly half of Americans say that voter fraud occurs at least somewhat often according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, a viewpoint at odds with studies showing it rarely occurs in U.S. elections.
The poll also finds… Continue reading
“Missouri lawmakers loosen gun laws, back voter photo ID”
AP:
Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature used its supermajority Wednesday to significantly loosen the state’s gun laws and potentially tighten its voting requirements as lawmakers overrode numerous vetoes of Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon.
The sweeping guns legislation would allow most adults… Continue reading