Category Archives: The Voting Wars

EAC’s Brian Newby Defends His Actions Helping His Buddy Kobach

February 4, 2016, 7:38 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Must-read Zach Roth for MSNBC: Newby’s move sparked instant criticism. In astatement posted online Tuesday, the panel’s lone Democratic commissioner, Vice Chair Thomas Hicks, wrote that Newby had acted “unilaterally,” and that his decision “contradicts policy and precedent established… Continue reading

“State NAACP to Redouble Efforts to Get Out Vote in Light of Photo ID Requirement”

February 3, 2016, 6:54 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Michael Hewlett reports for the Winston-Salem Journal.

“Change At Federal Election Agency Muddles Kansas Voter Registration Laws”

February 2, 2016, 9:24 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NPR’s Pam Fessler on the confusion at the EAC: For his part, Newby told NPR that he believes it’s within his power to make changes to the instructions that accompany the federal voter registration form, in response to a state’s… Continue reading

New Draft Voter ID Paper Showing Discriminatory Effect of Voter ID Laws

February 2, 2016, 5:32 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Think Progress: For years, researchers warned that laws requiring voters to show certain forms of photo identification at the poll would discriminate against racial minorities and other groups. Now, the first study has been released showing that the proliferation… Continue reading

Woah: Lone Democratic EAC Commissioner Rejects EAC Capitulation to SOS Kobach

February 2, 2016, 1:09 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Following up on this post, the lone Democratic-appointed EAC Commissioner has issued this statement: http://www.eac.gov/assets/1/Documents/Statement%20by%20Commissioner%20Hicks%20NVRA%20Form%20(2-2-16)-1.pdf The Executive Director of the United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) issued letters to the states of Kansas, Georgia, and Alabama granting the states’… Continue reading

Chapin on the EAC’s Apparent Capitulation to KS SOS Kobach on Proof of Citizenship

February 2, 2016, 7:31 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Doug Chapin: The timing of this action is a little curious, given the prospect of renewed partisan warfare over proof-of-citizenship just as the EAC is making progress on other fronts like voting technology and election preparedness. It also isn’t… Continue reading

“Voter ID trial ends; decision is now up to federal judge”

February 1, 2016, 9:21 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Winston Salem-Journal: It’s not clear when Schroeder will issue a decision. Attorneys on both sides can submit additional evidence until Feb. 11 and they have to file proposed findings of fact by Feb. 24.

“State’s low-key educational effort on new voter ID requirement irks critics”

February 1, 2016, 8:59 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The latest from WI.

“Marco Rubio Wants You to Wait Six Hours to Vote”

February 1, 2016, 8:56 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ari Berman: Voting rights hasn’t come up in any of the eleven presidential debates so far, even though the 2016 election is the first presidential race in fifty years without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act. But… Continue reading

“Federal trial in Voter ID lawsuits expected to wrap up”

February 1, 2016, 7:53 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

AP reports from NC.

“NC’s new Voter ID rule narrows the right to vote”

January 31, 2016, 2:24 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Ned Barnett column in the News and Observer.

“Federal trial on voter ID expected to wrap up Monday”

January 30, 2016, 8:31 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The latest from North Carolina.

“McCrory must address voting issues – and fast”

January 29, 2016, 7:34 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Bob Hall in the Charlotte Observer: In a matter of weeks, thousands of North Carolina voters will head to the polls unaware of what they’ll need to vote – and election officials will be hard-pressed to help them. Will voters… Continue reading

“NAACP lawyers grill elections director in trial over photo IDs”

January 28, 2016, 6:28 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Winston Salem-Journal: After four days of testimony, the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP and the U.S. Department of Justice rested their case Thursday in a federal trial challenging North Carolina’s photo ID requirement for voting. Their last witness… Continue reading