Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Me on the Diane Rehm Podcast: “What’s Next In The Push To Protect The Vote”

January 14, 2022, 6:30 amelection subversion risk, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Listen: For the past year Democrats have pushed two major bills aimed at protecting voting rights in federal elections: the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.Now the fight over the vote is taking… Continue reading

My New York Times Essay: “No One Is Coming to Save Us From the ‘Dagger at the Throat of America’”

January 7, 2022, 7:20 amelection subversion risk, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this piece for the New York Times. It begins: The saturation coverage of the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection and of Donald Trump’s attempt to bully his way into a reversal of his loss in the… Continue reading

Some Skeptical Thoughts About “The Vote Collectors,” A New Book About Election Fraud in North Carolina’s Bladen County (Rerun 2018 Congressional Election in NC-09)

December 27, 2021, 10:22 amchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I just had a chance to read The Vote Collectors, by journalists Michael Graff and Nick Ochsner. I found it unsatisfying and I want to write a bit about why. About two thirds of the book is an examination… Continue reading

“Voting Laws Roundup: December 2021; This year’s tidal wave of restrictive voting legislation will continue in 2022.”

December 21, 2021, 10:14 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Brennan Center: In 2021, the state legislative push to restrict access to voting was not only aggressive — it was also successful.Between January 1 and December 7, at least 19 states passed 34 laws restricting access to voting.… Continue reading

Breaking: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Dispute Over Who Gets to Argue in North Carolina Voter ID Dispute

November 24, 2021, 7:10 amSupreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

In a surprise pre-Thanksgiving order, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, stemming from a dispute over a North Carolina voter id law. The dispute is not about the underlying… Continue reading

Wisconsin: “Election audit errors feed partisan spin — Michael Haas and Maribeth Witzel-Behl”

November 10, 2021, 7:21 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Wisconsin State Journal oped: For decades, Wisconsin’s Legislative Audit Bureau served as an important check and balance, keeping politicians honest and financial books clean. It prides itself on being nonpartisan, independent and accurate.But the bureau’s recent “Election Administration” report fails… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 3:4: Pam Fessler: The Voting Wars and the Media, Then and Now

November 8, 2021, 4:42 pmelection subversion risk, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

On Season 3, Episode 4 of the ELB Podcast: Can the United States continue to run free and fair elections amidst a sea of election disinformation? What has the path of the voting wars looked like since the disputed… Continue reading

“Advocates worry Biden is letting U.S. democracy erode on his watch”

October 17, 2021, 11:26 amelection subversion risk, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

WaPo: Voting rights advocates meet once every week or two with White House officials via video conference, and in almost every session, an advocate speaks up to say that President Biden must do more, that American democracy is under… Continue reading

“Will Georgia voting laws reduce turnout? Maybe not, studies show”

October 12, 2021, 6:52 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

AJC: When Georgia Republicans passed a new voting law, voting rights groups feared democracy-shattering barriers would undermine elections.But a body of research on voting rules such as those in Georgia doesn’t support the narrative that turnout will decline significantly… Continue reading

“Republican lawsuits over Pennsylvania’s mail voting law have some Democrats quietly worried”

October 12, 2021, 6:45 amabsentee ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jonathan Lai for the Philly Inquirer: Two years ago this month, Republicans and Democrats in Harrisburg reached a deal on the most significant changes to Pennsylvania election law in decades — including greatly expanded mail voting.But now, a year… Continue reading

“Voting Laws Roundup: October 2021”

October 4, 2021, 6:34 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Brennan Center: he 2020 federal election drew the United States’ highest voter turnout in more than a century, breaking records despite the Covid-19 pandemic and efforts to undermine the election process with the Big Lie of a stolen election.In… Continue reading

“GOP to massively step up 2022 poll watching efforts in Michigan and across U.S.”

September 25, 2021, 10:34 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Detroit Free Press: The GOP will massively increase its poll watching and election litigation efforts in 2022 and beyond after so far failing to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election through a series of lawsuits and audits, a… Continue reading

“Texas secretary of state’s office auditing four counties’ 2020 elections months after an official called the statewide process ‘smooth and secure'”

September 24, 2021, 6:47 amelection subversion risk, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: The Texas secretary of state’s office announced late Thursday that it has begun a “full forensic audit” of the 2020 general election in four Texas counties: Collin, Dallas, Harris and Tarrant. But the statement from that agency did… Continue reading

“Pa. Senate Democrats sue Republicans to block election review subpoena”

September 20, 2021, 6:59 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Philly Inquirer: Democrats in the Pennsylvania Senate sued their Republican colleagues Friday evening to block them from subpoenaing voter records as part of a review of the 2020 election.The lawsuit argues that the Republican effort unconstitutionally tramples on the separation… Continue reading

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