Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Federal Court Rejects DNC Voting Rights Act Challenge to Arizona Rules About Counting Ballots Cast in Wrong Precinct, Prohibiting Most Collection of Absentee Ballots

May 9, 2018, 7:28 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can find the 83-page opinion at this link. Near the end of the opinion, the court rejects treating race as party proxy argument: Based on the totality of the circumstances, Plaintiffs have not shown that the legislature enacted H.B.… Continue reading

“Russia Tried to Undermine Confidence in Voting Systems, Senators Say”

May 9, 2018, 7:17 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: Russia was preparing to undermine confidence in the United States’ voting process when its hackers surveilled around 20 state election systems in the run-up to the 2016 elections, the Senate Intelligence Committee concluded in a brief report released on … Continue reading

Lawsuit Accusing Former NC Gov McCrory, Holtzman Vogel Law Firm of Defamation for Falsely Claiming Voters Committed Fraud Survives Motion to Dismiss

May 1, 2018, 1:36 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

News and Observer: Four North Carolina voters can pursue their libel lawsuit against allies of former Gov. Pat McCrory and a Virginia law firm that tried to help the Republican politician’s unsuccessful effort to disqualify votes and win re-election in… Continue reading

Roundup on Stories About Texas Voter ID Decision

April 30, 2018, 10:12 amThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Howard has it. And see my earlier post on the case, which begins: In what I consider to be a fundamentally disingenuous analysis by 5th Circuit Judge Edith Jones, a divided 5th Circuit panel has not only held that Texas’s… Continue reading

“Texas’ Voter ID Law Does Not Discriminate and Can Stand, Appeals Panel Rules”

April 27, 2018, 8:00 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Manny Fernandez reports for the NY Times.

Breaking and Analysis: Divided 5th Circuit Rejects Latest Challenge to Texas’s Voter ID Law, But Prospect for Further Litigation Remains

April 27, 2018, 2:14 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can find a majority opinion by Judge Jones, concurring opinion by Judge Higginbotham, and dissenting opinion by Judge Graves in Veasey v. Abbott at this link. In what I consider to be a fundamentally disingenuous analysis by 5th Circuit… Continue reading

“Trump judicial nominee says he’s personally witnessed voter fraud”

April 26, 2018, 10:40 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Washington Times: Michael J. Truncale, one of President Trump’s judicial nominees, said Wednesday he’s personally witnessed incidents of voter fraud while serving as an election judge in Texas. He made the revelation under questioning by Sen. Mazie Hirono, Hawaii… Continue reading

Today’s Must-Read: TX: “White Judge Sentenced to Probation for Election Fraud in Same County Where Black Woman Received 5 Years”

April 24, 2018, 7:57 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Root: Right now, there is a black woman sitting in prison, reading about a Texas judge who was found guilty of the same crime she committed. She probably noticed that the judge was sentenced to five years’ probation in… Continue reading

“140,000 Maricopa County voters haven’t received registration cards”

April 23, 2018, 9:09 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: Roughly 140,000 Maricopa County voters have not received ID cards, potentially leaving eligible voters in Tuesday’s special congressional election unaware that they can cast a ballot. County election officials said they haven’t sent cards out since December, blaming… Continue reading

Wisconsin: “Attorney General Brad Schimel suggests Donald Trump won Wisconsin because of the state’s voter ID law”

April 13, 2018, 10:22 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Journal-Sentinel: Attorney General Brad Schimel this week suggested Donald Trump won Wisconsin in 2016 because the state had its voter ID law in place. His comments drew a rebuke from liberals, who said they saw it as an admission by… Continue reading

“Member of Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission Sued for Voter Intimidation”

April 12, 2018, 3:14 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pema Levy for Mother Jones.

“NH Primary Source: Gardner using Interstate Crosscheck System to probe possible NH voter fraud”

April 5, 2018, 7:49 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WMUR: Secretary of State Bill Gardner has been saying for several weeks now that he intends to release new information about potential voter fraud later this spring, when his comprehensive review of registration and voting lists, using the Interstate Voter… Continue reading

Interesting Concurring Opinion by Judge Motz in Unpublished 4th Circuit Order on North Carolina Change to Primary Rules

April 3, 2018, 7:51 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Read it here. It considers the kind of post-hoc arguments that can be made to justify a law affecting voting rights.

“Census Bureau Expert Panel Rebukes Decision to Add Citizenship Question”

March 30, 2018, 12:45 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: A Census Bureau panel of expert advisers on Friday rebuked the Trump administration’s decision to add a question on citizenship to the 2020 census, saying the move relied on “flawed logic” and posed a host of potential threats to… Continue reading