Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Accuracy About Voting — Needed on Both Sides of Debate”

December 6, 2016, 9:34 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Must-read from Ned Foley: This recent tweet from Professor Larry Tribe caught my eye: “Call it what you like, but the # of voters turned away for not having required forms of ID exceeded margin of T’s victory in MI,… Continue reading

“Trump’s Lies About Voter Fraud Are Already Leading to New GOP Voter-Suppression Efforts”

December 6, 2016, 8:36 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ari Berman writes for The Nation.

“Why Does Donald Trump Lie About Voter Fraud?”

December 6, 2016, 6:58 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT editorial: This is how voter suppression efforts start. First come the unverified tales of fraud; then come the urgent calls to tighten voter registration rules and increase “ballot security,” which translate into laws that disenfranchise tens or hundreds of… Continue reading

“John Roberts Gutted the Voting Rights Act. Jeff Sessions is Poised to Finish It Off”

December 5, 2016, 8:01 amThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

AJ Vicens for Mother Jones.

NC: “Republicans claim 43 voters are ineligible felons. Many of them aren’t”

November 24, 2016, 10:57 amelection administration, felon voting, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

News and Observer: Larry Smith got an odd phone call last week: Someone had filed to throw out his vote, claiming he was a felon serving an active sentence. Smith, who lives in Stokes County, is no felon. But he… Continue reading

“Hillary Clinton Supporters Call for Vote Recount in Battleground States”

November 23, 2016, 8:06 pmelection administration, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: Hillary Clinton’s lead in the popular vote is growing. She is roughly 30,000 votes behind Donald J. Trump in the key swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin — a combined gap that is narrowing. Her impassioned supporters are… Continue reading

#NCGov: “2004 NC race may have set precedent for governor’s outcome”

November 23, 2016, 4:12 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Important piece in News & Observer on how the state legislature could try to decide a McCrory election contest (quoting my point about how if it did so it could raise serious federal constitutional concerns heard in a federal… Continue reading

New Claims of Electronic Vote Rigging Used to Steal Election from Clinton: What to Think?

November 22, 2016, 4:13 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Quite a report from Gabriel Sherman: Hillary Clinton is being urged by a group of prominent computer scientists and election lawyers to call for a recount in three swing states won by Donald Trump, New York has learned. The group,… Continue reading

McCrory Calls for Recount in NCGov Race, NC Board of Elections Meeting Allows Counties to Continue Counting, But More Protests Coming

November 22, 2016, 10:57 amelection administration, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Press release from McCrory team, which is behind Cooper right now by about 6,000 votes. (A candidate can request a recount if the number < 10,000. It will be very hard to make up a 6,000 vote deficit, and… Continue reading

NC: “Civitas Sues to Block Counting of Same-Day Votes”

November 22, 2016, 8:34 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WTVD reports. Given that the Fourth Circuit ordered this provision restored, hard to me to see that this complaint is about anything other than trying to stir up more doubts about the election.

“No, NC Republicans can’t just declare Pat McCrory a winner without courts having a say”

November 21, 2016, 8:29 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Peter St. Onge for Charlotte Observer: So what’s the misinformation? The New York Times wrote Saturday, and Slate repeated Monday, that N.C. law not only allows the General Assembly to declare a winner in the governor’s race, but… Continue reading

926-Page Record in Tomorrow’s NC Gov McCrory Challenge Hearing

November 21, 2016, 8:08 pmrecounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Here.

Does Kris Kobach Have Plans to Amend National Voter Registration Act, Presumably to Make Registration Tougher?

November 21, 2016, 1:15 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Via Ryan Reilly Kobach memo: "Draft Amendments to National Voter…." https://t.co/pmB28YeHF1 (CC: @rickhasen) — Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) November 21, 2016

“In latest voter ID filing, feds argue Texas discriminated on purpose”

November 20, 2016, 3:24 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Months after a federal appeals court ruled that Texas lawmakers discriminated against African-American and Latino voters in passing a strict voter identification law, the Obama administration and civil rights groups are asking a judge to go a step… Continue reading