Category Archives: The Voting Wars

NPR’s Ari Shapiro Interviews Kris Kobach–Listen for Last Question on Trump’s False Claims of Millions of Illegal Votes

June 30, 2017, 4:50 pmFixing Election Administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Nice job by Ari. You can listen here. Kobach falsely claims he is just asking for publicly available information. But it includes SSNs and other information. He says the Commission will study security of state voter rolls. This is… Continue reading

Quote of the Day: Republican Pushback on Kobach’s Federal Intrusion Edition

June 30, 2017, 4:26 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

“They can go jump in the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi is a great state to launch from,”….“Mississippi residents should celebrate Independence Day and our state’s right to protect the privacy of our citizens by conducting our own electoral processes.”… Continue reading

“Trump’s Voter Fraud Endgame; His ‘election integrity’ investigation is a pretext to repeal the National Voter Registration Act. It won’t work”

June 30, 2017, 10:06 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: Donald Trump’s attempt at voter suppression through his “election integrity” commission is a voting rights nightmare that is being enacted so clumsily it just might backfire….. Kobach’s likely going to use… Continue reading

Justin Levitt: Pence-Kobach “Election Integrity” Commission Requests May Violate Federal Law

June 30, 2017, 6:58 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Justin at Take Care on the requests for voter information I expressed concern about yesterday: In the abstract, the information itself isn’t the real problem. There are ways that careful researchers engage voter files that can assist and enlighten. But… Continue reading

President Trump Appoints Country’s Worst Vote Suppressor to His “Election Integrity” Commission

June 29, 2017, 9:23 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

[Bumped to top] I thought it could not get worse with the Pence-Kobach faux election integrity commission with the appointment of Kris Kobach, the Secretary of State of Kansas who has trumped up claims of voter fraud to advance… Continue reading

VA Gov. McAuliffe Says He Won’t Send Data to Pence-Kobach Faux Commission

June 29, 2017, 9:14 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Statement.

“Grimes To Trump: I Won’t Send Kentucky Voter Data”

June 29, 2017, 9:01 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

WFPL: Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes says her office will not release state voter data to President Donald Trump’s election commission…. Grimes, a Democrat, issued a statement on Twitter saying she would not release state voters’ sensitive personal… Continue reading

Charles Stewart, Leading Expert on Election Administration, Cautions on Pence-Kobach Science Experiment

June 29, 2017, 8:42 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Smart and careful post from Charles: I’ve had a chance now to read the letter that vice-chair Kris Kobach has sent to the states, requesting that they send the Pence Commission copies of their publicly available voter files. My initial… Continue reading

David Becker Ties DOJ Actions on Voter List Purging to Pence-Kobach Commission and Move to Disband EAC

June 29, 2017, 8:39 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Smart post: The fact that all these things happened on the same day raises significant questions and concerns. Is the DOJ coordinating with the PACEI, and if so, what role is the DOJ playing in the PCEI’s efforts? How does… Continue reading

Three Dangers of the Pence-Kobach Faux Commission Call for State Voter Roll Information

June 29, 2017, 1:27 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

This morning I blogged about the Pence-Kobach commission’s call for voter data, and how that raised privacy and other concerns. We we now have seen the letter (via Bryan Lowry), and it raises three immediateconcerns. The letter calls on… Continue reading

Pence-Kobach Commission Wants State Voter Data; Can It Protect Voter Privacy? Will State Election Officials Cooperate? Will House Kill EAC?

June 29, 2017, 8:55 amchicanery, Election Assistance Commission, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The sham Pence commission wants data from state voter rolls. But it is not clear how this will go. David Becker on the privacy issue and about concerns of securing the data.. It is also not clear whether Democratic… Continue reading

“Should It Be Easier To Vote? Americans Are Deeply Divided By Party”

June 29, 2017, 8:39 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pam Fessler for NPR: Most Americans – 59 percent — think everything possible should be done to make it easy for citizens to vote. Almost 80 percent say they oppose making voting mandatory. These are the results of a new… Continue reading

“The real voter fraud; Republicans are using fake voter fraud to crush voting rights”

June 27, 2017, 8:14 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

VICE News reports.

News Analysis Cannot Replicate PILF “Alien Invasion” Study Finding “Massive” Noncitizen Voting in VA

June 24, 2017, 9:09 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Capital News Service: Last fall, a pair of groups supported by conservatives released a report with the sensational title “Alien Invasion in Virginia: The discovery and coverup of noncitizen registration and voting.” It said illegal voting is a “massive problem”:…… Continue reading

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