Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“The Strange Career of the Voter-Fraud Myth”

November 3, 2016, 1:30 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Must-read Dale Ho NYT oped: Early voting is underway, and according to Donald J. Trump, so is voter fraud. Almost daily, he proclaims that “large-scale voter fraud” is happening and that the election is “rigged.” Politicians across the spectrum have… Continue reading

Fear of Black People Voting Dept: “Emails show how Republicans lobbied to limit voting hours in North Carolina”

November 3, 2016, 1:25 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Reuters: In two emails, on Aug. 11 and Aug. 14, Woodhouse urged Republicans serving on county election boards to follow the “party line” on curtailing the early voting period. “Many of our folks are angry and opposed to Sunday voting,”… Continue reading

Trump Campaign Warns Its NV Poll Watchers Against Challenging Voters

November 3, 2016, 1:07 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

From this filing in the NV GOP suit, an email sent today to “Team Trump” in Nevada:

“With eight Supreme Court justices, an undecided election could be ‘nightmare scenario”

November 3, 2016, 12:31 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Mark Sherman of the AP reports.

“Hundreds in Montco say they haven’t received absentee ballots”

November 3, 2016, 11:56 amabsentee ballots, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Philly.com: Days before the Pennsylvania deadline to return completed absentee ballots, hundreds of voters in Montgomery County are complaining that they have not yet received their absentee ballots in the mail. Democrats and Republicans have expressed concern about the issue,… Continue reading

“Commentary: Yes, broken voter ID laws will affect the 2016 election”

November 3, 2016, 10:07 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Herman Schwartz for Reuters.

“Sneaky Ads on Twitter Tell Voters to Text Votes for Hillary Clinton; A Digital Form of Voter Suppression?”

November 3, 2016, 9:49 amcampaigns, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jeff John Roberts for Fortune.

Breaking: Federal Court Rejects PA GOP Efforts to Send Poll Watchers to Different Counties to Look for Voter Fraud

November 3, 2016, 7:40 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Under Pennsylvania law, poll watchers must be from the same county in which they are registered to vote. Republicans failed to change that law in the legislature, and the PA Republican party filed a federal lawsuit seeking to make the… Continue reading

MN: “Voters’ group challenges polling-place procedure”

November 3, 2016, 7:35 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Star-Tribune: A group that has repeatedly challenged Minnesota’s elections process says several election judges — including three it is joining in a new lawsuit — are refusing to follow their duties at polling places because they disagree with how the… Continue reading

NC: “U.S. Justice Department to monitor voting in Forsyth, Wake, Cumberland and Robeson counties”

November 3, 2016, 7:18 amDepartment of Justice, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP reports.

9th Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Rejects Argument AZ Must Count Ballots Cast in the Wrong Precinct

November 3, 2016, 7:14 amelection administration, provisional ballots, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Same panel as in the other aspect of the Feldman case, same 2-1 split: this time, whether Arizona’s rule that ballots cast by a voter in the wrong precinct should not count (for those races that the voter was… Continue reading

“Texas Secretary Of State Says Voter Fraud Exists But He Doesn’t Know How To Fix It”

November 2, 2016, 9:05 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

KERA talks to TX SOS Cascos.

“RNC Advised Against ‘Ballot Security’ Efforts By Members With State Party Roles”

November 2, 2016, 7:41 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

As I explained in this post, the RNC is arguing that RNC members who have that position by virtue of being state party chairs had the right to engage in activities prohibited by the RNC consent decree because these people… Continue reading

VoteRiders v. Vox: “Get real: The underestimated impact of voter ID laws”

November 2, 2016, 5:50 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Kathleen Unger, President/CEO of the incredibly crucial VoteRiders organization: We strongly disagree with the Vox journalist’s assertion that voter ID laws have an insignificant impact on voter turnout. We base our view on… Continue reading