Category Archives: The Voting Wars
Iowa Looks to Make It Harder for Students and Others to Vote (for Apparently No Good Reason)
Des Moines Register:
Students at Iowa’s public universities would not be allowed to vote early on campus under a wide-ranging election bill that advanced in the Iowa Senate this week.The expansive measure would also make changes to other state election… Continue reading
“How Tea Partiers Fueled Texas’ Latest ‘Voter Fraud’ Freakout”
Interesting Texas Observer piece.
“Exaggerating Voting Issues May Juice A Base — But It Also ‘Undermines Our Democracy”
Pam Fessler reports for NPR.
“Only One Roadblock on the Road to Reform: Mitch McConnell”
The NY Times Editorial Board calls
HR 1 the “Merrick Garland of reform legislation.”
“House votes in favor of illegal immigrant voting”
Well, that’s the Washington Times headline. But no, no they didn’t. They turned back an attempt to add a nonbinding (and likely unconstitutional) resolution (here’s a version of the text in last year’s Congress).
“Second Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Census Citizenship Question Plans”
Big
(and voluminous) news from California: in a 126-page
opinion, Judge Seeborg has enjoined the inclusion of a question regarding
citizenship on the 2020 census.
The decision follows on Judge Furman’s opinion out of New
York, but is more… Continue reading
“Push His Buttons”: J. Christian Adams Calls me “Raw Enemy Activist,” Plots With von Spakovsky, PILF Employees To Counter My Calling Out the Work of the Fraudulent Fraud Squad
Via Tierney Sneed on the release of more Pence-Kobach documents, oh my:
“The evidence has shown in a hearing before this Court that there is no widespread voter fraud. The challenge is how to ferret the infinitesimal needles out of the haystack of 15 million Texas voters. “
So begins this opinion in the Texas voter purge case. (via Sam Levine)
“Federal Judge Directs Counties to Halt Texas Voter Purge”
CLC:
A federal judge in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas said Monday that Texas counties involved in ongoing litigation may not purge registered voters or send letters demanding proof of citizenship until further… Continue reading
Mitch McConnell is Truly Shameless
On Senate floor, @senatemajldr McConnell shamelessly blames Dems for Mark Harris' election fraud in North Carolina, because Dems haven't supported voter ID laws. pic.twitter.com/PGZw23p4PU— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 26, 2019
“Forget federal races. Democrats are targeting a key state office”
Roll Call reports.
“Three lessons from North Carolina’s tainted election — and what comes next”
Michael Bitzer for The Monkey Cage.