Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Democratic group will spend $5 million to elect secretaries of state, the latest front in ‘voting wars’”

January 25, 2018, 7:27 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Dave Weigel for WaPo: The left-leaning ballot access group iVote will spend at least $5 million across swing states to elect Democratic secretaries of state — the latest front in the “voting wars” that Democrats worried they have been losing.… Continue reading

“How the GOP Rigs Elections; With a combination of gerrymandering, voter-ID laws and dark money, Republicans have tipped the political scales in their favor. Will it be enough to keep Democrats from claiming victory in 2018?”

January 25, 2018, 7:00 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ari Berman for Rolling Stone.

Banana Republic Dept: Wisconsin Senate Republicans Aim to Remove Civil Servants Next at Government Ethics and Election Commissions

January 24, 2018, 9:09 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Patrick Marley: Republican state senators Tuesday denied the confirmations of the directors of Wisconsin’s ethics and elections commissions — and the leader of the state Senate said he hoped to remove two civil servants at those agencies next. Senate Majority… Continue reading

Wisconsin: “Senate votes to force out state Ethics and Elections leaders”

January 23, 2018, 1:14 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Bad news for fair and impartial elections, but entirely expected: State Senate Republicans have voted on party lines to reject confirmation of the state’s top ethics and elections officials — which Republicans said will effectively fire them, and Democrats decried… Continue reading

“New Analysis: Voter Suppression Laws a Concern in 2018, Though Many States Looking to Expand Access”

January 22, 2018, 1:16 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Brennan Center: A first look at voting laws introduced in state legislatures across the country finds that voter suppression efforts continue to be a concern at the outset of a pivotal election year. The Trump administration is promoting a similar… Continue reading

“Trump’s attempts to show voter fraud appear to have stalled”

January 21, 2018, 6:10 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The PBS News Hour reports.

“Judge Knocks DOJ Claim That Kobach Can’t Speak For Voter Fraud Panel”

January 20, 2018, 12:03 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

TPM: A federal judge didn’t buy the Justice Department’s argument that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach couldn’t speak to what was being done with the data collected by the now-defunct voter fraud commission he led. The judge ordered that… Continue reading

“DOJ: Kobach Has Agreed Not To Share Voter Fraud Panel Records With DHS”

January 17, 2018, 7:50 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Tierney Sneed for TPM.

“I agree with Donald Trump, we should have voter ID. Here’s how and why.”

January 16, 2018, 8:09 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Michael McDonald USA Today oped: I propose a national identification card to be issued by the government to all citizens of the United States when they turn 16. This identification would serve not only as required voter identification when someone… Continue reading

“Trump Official On Russian Hacking: ‘A National Security Issue'”

January 15, 2018, 8:38 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pam Fessler for NPR: President Trump has shown little interest in fighting the threat of Russians hacking U.S. elections. He’s shown a lot of interest in fighting voter fraud, something he insists — without evidence — is widespread. Parts of… Continue reading

Federal District Court Rejects Constitutional and Voting Rights Act Claims Against Alabama Voter ID Law

January 10, 2018, 8:03 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

You can find the 69 page opinion here (via Chris Geidner). I’m not surprised by the result in the case, given that Alabama’s voter id law is much less strict than some other recent id laws, and the tendency… Continue reading

“White House says it will destroy Trump voter panel data, send no records to DHS”

January 10, 2018, 5:13 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: The White House’s new filing came as Dunlap urged the court to order the commission to preserve all records pending compliance with the judge’s order. Government attorneys asked the judge to toss out her order, saying it was moot… Continue reading

Are Justice Breyer or Justice Gorsuch in Play in the Ohio Voter Purge Case, Will the Justices Divide Along Familiar Party Lines, or Is It All Kennedy Again?

January 10, 2018, 3:54 pmNVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Today the voting wars reached the Supreme Court, which heard oral argument in Husted v. A Philip Randolph Institute, a case which concerns an Ohio law which makes it relatively easy to remove voters from the rolls. While there… Continue reading