Category Archives: The Voting Wars

U.S. Goes After Texas for Not Implementing Voter ID Softening as Promised

September 7, 2016, 7:20 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Motion: Despite the Remedial Order’s clarity, Texas’s voter education and poll worker training documents depart from it. Rather than educating voters and poll officials about opportunities tocast a regular ballot for those who “do not possess SB 14 ID and… Continue reading

“Early voting reduced in 23 NC counties; 9 drop Sunday voting after NCGOP memo”

September 6, 2016, 9:41 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

News & Observer: While Republicans hold a majority on the local elections board in each of the state’s 100 counties, 70 boards voted to offer more early voting hours than they’d had in the 2012 presidential election, while 23 cut… Continue reading

“Same-day voter registration at issue in Illinois lawsuit”

September 6, 2016, 2:53 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: A federal lawsuit has raised questions about whether Illinois’ new Election Day voter registration rules are constitutional, a situation that could complicate how polling sites are run this November. Illinois tested same-day registration in the 2014 governor’s race, with… Continue reading

“Integrity or Intimidation?: Voter Challengers and Election Day Observers”

September 6, 2016, 7:44 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

ACS has a great event in DC Sept 12. I’m sorry I couldn’t participate in it.

“Trump’s ‘rigged election’ rhetoric could inspire voter intimidation, say experts”

September 6, 2016, 4:46 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Guardian reports.

“Supreme Court blocks a last-ditch attempt to suppress votes in November”

September 6, 2016, 4:44 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Economist reports.

“The shameful spectacle of denying people their vote”

September 5, 2016, 5:43 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Eugene Robinson column.

“Without conservative Supreme Court majority, voter-law challengers make gains”

September 5, 2016, 5:38 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Bob Barnes for WaPo: With the Supreme Court at an ideological impasse and Senate Republicans refusing to allow hearings for President Obama’s nominee to the court, Merrick Garland, the final state rules for elections throughout the country are likely… Continue reading

“More early voting would ‘waste tax dollars,’ Wake County GOP says”

September 5, 2016, 10:51 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

News & Observer: The Wake County Republican Party is calling on its members to lobby against expanded early voting opportunities, arguing more sites and hours “only creates additional opportunity for chaos.” Party leaders sent out the message in an email… Continue reading

The View on Labor Day: Major Election Law Disputes Still to Be Resolved

September 5, 2016, 6:29 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Thanks in part to the Supreme Court’s signals in 2014 that courts resolve election litigation well in advance of the election, many of the hottest disputes have already been resolved. But there is still a fair amount of major election… Continue reading

“The spurious claims against voters’ Golden Week add up to GOP monkey business”

September 4, 2016, 7:32 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Thomas Suddes column in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

“How to avoid alienating minority voters: A handy election-year checklist”

September 3, 2016, 6:28 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Fix: 5. Don’t try to implement laws and rules that reduce black and Latino voter participation.

Arizona Long Lines Case May Partially Settle

September 3, 2016, 6:19 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Arizona’s Politics.

“Yes, the U.S. presidential election could be manipulated”

September 3, 2016, 7:31 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

William Sweeney, Chad Vickrey, and Katherine Ellena WaPo oped: Is the U.S. presidential election vulnerable to manipulation by a losing candidate? Could the integrity of our electoral process be successfully challenged? Unfortunately, the answer to these questions is yes.… Continue reading