Category Archives: The Voting Wars

#SCOTUS Schedules NC Voting Case Cert Petition, and Motion to Dismiss It, for March 31 Conference

March 15, 2017, 3:23 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The case is back on the Justices’ conference list. (More on the dispute and the delay.) The first thing the Justices will do is decide the motion to dismiss the cert petition (put in by North Carolina’s governor and… Continue reading

“Republicans relieved Trump eased up on voter fraud claims”

March 15, 2017, 7:14 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: Prominent Republicans across the country are breathing a sigh of relief that President Donald Trump has so far not aggressively pursued his pledge for a “major investigation” into his allegations of widespread voter fraud that he claims robbed him… Continue reading

“15 States File Amicus Brief Seeking Clarification On NVRA, Non-Voting And List Maintenance”

March 14, 2017, 7:31 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Doug Chapin: Fifteen states have filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to hear a case in order to clarify if and how states may use evidence of non-voting as a… Continue reading

New Paper Casts Doubt on Hajnal et al Finding Strict Voter ID Laws Suppress Democratic Votes

March 13, 2017, 7:29 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Grimmer, Hersh, Meredith, Mummolo, and Nall have posted “Comment on ‘Voter Identification Laws and the Suppression of Minority Votes.’” Here is the abstract: To study how voter identification laws affect participation in elections, Hajnal, Lajevardi and Nielson (2017) examines… Continue reading

NC Private Respondents Oppose NC General Assembly’s Attempt to Keep Voting Case Alive in Supreme Court

March 11, 2017, 8:55 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Opposition.

VP Pence “Voter Fraud” Commission Has Not Even Contacted Usual Suspects Yet About Joining

March 11, 2017, 8:00 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pam Fessler for NPR: Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation says he’s neither been asked to participate in the investigation or been consulted about it. “Which seems a bit odd given that I’m one of the leading experts on… Continue reading

NC Gov, AG File Reply Brief Arguing #SCOTUS Should Dismiss Cert. Petition in Controversial Voting Case

March 10, 2017, 7:09 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Brief: All of the petitioners in this case have moved to withdraw the pending petition. Thus, under normal operation of this Court’s rules, the petition should be dismissed. See S. Ct. R. 46.2(a). Seeking to derail this ministerial process, the… Continue reading

“Iowa House GOP passes voter ID bill, sends to Senate”

March 9, 2017, 10:58 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

AP: The Republican-controlled House has approved a contested voter identification bill along party lines after forcing debate to end.

Pam Fessler: “More States Propose Voter ID Laws”

March 9, 2017, 8:11 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Listen at NPR.

“Valid voter fraud complaints in California? Dozens, not millions”

March 8, 2017, 8:55 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Laurel Rosenhall for CalMatters: With President Donald Trump alleging serious voter fraud in California, and the state’s top election official calling his claim untrue, how much voter fraud is actually under investigation in the Golden State? Not much—certainly not enough… Continue reading

“New York in Violation of ‘Motor Voter’ Law and the Voting Rights Act”

March 8, 2017, 12:59 pmNVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: Attorneys for Hispanic Federation, Voto Latino, Chhaya CDC, MinKwon Center for Community Action, and New York resident William Towbin sent a pre-litigation notice letter today, alleging that the state is failing to meet its obligations under the National Voter… Continue reading

“Voting But for the Law: Evidence from Virginia on Photo Identification Requirements”

March 8, 2017, 12:49 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Daniel J. Hopkins, Marc Merdith, Michael Morse, Sarah Smith, and Jesse Yoder have written this article for the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. Here is the abstract: One contentious question in contemporary election administration is the impact of voter identification… Continue reading

“A Conspiracy A Month? Trump Calls For 2 Investigations — With No Evidence”

March 8, 2017, 9:01 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NPR: This isn’t the first time Trump has blasted out such uncorroborated claims on Twitter, in national interviews and elsewhere — and gone on to ask for an investigation into them. It’s not even the first of his 6 1/2-week… Continue reading