Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Texas’s Voter-Registration Laws Are Straight Out of the Jim Crow Playbook”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
“States Keep Weaseling Around Court Orders Blocking GOP Voting Restrictions”
Today’s must read is from Tierney Sneed for TPM:
After a spree of favorable court rulings that softened or blocked Republican-passed voting restrictions, voting rights advocates are engaged in a new phase of trench warfare with a mere month left… Continue reading
“Trump’s Voter Fraud Fantasy”
Eliza Newlin Carney for TAP.
“Experts Say Judge ‘Unlikely’ To Change Voter ID Law This Close To Election”
“Some Democrats Stay Quiet on Voting Reforms”
Jonathan Bernstein for Bloomberg View.
“Why Did Indiana State Police Raid A Voter Registration Group’s Office?”
TPM reports.
“A 90-Year-Old Woman Who’s Voted Since 1948 Was Disenfranchised by Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law”
Ari Berman reports for The Nation.
“Feds, state officials look into Kankakee voter fraud allegations”
Chicago Sun-Times:
The flurry of voter fraud and intimidation allegations and counter allegations swirling through Kankakee County has caught the attention of state and federal officials.
A day after Kankakee officials announced an investigation into voter fraud, including allegations that… Continue reading
The More Fearful You Are, the More You Support Voter ID Laws
“A federal court struck down much of North Carolina’s voter ID law — but what’s left could still shrink the black vote”
Erik Engstrom and Jason Roberts for the Monkey Cage. (This is on the demise of straight-ticket voting)
WI Voter ID Judge Will Hold Oct. 12 Hearing to Consider Affidavit Requirement after DMV Failures
Judge Peterson’s order:
The court will hold an in-person hearing at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 12, 2016, to consider plaintiffs’ motion to enjoin the state’s voter ID law, Dkt. 262, and defendants’ response to the court’s September 30, 2016,… Continue reading
“Voting Rights — and Wrongs”
New radio episode of Reveal.
“Vote fraud, intimidation allegations hurled about in Kankakee Co.”
More strange goings-on from the guy taking away the “I Voted” stickers.