Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Election Cases Move Toward U.S. Supreme Court, Risking Deadlocks”

July 15, 2016, 8:33 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Greg Stohr for Bloomberg: At the shorthanded U.S. Supreme Court, the next deadlock may affect the November election. A group of voting-rights cases is making its way to a court that’s all but guaranteed to have a lingering vacancy through… Continue reading

“Commentary: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s slam of Trump does the nation no favors”

July 13, 2016, 1:45 pmSupreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this oped for Reuters Opinion. A snippet: Some observers, such as my dean, Erwin Chemerinsky, have defended Ginsburg’s right to speak her mind on political issues. Others have stated that Trump is a uniquely dangerous candidate for… Continue reading

“State board approves Kobach’s proposal on suspended voters”

July 12, 2016, 3:39 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Wichita Eagle: A small group of state officials approved a new voting system for the upcoming primary and general elections before 9 a.m. on Tuesday. The Rules and Regulations Board voted 4-0 to approve Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s proposal… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 13. Thomas Hicks and Matthew Masterson: Surviving Elections 2016

July 10, 2016, 8:03 pmELB Podcast, election administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Is the American election system ready to handle 2016? Has the country done what it can to prevent long lines and election breakdowns? Can the U.S. Election Assistance Commission help Democrats and Republicans to move beyond the Voting Wars? On… Continue reading

Two Big Election Law Decisions Out of Texas are Pending…..And More from Other States

July 10, 2016, 1:45 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

The federal challenge to Texas’s strict voter identification law is pending before the entire Fifth Circuit sitting en banc. The Supreme Court set a soft July 20 deadline for a decision—after that the Court has invited plaintiffs to seek immediate… Continue reading

“Groups Seek Emergency Relief and Judicial Oversight for Elections in Maricopa County, Arizona”

July 7, 2016, 2:38 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP and Osborn Maledon, P.A. filed a motion for preliminary injunction, arguing that the Arizona secretary of state and Maricopa County officials should… Continue reading

“Could Voting Restrictions Be Trump’s Ace in the Hole?”

July 6, 2016, 4:01 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Zack Roth for NBC News. My response to the question: Extremely unlikely. Puts the emphasis on voting restrictions in the wrong place. As I’ve written: I also think this focus on turnout puts emphasis on the wrong place. The… Continue reading

“The Struggle to Vote in Kansas”

July 5, 2016, 9:18 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT editorial.

What Abortion and Voter Fraud Have in Common …

June 28, 2016, 1:28 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idDan Tokaji

Paul Waldman provocatively argues: Simply put, there is no argument Democrats or Republicans have offered more disingenuously in recent years than the claim that the regulations one conservative state after another has passed on abortion clinics are only in… Continue reading

“Appeals Court Considers North Carolina Voting Law”

June 22, 2016, 7:14 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Pam Fessler two-way with Audie Cornish on NPR.

“North Carolina Faces Tough Questions From Appeals Court on Voting Law”

June 21, 2016, 4:35 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Brent Kendall reports for WSJ.

Listen to the 4th Circuit Oral Arguments in NC Voting Case

June 21, 2016, 10:41 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here.

“The Gutting of the Voting Rights Act Could Decide the 2016 Election”

June 21, 2016, 10:27 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

It’s a good piece by Ari Berman but terrible framing. Courts should strike down restrictive voting laws that make it harder to register or vote for no good reason, whether or not such laws affect election outcomes. And I have… Continue reading