Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Read the NC Governor, AG Filings Seeking to Withdraw Cert. Petition in North Carolina Voting Case

February 22, 2017, 8:02 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

You can find the documents here. As I noted yesterday, there is a dispute over whether the North Carolina governor can end this litigation while the legislature wants it to continue. There is also the question, as noted… Continue reading

Suit to Force Wake County NC to Clean Its Voter Rolls Under the NVRA Survives Motion to Dismiss

February 21, 2017, 2:08 pmNVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Court order: Considering VIP-NC’s allegation that the number of registered voters in Wake County has exceeded, and continues to exceed, the number of eligible voters, which allegation is in turn supported by reliable data and WBOE’s failure to use available… Continue reading

“Fighting voter ID laws in the courts isn’t enough. We need boots on the ground”

February 21, 2017, 1:10 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Important Molly McGrath LA Times oped: States that have implemented voter ID laws have shown little to no interest in helping their citizens comply. And the advocacy organizations that oppose these laws have few resources for direct voter assistance. Instead,… Continue reading

Breaking: NC Gov, AG Take Steps to Withdraw from #SCOTUS Voting Case–But Case Not (Yet) Over

February 21, 2017, 9:19 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Last week I explained the following: North Carolina has filed its reply brief in the North Carolina voting case, and the Supreme Court is set to review it at its March 3 conference. (If the Court does grant review, it… Continue reading

“Seaman: The harmful myth of widespread voter fraud”

February 20, 2017, 5:44 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Chris Seaman has written this oped for the Roanoke Times.

NC: “Fact Check: Were ‘tens of thousands’ of 2016 voters not verified?”

February 20, 2017, 7:42 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WRAL: During a discussion of voter fraud during this week’s episode of WRAL News’ “On the Record,” Francis De Luca of the conservative Civitas Institute cited a statistic to highlight the potential that some number of people in North Carolina… Continue reading

“Voter Fraud, Redux et Redux”

February 20, 2017, 7:26 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Miles Rapoport blogs at the Ash Center’s Challenges to Democracy blog.

Irony Alert: Is Kansas SOS Kobach Foot-Dragging on Investigation of Alleged Voter Fraud by Republican Sheriff?

February 19, 2017, 3:14 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Lawrence Journal-World: Sheriff McGovern, a Republican who was re-elected in 2016, said he and his mother had no intention of wrongdoing when she registered to vote at an address that she no longer lived at. When asked why he thought… Continue reading

“Virginia voter registration records have loopholes but no evidence of widespread fraud”

February 18, 2017, 2:08 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Very useful piece from the Virginia Pilot.

Texas Prosecutors Could Target Voters Who Used Affidavits and Refused to Show Valid IDs

February 18, 2017, 2:00 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: The Texas law requires voters to show one of seven approved forms of identification to cast ballots. It was softened in August to allow people without a driver’s license or other photo ID to sign an affidavit declaring that… Continue reading

“Citing Trump’s voter fraud lie, states are working to make it harder to vote”

February 18, 2017, 10:07 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Important Kira Lerner at Think Progress; At the annual gathering of secretaries of state in Washington, D.C. this week, Republican elections chiefs blocked an attempt to official denounceTrump’s lie. Instead, they cited the president’s claims, telling ThinkProgress they support… Continue reading

“Trump’s Labor Pick Has a History of Attacking Voting Rights”

February 16, 2017, 7:30 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

John Nichols for the Nation: Robert Kengle, the deputy chief of the Voting Section, said he left his position because of the extreme politicization of the department during the time of Acosta’s leadership. Kengle said the controversial letter brief in… Continue reading

With Democratic Governor Silent, North Carolina Tees Up #SCOTUS Review of Its Strict Voting Law

February 16, 2017, 11:44 amSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

North Carolina has filed its reply brief in the North Carolina voting case, and the Supreme Court is set to review it at its March 3 conference. (If the Court does grant review, it typically takes at least two conferences… Continue reading

Washington Times Says 1-2 Million Hispanic Non-Citizens Illegally Registered to Vote in U.S.

February 15, 2017, 9:08 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Here we go again.

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