Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Democrats call Ohio’s purgings of voter rolls too aggressive”

December 4, 2015, 11:17 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Columbus Dispatch: Ohio House Democrats and some liberal advocacy groups want to put an end to the state’s purging of people from voter-registration rolls just because they move within the state or have not voted for a few years.… Continue reading

“True Threats: Voter Intimidation and the Constitution”

December 4, 2015, 7:29 amchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Dan Tokaji has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Voter intimidation is a recurrent problem that, like so many other aspects of our election system, provokes sharply polarized reactions along party lines. Of particular current interest are… Continue reading

Kobach Gets a (Midemeanor) Vote Fraud Conviction

December 3, 2015, 5:02 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: A man who illegally voted in both Kansas and Arkansas while moving has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in a case that was among the first to be filed under a new state law that gives Kansas Secretary… Continue reading

“Man convicted after voting in 3 states in same election”

December 3, 2015, 4:59 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Voting in three states in the same election. As I note in the Voting Wars, this chicanery is possible (and occasionally happens) because we do not have national voter registration.

“U.S. Attorney reviewing voting rights lawsuit filed against Alabama”

December 3, 2015, 7:37 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Al.com: The top federal prosecutor in North Alabama says she is reviewing a lawsuit filed Wednesday by groups challenging Alabama’s law requiring people to present photo identification before they can vote. “We received a copy of the lawsuit … We… Continue reading

“LDF Files Lawsuit to Challenge Alabama’s Racially Discriminatory Photo ID Law”

December 2, 2015, 8:43 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Release: oday, one day after celebrating the 60th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama — an act that ignited the Civil Rights Movement — lawyers from the NAACP Legal… Continue reading

Why Has WI Gov. Walker Delayed Signing Bill Killing GAB?

December 2, 2015, 7:10 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Interesting.

“Democrats accuse rogue elections official of compromising voter privacy”

December 1, 2015, 7:58 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo news from Va: Elections officials in Prince William County this week asked the Commonwealth’s attorney to investigate one of their own. They say Guy Anthony Guiffré, a member of the county electoral board, might have broken state and federal… Continue reading

Ned Foley Stocking Stuffer

November 29, 2015, 3:52 pmrecounts, The Voting Wars, votingRick Hasen

What do you give the election law nerd who has everything? I’d suggest Ned Foley’s new book, Ballot Battles. I’ve read this in draft and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to know how we’ve handled close… Continue reading

“NAACP seeks to halt implementation of North Carolina voter ID law”

November 25, 2015, 8:43 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Reuters reports.

“North Carolina’s Shell Game of Electoral Apartheid: How the Board of Elections Shoved Black Voters Away From the Ballot Box in 2014”

November 23, 2015, 7:31 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Insightus: Between the 2012 and 2014 elections the total number of Early Voting sites operated by North Carolina county boards of elections, statewide, increased modestly: from 363 to 366. But that same period witnessed substantial changes in those sites’… Continue reading

“Goodbye, Speech Police”

November 21, 2015, 11:52 amcampaign finance, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WSJ editorial dances on the grave of the GAB.

“Lawyers in voter registration lawsuit against Kobach ask for class-action status”

November 19, 2015, 7:17 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The latest from Kansas.

“NC voting law opponents plan to file preliminary injunction against photo ID”

November 18, 2015, 10:46 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Winston Salem-Journal: The North Carolina NAACP wants a federal judge to stop the photo-ID requirement from taking effect during the March 2016 primary elections. Attorneys for the civil-rights organization filed court papers on Friday indicating that they planned to seek… Continue reading