Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Study: Texas Voter Education Campaign Failed To Prevent ID Confusion”

April 12, 2017, 6:08 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Texas’ court-ordered $2.5 million voter education campaign failed to prevent widespread confusion about the state’s identification rules ahead of the 2016 general election, according to a study released Monday. And such a misunderstanding may have kept some eligible… Continue reading

TX: “Analysis: A law that lets political majorities cheat — and win”

April 12, 2017, 5:54 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ross Ramsey for the Texas Tribune: The state seems to be doing everything in its power to prove that it cannot be trusted with voting rights.

NC: Deja Vu Dept: NC Again Passes Law Changing Election Boards Now That There’s a Democratic Governor

April 11, 2017, 3:08 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WRAL: State legislative leaders and Gov. Roy Cooper are likely headed for another veto fight, this time over a measure that would reconfigure the state’s oversight of elections, ethics and lobbying. Lawmakers sent the bill to Cooper’s desk Tuesday. In… Continue reading

NC: “Senate halts ethics/elections merger bill for now”

April 11, 2017, 8:09 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

News and Observer: The state Senate on Monday night voted not to go along with a House bill that would merge the ethics and elections commissions. Instead, the bill was sent to a conference committee of Senate and House members… Continue reading

Breaking: Federal Court in Texas Rules Texas Passed Its Voter ID Law with a Racially Discriminatory Intent

April 10, 2017, 2:23 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

A federal district court has held on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sitting en banc that Texas enacted its controversial voter identification law with a racially discriminatory intent. If (and it is a… Continue reading

After Being “Rescheduled” Twice, NC Voting Case Now Back on for April 13 SCOTUS Conference, w Justice Gorusch

April 10, 2017, 9:45 amSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Docket. The first question is whether the state gets to withdraw the cert. petition, as the gov. and AG want and the Legislature does not.

“Iowa Secretary Of State’s Office Released Statistics That Its Own Staff Objected To”

April 10, 2017, 7:30 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

HuffPo: In an effort to highlight voter irregularities and push for stricter voting laws, Iowa’s top election official pushed statistics on alleged voter fraud that even a member of his own staff privately suggested were misleading, emails obtained by the… Continue reading

“GOP is trying to shape elections by reshaping North Carolina’s election boards”

April 9, 2017, 7:57 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

News Observer editorial: A three-judge panel issued a clear ruling last month that Republican shenanigans trying to change the makeup of local elections boards and the structure of the state Board of Elections and the state ethics board were illegal… Continue reading

“Republican Governors Keep Vetoing Legislation That Would Make Voting Easier”

April 9, 2017, 12:14 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Paul Blumental for HuffPo: On March 21, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) vetoed legislation that would have automatically registered eligible voters when they sought services from the Department of Motor Vehicles. The veto made Sandoval the third Republican governor to… Continue reading

AL: “Rebekah Mason suggested closure of DMV offices in majority black counties, report shows”

April 8, 2017, 9:28 amchicanery, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Wow: Governor Robert Bentley’s former top advisor and secret paramour Rebekah Mason led a politically-motivated effort in 2015 to close 31 driver’s license offices in mostly black counties, a move that embarrassed the state and was later reversed. The decision… Continue reading

“A Department of Justice, But For Whom?”

April 7, 2017, 7:17 amDepartment of Justice, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Joshua Matz and Leah Litman: At the end of March, a group of conservative activists sent Attorney General Jeff Sessions an unsolicited letter with some detailed suggestions about how to “fix” the Civil Rights Division of the Department of… Continue reading

“Federal Court Denies Motion to Dismiss NAACP LDF’s Lawsuit Against Discriminatory Alabama Voter ID Law”

April 6, 2017, 4:05 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Release: A federal court today denied a motion to dismiss a challenge to Alabama’s discriminatory voter ID law brought by plaintiffs represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. The ruling comes in the case of Greater Birmingham … Continue reading

“N.H. ACLU: Bill Would ‘Effectively Criminalize’ Legitimate New Hampshire Voters”

April 4, 2017, 7:29 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

New Hampshire Public Radio reports.

Federal Court in TX Voter ID Case Will Address Discriminatory Intent Claim in “Due Course,” Will Await Ruling on Remedies

April 3, 2017, 1:14 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

From today’s order (via Josh Gerstein): Having heard re-argument, this Court intends to issue its new opinion on whether SB 14 was passed with a discriminatory intent in violation of the Voting Rights Act at its earliest convenience and in… Continue reading

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