Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Trump, GOP paying consultant dogged by voter fraud charges”

November 7, 2016, 8:17 amcampaigns, chicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee have paid at least $1.8 million to a political operative whose roster of companies include several that have been repeatedly investigated for voter registration fraud, even as Trump has complained that… Continue reading

“Amid Claims Of Fraud And Intimidation What Is (And Is Not) Allowed At Polling Sites”

November 7, 2016, 8:15 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WFAE reports.

“Trump Advisor Roger Stone Promises Not to Harass Voters, as Parties Battle Over Poll Watchers”

November 7, 2016, 8:07 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Emily Cadei for Newsweek.

Democrats Seek SCOTUS Relief on Trump Voter Intimidation Ruling in Ohio

November 6, 2016, 7:21 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I noted earlier that a Sixth Circuit panel, cutting some important corners, reversed a trial court order barring the Trump campaign and others from acts of voter intimidation and other activity in Ohio. The Democrats have now filed this application… Continue reading

Ari Berman Talks to Brian Stelter About How Journalists Cover Voter Fraud

November 6, 2016, 12:54 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Watch.

Breaking: Roger Stone and Stop the Steal Call Off the Hounds, and Dems May Win By Losing Again in Nevada

November 6, 2016, 10:12 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Much has been made of the Democrats’ losing a number of cases they have filed to try to get Trump, the RNC and Roger Stone to be barred from acts of voter intimidation. But, as I wrote yesterday regarding the… Continue reading

Briefs Filed in 6th Circuit Emergency Appeal of TRO in OH Trump Voter Intimidation Case

November 5, 2016, 9:03 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Yesterday a federal court in Ohio out an order against the Trump campaign and others in Ohio, which is now the subject of a Sixth Circuit appeal. I see some issues of due process, vagueness and overbreadth in that order… Continue reading

“Donald Trump Says Early Voting Lines Are Evidence of ‘Rigged’ System”

November 5, 2016, 8:40 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

ABC: As Donald Trump swept his campaign across the country in a final sprint, he claimed that long lines in Clark County, Nevada, were evidence of electoral wrongdoing. “It’s being reported that certain key Democratic polling locations in Clark County… Continue reading

“Supreme Court Attempts To Slow Flood Of Last-Minute Election Litigation”

November 5, 2016, 10:41 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Chris Geidner for BuzzFeed: The Supreme Court attempted to slow an ever-expanding map of pre-election litigation on Saturday — sending a message to lower courts that the time had passed for rulings that would change the way election laws are… Continue reading

Chutzpah Dep’t: Dallas Woodhouse, the Guy That Lobbied NC Election Boards to Restrict Early Voting, Takes Credit for Efforts to Overcome EV Cutbacks

November 5, 2016, 10:38 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Wow.

Breaking: Supreme Court Halts AZ “Ballot Harvesting,” With No Noted Dissents

November 5, 2016, 8:28 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Order with no noted dissents. Yesterday I explained: Aside from the merits of this decision (which I discussed in this post), there is a whole lot going on in this opinion about proper application of the Purcell principle… Continue reading

“The election might not end on Tuesday night — and that’s okay”

November 4, 2016, 8:49 pmelection administration, provisional ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ned Foley and Charles Stewart WaPo oped: Moreover, it would be reasonable for a candidate behind by several thousand votes in a state critical to winning the electoral college to think it possible to make up the difference by… Continue reading