Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Will North Carolina’s Early Voting Cutbacks and Changes Affect Overall Voting?

October 31, 2016, 7:44 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

From today’s NY Times survey on the state of early voting: In North Carolina, Democrats have a wide lead in the number of ballots cast so far, with 43 percent to Republicans’ 31 percent. But because the state significantly curtailed… Continue reading

“North Carolina NAACP Files Federal Suit Charging State Illegally Suppressed Right to Vote of Thousands of Black Residents”

October 31, 2016, 7:18 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: The North Carolina NAACP filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking an immediate injunction to stop the state and various county boards of elections from illegally cancelling the registrations of thousands of voters who are being targeted in a coordinated… Continue reading

“Amicus: Intimidation Nation — Lawyers challenging punitive voting restrictions in Ohio are making an eleventh hour appeal to the Supreme Court.”

October 31, 2016, 7:14 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Dahlia Lithwick podcast: In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder, many states made changes to their voting laws that may disproportionately harm minorities. This week, lawyers in Ohio filed an emergency … Continue reading

“What do Trump and Brexit have in common? Warnings of electoral fraud.”

October 31, 2016, 7:06 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Toby James for The Monkey Cage.

“The R.N.C.’s ‘Don’t Get Out the Vote’ Drives”

October 31, 2016, 7:03 amchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT editorial on the consent decree.

“Will Zombie Voters Tip the Scales in 2016? No, but They Have in the Past”

October 30, 2016, 9:46 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Daily Beast: To Keyssar’s point, a recent investigation into South Carolina’s 2012 elections concluded that no fraud in the name of dead people had happened, despite widespread claims of by state party officials of “zombie voting.” As legislators were pushing… Continue reading

“Nixon Didn’t Fight on in 1960 Because Texas Law Didn’t Allow Him to”

October 30, 2016, 9:29 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ned Foley for HNN.

“Hundreds march to Board of Elections to cast ballots, protest dearth of early-voting locations”

October 30, 2016, 9:25 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Several hundred voters marched to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections on Sunday to cast ballots and protest the limited number of in-house early voting locations in Ohio. The marchers departed at 2:30 p.m. from the Trinity… Continue reading

Is Trump Encouraging Illegal Multiple Voting in Colorado? (It Wouldn’t Work)

October 30, 2016, 9:10 pmchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

CNN: Trump kicked off his rally here on Sunday by encouraging his supporters to “make sure” their ballots are properly counted, saying that he is a “skeptical person” when it comes to the state’s largely vote-by-mail process. He then encouraged… Continue reading

Lee County (NC) Democrats Allege Trump Supporter with Baseball Bat at Polls

October 30, 2016, 12:07 pmchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I’m afraid these kinds of stories of possible voter intimidation will increase as we get closer to election day, and many will be hard to fact check.

Jacob Soboroff Talks of “Rigged” Voting in Philly

October 30, 2016, 11:56 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Watch.

Divided 9th Circuit Rejects Dems’ Voting Challenge to AZ “Ballot Harvesting” Law, But En Banc May Be Coming

October 30, 2016, 10:00 amabsentee ballots, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Arizona passed a law limiting who is allowed to collect a completed absentee ballot from voters (so called “ballot harvesting”). Democrats and others filed suit claiming that the law was unconstitutional and a Voting Rights Act violation. A divided … Continue reading

“Is this proof of voter fraud or election rigging?: A user guide”

October 30, 2016, 9:29 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Philip Bump performing a useful service. For example, on dead people “voting,” here’s a common one, an administrative foul-up: But there are stories about ballots being cast for dead people! Is this vote-rigging? No. Is this in-person voter fraud? Probably… Continue reading

“Hoax Image of Immigration Officers Arresting Voters Is Making Rounds on Social Media”

October 29, 2016, 5:50 pmcampaigns, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Electionland: An image has begun circulating on Twitter that appears to show an immigration officer arresting someone in line to vote. The image is a hoax, as is the accompanying threatening language directed at Hispanic voters. The image is a… Continue reading