Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“How much proof is needed for a voter fraud allegation? NC board considers stiffer standards”

July 31, 2017, 9:27 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

New & Observer: Republicans and voting-rights advocates went head-to-head over a proposal that would have people make fact-based claims when they allege voters have committed fraud. The State Board of Elections has proposed a stiffer standard for elections protests that… Continue reading

Maine SOS Dunlap, Rare Democrat on Pence-Kobach Voting Fraud Commission, Won’t Turn Over Maine Data

July 31, 2017, 8:16 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Press Herald: Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap said Monday that he is unlikely to release any state voter registration data to the federal voter fraud commission to which he was appointed by President Trump. Dunlap said he will reject… Continue reading

“U.S. judge set to hear new challenge to Trump voter commission Tuesday”

July 31, 2017, 8:12 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: A federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday over whether a Watergate-era law prohibiting the government from collecting data on how Americans exercise their First Amendment rights bars President Trump’s Election Integrity Commission from American’s voting records. U.S. District Judge… Continue reading

“The man who may disenfranchise millions”

July 30, 2017, 8:06 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo editorial on SOS Kobach.

“Election Officials, Homeland Security Begin to Formalize Cybersecurity Efforts”

July 30, 2017, 12:07 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WSJ: Officials from a dozen states and the federal government took preliminary steps this week toward more formal cooperation regarding election-security efforts at a two-day meeting near Albany, N.Y. Attendees at the meeting Tuesday and Wednesday discussed coordinating information-sharing about… Continue reading

“Leader Of Voter Fraud Probe Really Doesn’t Want To Release Trump Meeting Documents”

July 30, 2017, 12:05 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

HuffPost: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) continued to fight releasing documents from a meeting with President Donald Trump in November, saying that the public did not need to see them and that disclosing them would impede his ability… Continue reading

“Hackers descend on Las Vegas to expose voting machine flaws”

July 30, 2017, 12:02 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: Verified Voting, Simons said, plans to partner with Braun and several other groups that have not yet been named to aggressively campaign for increasing DHS grants that would pay for states to make specific upgrades to their election security… Continue reading

“Kris Kobach says Trump’s voter fraud panel will keep voter data secure. Some states aren’t buying it”

July 28, 2017, 8:16 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

LAT reports.

“Don’t Let Our Democracy Collapse: A Q&A with Richard Hasen”

July 27, 2017, 10:07 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Interview over at FairVote.

“Pence’s voter fraud commission will almost certainly ‘find’ thousands of duplicate registrations that aren’t duplicates. Here’s why”

July 27, 2017, 7:16 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Stephen Pettigrew and Mayya Komisarchik for the Monkey Cage: Presumably, the commission will use the names and birthdays in these lists to identify potential duplicate registration records between states. That’s the method used by the Interstate Crosscheck Program pioneered… Continue reading

New Texas Bill Aimed at Absentee Ballot Fraud Could Violate First Amendment By Criminalizing Some Discussions of Candidates

July 26, 2017, 7:17 pmabsentee ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I’ve said for years that if Republicans were serious about combatting voter fraud, at the top of the list would be measures to stop absentee ballot fraud. Voter fraud is rare, but when it does happen, it more often involves… Continue reading

Kobach Promises Pence-Kobach Commission Will Deliver “Statistical Conclusions” from Voter Data He Won’t Let the Public Check

July 26, 2017, 6:33 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Seems fair. (Earlier post on Kobach’s pattern of misleading court in voting litigation)

“Worried about election hacking, L.A. County officials are turning to hackers for help”

July 26, 2017, 3:23 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voting technologyRick Hasen

LAT: Local election officials are looking for some good hackers. As part of an effort to create a new voting system, Los Angeles County computer specialists are headed this week to Defcon, one of the world’s largest hacking conventions, where… Continue reading

Maine SOS Dunlap Responds to Calls for His Resignation from Pence-Kobach Commission

July 26, 2017, 8:10 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

From an interview in The Atlantic: Dunlap: Some of the people who are opposed rather vehemently to the very existence of this commission say that I should resign, because being a respected elections official and a Democrat only lends… Continue reading

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