“The first arrests from DeSantis’s election police take extensive toll”
The WaPo on a message communicated to Floridians: “Voting is dangerous.”
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“A top GOP lawyer wants to crack down on the college vote. States already are.”
Zachary Roth on efforts targeting a younger segment of the electorate.
Election Litigation Fell Almost 25 Percent in 2021-22 Compared to Last Midterm Election Season (2017-18), But Slump May Not Last [Corrected]
My latest data crunching of a sample of election law cases shows a steep drop in the rate of election litigation, with litigation averaging 257 .5 cases per year in the 2021-22 midterm election period, down almost 19 percent compared… Continue reading
“Massive turnover in local election officials likely before 2024, says new survey; A new survey suggests that more than 1 in 5 local election officials will have never worked a presidential election next year.”
NBC News:
A new survey from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law predicts huge turnover in local election officials before the 2024 election.
According to the survey, 12% of local officials began working in… Continue reading
“Top GOP lawyer decries ease of campus voting in private pitch to RNC”
WaPo:
A top Republican legal strategist told a roomful of GOP donors over the weekend that conservatives must band together to limit voting on college campuses, same-day voter registration and automatic mailing of ballots to registered voters, according to a… Continue reading
“‘Can I vote?’ Florida’s new elections bill leaves voters in the dark — by design”
The Miami Herald Editorial Board on the new bill moving through the Florida legislature.
“Gator Caucus disputes legitimacy of Senate presidential election”
The students may be learning too many real-life lessons about elections in the Sunshine State.
This story about the election to the presidency of the University of Florida Student Senate runneth over the cup: disputed results, quorum runs, disputes about… Continue reading
“Florida Republicans poised to make more changes to election laws”
Looks like, among other items on the menu, more tussling over Amendment 4 and voters with convictions, and more tussling over restrictions on independent voter registration groups.
“Republicans push for stricter election laws, despite scant proof of fraud”
WaPo:
More than two years after the 2020 presidential election, Republicans in GOP-controlled legislatures are continuing to push totighten voting laws and the rules for election administration,despite the lack of evidence for Donald Trump’s claim that widespread fraud tainted his… Continue reading
“Why Republicans Are So Intent on Destroying ERIC”
Michael Morse for Slate:
Now right-wing groups are plotting to weaken ERIC and revive Crosscheck’s faulty approach. J. Christian Adams has peddled the false claim that ERIC is a “smokescreen” for Democratic efforts to turn out the vote, which… Continue reading
Are Some Republican States Leaving “ERIC,” the Interstate Voter Registration Group that Helps Prevent Voter Fraud, Because of Requirements to Engage in Voter Registration Activities?
Important observation in Politico:
Florida, West Virginia and Missouri’s departure, however, publicly reveals the broader fight about the organization’s governance and bylaws. Some Republican secretaries of state have been pushing for changes to ERIC, which have been the source of… Continue reading
“Top GA official says ‘coordinated effort’ between DOJ and ‘liberal activists’ to ‘scapegoat’ voting law”
Fox News:
A top Georgia official said Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents should show a “coordinated effort” between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and “liberal activists” to use the state’s voting law as a “scapegoat for political losses.”
On… Continue reading
“Election Integrity Unit’s latest pivot has both sides in Arizona questioning whether it should exist at all”
Votebeat:
Every year since 2019, Arizona lawmakers have instructed the state’s attorney general to spend a half-million dollars to staff an “election fraud unit,” with no further instructions.
Democrats accused former Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, of using the… Continue reading
“Did Kansas criminalize voter registration drives? Supreme Court weighs election law case”
Topeka Capital-Journal:
Voter advocacy organizations are asking the Kansas Supreme Court to block a new state law that they argue criminalizes voter registration drives, despite lower courts rejecting the argument.
The justices of the state’s high court indicated in Wednesday’s… Continue reading