Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Charlottesville and the Problem of Donald Trump’s Constitution”
Bob Bauer, with a note on Pence-Kobach:
Trump has not limited himself to waging this war of exclusion on a merely rhetorical front. His Vice President is managing the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, a major initiative to root… Continue reading
If Pence-Kobach Voter Fraud Commission is Doing Any Substantive Work, It Would Be News to At Least One Democratic Commissioner
From this Think Progress piece on whether any commission members might leave the Commission given President Trump’s abhorrent comments calling some of the white supremacists marching in Charlottesville “very fine people,” is this discussion from Democratic commissioner David Dunn:
“I’ve… Continue reading
“Thinking Like a Lawyer” Podcast on Election Law
New Voter Suppression Effort Appears to Be on the Way from Trump Campaign Aides
NYT:
With President Trump’s poll numbers slipping, a group of the president’s former campaign aides is beginning an effort to encourage new voters in parts of the country that supported him in the election, and to stop what they contend… Continue reading
“The Voter Purge Crusade That Preceded Trump’s Sketchy Elections Commission”
Tierney Sneed for TPM:
Vice President Mike Pence, leader of President Trump’s shady “Elections Integrity” commission kicked off its first meeting last month with a promise that it would have “no preconceived notions or preordained results.”
But like many of … Continue reading
“Perkins Coie’s Marc Elias on ‘Explosion’ in Election Law”
Elias audio interview on law.com.
NYT and WaPo Editorialize Against DOJ Position Flip-Flop in Ohio Purge Case at SCOTUS
“Our Hackable Democracy”
Must-Read: “Russian Cyberattack Targeted Elections Vendor Tied To Voting Day Disruptions”
Must-read Pam Fessler for NPR:
When people showed up in several North Carolina precincts to vote last November, weird things started to happen with the electronic systems used to check them in.
“Voters were going in and being told that… Continue reading
“Republicans limiting early voting in Marion County, letting it bloom in suburbs”; and New Indiana Lawsuit Re Lake County Precinct Consolidation
IndyStar:
State and local Republicans have expanded early voting in GOP-dominated areas and restricted it in Democratic areas, an IndyStar investigation has found, prompting a significant change in Central Indiana voting patterns.
From 2008 to 2016, GOP officials expanded early… Continue reading
“Trump’s voter fraud commission could create target for hackers, critics say”
AP:
In Maine, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, a Democrat who is a member of Trump’s voting commission, is not handing over the information.
Dunlap said the information the commission is getting from other states “isn’t wicked intimate” and may… Continue reading
Sigh. “In a new poll, half of Republicans say they would support postponing the 2020 election if Trump proposed it”
Ariel Malka and Yphtach Lelkes for The Monkey Cage:
The survey interviewed a sample of 1,325 Americans from June 5 through 20. Respondents were recruited from the Qualtrics online panel who had previously reported identifying with or leaning toward… Continue reading
“They sued for Clinton’s emails. Now they want information on California voters”
LAT:
California’s top elections officer and 11 county registrars have been asked to hand over detailed voter registration records or face a federal lawsuit, a request that centers on new accusations that the records are inaccurate.
The effort by the… Continue reading