Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Supreme Court order unlikely to deter voting restrictions”

May 16, 2017, 7:06 amSupreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Mark Sherman for the AP: The Supreme Court’s refusal to breathe new life into North Carolina’s sweeping voter identification law might be just a temporary victory for civil rights groups. Republican-led states are continuing to enact new voter ID measures… Continue reading

Why Did the Chief Justice Write Separately in North Carolina and Texas Voting Cases?

May 15, 2017, 3:08 pmSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Today Chief Justice Roberts wrote separately in connection with the Supreme Court decision not to hear the North Carolina voting case, underlining the procedural irregularities of the case and noting it was not a decision on the merits. The Chief… Continue reading

North Carolina Passes Another Strict Voting Law at Its Peril

May 15, 2017, 3:02 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

There’s already talk of the North Carolina general assembly (which has a veto-proof Republican majority) passing another strict voting rule (over the certain objections of the Democratic governor). This may happen even though the Supreme Court allowed the Fourth… Continue reading

Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court Denies Cert. in North Carolina Voting Case; Chief Justice Issues Statement

May 15, 2017, 6:34 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Today the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to a Fourth Circuit decision holding that a North Carolina voting law (one I’ve called the strictest set of voting rules rolled into one law passed since at least the passage… Continue reading

“A Seeker of Kansas Voter Fraud Gets a National Soapbox”

May 14, 2017, 9:33 pmchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: Kris W. Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, oversees an office whose clerical and regulatory work costs the state’s taxpayers barely $5.5 million a year. But he has parlayed that modest post into a national platform for tough restrictions… Continue reading

FEC Commissioner Weintraub Suggests Trump “Voter Fraud” Conclusions “Preordained”

May 12, 2017, 1:50 pmchicanery, federal election commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Statement.

Justin Levitt Comments on the Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission

May 12, 2017, 1:41 pmchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Take Care blog: Evidence suggests that the Commission’s conclusions are also already preordained. Kris Kobach, co-chair of the new Commission, met with President-Elect Donald Trump in November 2016, in an apparent interview to become Secretary of the Department of Homeland… Continue reading

Charles Stewart on New Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission: This Will Distract From Real Work of Election Reform

May 12, 2017, 6:09 amchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Charles is one of the smartest and fairest people working in the field of election administration from the academic side. From his post today: 4. The lost opportunity. Most people who work in the field of election administration, academics and… Continue reading

Doug Chapin Has Questions About New Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission

May 12, 2017, 6:06 amchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Among Doug’s questions: What impact does this have on members of the commission? Several members of the new commission are involved in complicated issues elsewhere. Kansas’ Kobach continues to be the target of numerous lawsuits regarding his state’s voter registration… Continue reading

Bauer on Trump Voter Fraud Commission: “election administration experts should keep their distance”

May 12, 2017, 6:03 amchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Bob Bauer, former co-chair of the last (bipartisan) Presidential Commission on Election Administration: This means that the only hope for the Commission to attain respectability is to build a record of consultation with the respectable. And given how the Commission… Continue reading

Why Didn’t Trump Announce All 15 (or 12?) Members of His “Voter Fraud” Commission? And Why Announce Now?

May 11, 2017, 8:15 pmchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Executive order establishing the “voter fraud” commission provides for the VP to chair and up to 15 additional members. Yet the NYT report says it will have “about a dozen” members, and so far we only know the names… Continue reading

Nate Persily, Research Director of Last Bipartisan Voting Commission, Blasts Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission

May 11, 2017, 7:43 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

TPM: Even election administration experts who had served on presidential election commissions in the past were dubious of Trump’s panel’s true aims. “It so beyond the pale. What can you say at this point?” said Nate Persily, who served as… Continue reading

My Q and A with VICE on Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission

May 11, 2017, 7:39 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Here

ACLU Makes FOIA Request Connected to Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission

May 11, 2017, 7:38 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: The American Civil Liberties Union took legal action today related to President Trump’s new executive order establishing a “Presidential Commission on Election Integrity.” The ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act “FOIA” request seeking information that the Trump administration… Continue reading