Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“North Dakota Voter ID Law Stands After Last-Ditch Lawsuit”

November 2, 2018, 8:21 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

NYT: The judge, Daniel L. Hovland of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, wrote in a brief, two-page order that it was simply too close to Election Day to do so. He noted that “federal… Continue reading

“Americans see voter suppression as a bigger problem than voter fraud”

November 1, 2018, 8:27 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Fix: On Monday, the Pew Research Center released a survey looking at how Americans see these dueling problems. To do so, though, it used an interesting strategy, asking respondents how big fraud or suppression would be depending on how… Continue reading

“When states make it easier to vote, more people vote. Kentucky makes voting extra hard.”

November 1, 2018, 7:59 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Josh Douglas oped.

“The Amazing Disappearing Voter; Voter purges have become the right’s new voter suppression tool of choice.”

October 31, 2018, 11:47 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Eliza Newlin Carney deep dive for TPM.

“How Democrats Can Reverse Years of Voter Suppression. It doesn’t require packing the Supreme Court.”

October 30, 2018, 7:25 amSupreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: Faced with the latest flurry of hardball Republican tactics on voting issues this election cycle, Democrats are grappling with the reality of an opposition that now seems determined to cement long-term … Continue reading

“Ahead Of The 2018 Election, Texas AG Ramps Up Voter Fraud Prosecutions”

October 29, 2018, 7:30 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

NPR: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been charging a record number of people with committing voter fraud, an effort his critics decry as an intimidation campaign designed to discourage minority voters from casting ballots. In 2018 alone, Paxton’s… Continue reading

I Talked with Dahlia Lithwick for Slate’s Amicus Podcast About the State of Voting Rights in the US

October 27, 2018, 1:10 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Listen: Dahlia Lithwick talks with Slate’s own Mark Joseph Stern about what to look out for this term, and with Rick Hasen, professor of law and political science at the University of California, Irvine, about how free and fair… Continue reading

Kansas Voting Official Responds “LOL” to ACLU Request to Publicize Voter Help Line for Dodge City Voters

October 26, 2018, 1:29 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Wichita Eagle: After the ACLU objected to Dodge City’s single, out-of-town polling place, the local official in charge of elections forwarded to the state an ACLU letter asking her to publicize a voter help line. “LOL,” she wrote in an… Continue reading

“Is the Assault on Voting Rights Getting Worse, or Are We Just Noticing It More?”

October 23, 2018, 7:24 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: Over the weekend, President Donald Trump threatened prosecutions against nonexistent voter fraud, a message likely aimed at intimidating voters and stopping some from voting. With Trump’s heightened rhetoric and a seemingly… Continue reading

Is Texas Doing Enough to Promote Voter ID As It Promised to Do?

October 22, 2018, 10:53 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

This looks like something good for a journalist to follow up on. A reader writes: “Texas apparently no longer interested in making voter ID available.I’ve been looking at Texas’s voter ID page (http://www.votetexas.gov/mobile/eic/index.htm) and noticed that, as of… Continue reading

“The Public Supports Election Officials, But Wants Them To Be Non-Partisan”

October 21, 2018, 7:30 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Paul Gronke: We’ve been studying voter attitudes about the partisanship of election officials since 2008, and at least as far as the public is concerned, there’s really not much of an issue. Less than 1/5th of the public endorses… Continue reading

“Voter Suppression Tactics in the Age of Trump”

October 21, 2018, 7:13 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jelani Cobb for the New Yorker.

Kansas: “Iconic Dodge City moves its only polling place outside town”

October 19, 2018, 6:46 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: Access to the ballot box in November will be more difficult for some people in Dodge City, where Hispanics now make up 60 percent of its population and have remade an iconic Wild West town that once was the… Continue reading

“A Look at Where North Dakota’s Voter ID Controversy Stands”

October 19, 2018, 6:36 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: Advocacy groups have been meeting with tribal leaders on all of North Dakota’s far-flung reservations, trying to figure out how to help voters get the addresses and identification they need through the process the state described. It’s a tall… Continue reading