Justice Breyer Not Too Worried About 8-Justice Supreme Court Handling Presidential Election Dispute
Glad he can be so sanguine. I’m not (except for the fact that the election does not appear to be close right now).
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“25 Oct RELEASE: Early voters see problems with photo ID, intimidation”
“No, there is no evidence that thousands of noncitizens are illegally voting and swinging elections”
Talking to Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air About Trump Vote Rigging Claims, Voter Fraud, and The Voting Wars
“Why Struck-Down Voter ID Laws Trouble Would-Be Voters”
Another must-read from Michael Wines of the NYT:
While Donald J. Trump repeatedly claims that the election is “rigged”against him, voting rights groups are increasingly battling something more concrete in this year’s ferocious wars over access to the ballot… Continue reading
“Trump will claim the election was stolen. This new poll shows GOP voters may believe him.”
Greg Sargent:
The poll finds that among Americans overall, only 43 percent have a great deal of confidence that their votes will be counted accurately. That’s unfortunate, to be sure. Meanwhile, the partisan divide is notable: 55 percent of Democrats… Continue reading
“Campaigns Brace for Election-Day Legal Battles”
“How will Trump supporters react if he loses?”
Pippa Norris for The Monkey Cage:
What do Americans think they would do if their presidential candidate does not win? The Reuters-IPSOS poll gave registered voters six hypothetical choices. Respondents were allowed to choose more than one option. The most… Continue reading
“A City Clerk Opposed an Early-Voting Site at UW–Green Bay Because ‘Students Lean More Toward the Democrats'”
Big from Ari Berman:
After the primary, leaders of eight different student groups—including the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian parties and the Black Student Union—asked the city to put an early-voting location on campus to alleviate long lines. But city officials… Continue reading
“The Real Voting Problem in the 2016 Election; Officials in key battleground states have been dragging their feet on obeying court orders to open up access to the polls”
Zack Roth for Politico.
Politifact Rates “False” Trump Claim That 14 Percent of Non-Citizens are Registered to Vote
“Complaint spurs voter machine recalibration”
This happens every year, and it is already happening this year. It doesn’t mean the machines are rigged:
The Alamance County Board of Elections will recalibrate the voting machines at the Graham early voting site after a second-hand,… Continue reading
“A growing conflict over voting rights is playing out in Georgia, where the presidential race is tightening”
WaPo:
A growing conflict over voting rights and ballot access is playing out in Georgia, where civil rights activists are trading accusations with Republican elected officials and where stakes have risen considerably with the state’s new status as a closely… Continue reading