“The Good News from the Voting Wars”
Miles Rapoport and Cecily Hines for TAP.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Commissioner Gail Heriot Statement and Rebuttal in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ An Assessment of Minority Voting Rights Access in the United States”
New on SSRN:
On September 12, 2018, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights published a report entitled “An Assessment of Minority Voting Rights Access in the United States.” This Statement was part of that report. It argues, among other things,… Continue reading
“Studies: Voter ID tied to lower turnout in Wisconsin”
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism:
A UW-Madison study commissioned by Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell in 2017 estimated that thousands of registered voters in Dane and Milwaukee counties were deterred or prevented from voting because of the photo ID requirement… Continue reading
“The turnout gap between whites and racial minorities is larger than you think — and hard to change”
Bernard Fraga for the Monkey Cage:
But Democrats confront a major challenge: People of color vote at a substantially lower rate than whites. In my new book, “The Turnout Gap: Race, Ethnicity, and Political Inequality in a Diversifying America… Continue reading
What’s Behind the DOJ Request for Voting Documents in North Carolina?
Steven Rosenfeld:
According to two now-retired senior North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement (BOE) officials — Gary Bartlett, its former executive director, who served for 20 years in that post, and Marshall Tutor, his top investigator —… Continue reading
NYT Reviews of Carol Anderson and Allan Lichtman Books on the Voting Wars
“GOP redistricting group names executive director”
Here come the field generals for the 2021 redistricting wars.
“Judicial Intervention as Judicial Restraint”
Guy-Uriel Charles and Luis Fuentes-Rohwer have a new piece forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review, on partisan gerrymandering and justiciability:
This paper examines the Court’s decision in Gil v. Whitford. It advances two claims. First, it provides a comprehensive account… Continue reading
“The Republican Approach to Voter Fraud: Lie”
Carol Anderson NYT oped.
“North Carolina doesn’t have to turn over voting records to ICE until January”
“Justice Dept. Demands Millions of North Carolina Voter Records, Confounding Elections Officials”
NYT:
Federal prosecutors have issued sweeping subpoenas demanding that millions of North Carolina voter records be turned over to immigration authorities by Sept. 25.
With just two months to go before the midterms, the subpoenas threatened to sow chaos in… Continue reading
Is Trump’s DOJ Making North Carolina His New Front in the Voting Wars? Subpoenas Sent to Get Voting Records Throughout State
A few weeks back, the DOJ brought charges in North Carolina against 19 people the government said were non-citizens voting in the election. The NYT reported:
The Justice Department said the violations were uncovered by a newly created federal task… Continue reading
“Stolen Elections, Voting Dogs And Other Fantastic Fables From The GOP Voter Fraud Mythology”
Rick Perlstein and Livia Gershon deep dive for TPM.
“Voting Rights Advocates Used to Have an Ally in the Government. That’s Changing.”
Michael Wines for the NYT:
In the national battle over voting rights, the fighting is done in court, state by state, over rules that can seem arcane but have the potential to sway the outcome of elections. The Justice Department’s… Continue reading