“Stolen Elections, Voting Dogs And Other Fantastic Fables From The GOP Voter Fraud Mythology”
Rick Perlstein and Livia Gershon deep dive for TPM.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Voting Rights Advocates Used to Have an Ally in the Government. That’s Changing.”
Michael Wines for the NYT:
In the national battle over voting rights, the fighting is done in court, state by state, over rules that can seem arcane but have the potential to sway the outcome of elections. The Justice Department’s… Continue reading
Today’s Must Read: Kansas Ballot Counting Issues Echo Florida 2000
KC Star:
Local officials spread across Kansas’ 105 counties will exercise an incredible amount of power this week when they determine whether thousands of ballots should count in the closest primary race for governor in Kansas history.
The roughly 9,000… Continue reading
Breaking: Documents from Presidential Voter “Fraud” Commission (Featuring Leading Members of Fraudulent Fraud Squad) Released by Maine SOS Dunlap, Who Sued for Them
Dig in, folks.
Update: Here is the letter Secretary Dunlap released in connection with the posting of the documents.
ELB Podcast, Season 2: Episode 1. Dale Ho: From the Trenches of the Voting Wars
After a long hiatus, the ELB Podcast is back in time for the midterm election season with a great first guest!
What is the state of voting rights in America? What did the ACLU’s lawsuit against Kris Kobach over the… Continue reading
“Texas Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Releases Advisory Memorandum on Voting Rights in Texas”
Release via email:
The Texas Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has issued an Advisory Memorandum examining potential barriers to voting in Texas that may have a discriminatory impact on voters based on race, color, sex, disability… Continue reading
“Today’s Voter Suppression Tactics Have A 150 Year History”
Gregory Downs for TPM.
Iowa State Court Temporarily Enjoins Voting Restrictions and Rules as Violation of the State Constitution
Read the order granting a preliminary injunction and a related order. The orders relate to signature matching requirements for absentee ballots, the time to cast such ballots, and voter id requirements.
New Brennan Center Report/Myrna Perez NYT Oped on Discriminatory Voter Purges
Myrna Perez NYT oped:
In the past decade, attacks on the vote have been treacherous: discriminatory voter ID laws, cutbacks in early voting and other complications that emerged from bad laws or policies formulated weeks, months or even years before… Continue reading
Atlantic Poll Finds that Voters of Color Face Greater Barriers to Voting Than Whites
The Atlantic:
A new poll conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute and The Atlantic has uncovered evidence of deep structural barriers to the ballot for black and Latino voters, specifically in the 2016 election. More than that, the survey… Continue reading
“How Justice Kennedy’s Successor Will Wreak Havoc on Voting Rights and American Democracy”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Justice Anthony Kennedy, who announced his retirement from the Supreme Court last week, was certainly the “swing justice” in key cases on major issues from abortion to gay rights. But when… Continue reading
“Texas won its redistricting fight at the Supreme Court. Now it hopes to use that win to wrap up its voter ID suit.”
Texas Tribune:
Two days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Texas lawmakers did not intentionally discriminate when they signed off on congressional and state House maps in 2013, the state is looking to use that victory to wrap up… Continue reading
“Kobach Lost. What’s That Mean For Voting In Kansas?”
Celia Llopis-Jepsen reports for Kansas News Service.
How Appealing Roundup of Stories on Texas Redistricting Decision
You can find it here.
You can also read my Slate piece on the decision, “Suppression of Minority Voting Rights Is About to Get Way Worse; The Supreme Court has put its thumb on the scales in favor of discriminatory … Continue reading