Category Archives: The Voting Wars
Eighth Circuit, Citing Purcell Principle About Not Changing Election Rules Close to Elections, Rejects North Dakota’s Attempt to Revive Voter ID Law for Now
Order:
The State of North Dakota moves to stay the district court’s injunction of April 3, 2018, concerning certain subsections of the North Dakota elections statute, N.D.C.C. § 16.1-01- 04.1. Based primarily on the imminent primary election date of June… Continue reading
Common Cause Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Indiana Voter Purge Program Based on Kobach-Led Cross-Check Program
From the court’s decision preliminarily enjoining Indiana’s purge system as violating the NVRA:
Regarding the likelihood of success on the merits, the Court determines that Common Cause has a high likelihood of success on the merits of its claim that… Continue reading
“Amendment would put voter ID in NC constitution”
WRAL:
House Speaker Tim Moore and other House Republicans a filed a proposed constitutional amendment Thursday afternoon to ensconce a voter ID rule in the state constitution.
The bill would ask voters to decide this November whether to add this… Continue reading
“Appeals court yet to rule on Wisconsin voter ID and other election laws after 16 months”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
More than a year after hearing arguments, a federal appeals court has yet to rule on a host of Wisconsin voting laws, including aspects of the state’s voter ID statute.
The long delay has left some scratching their… Continue reading
“Voter ID lawsuit: Civil rights group, ISU student to sue Iowa secretary of state”
Des Moines Register:
A civil rights organization and an Iowa State University student is suing Iowa’s secretary of state over a voter ID law they say infringes on Iowans’ ability to fairly cast a ballot.
The League of United Latin… Continue reading
“Exhaustive investigation reveals little evidence of possible voter fraud in NH”
WMUR:
An exhaustive review by state election officials, including a first-time comparison of voter information shared with 27 other states, has turned up virtually no evidence of possible voter fraud in New Hampshire, those officials said Tuesday….The key results were:… Continue reading
“Third Annual State of Voting Rights”—July 12
This looks good:
When:
Thursday, July 12, 2018
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Where:
Room to be announced
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
1330 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
And via webinar
Registration:
This event is free and open to… Continue reading
Federal Court Rejects DNC Voting Rights Act Challenge to Arizona Rules About Counting Ballots Cast in Wrong Precinct, Prohibiting Most Collection of Absentee Ballots
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”
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
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
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”
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
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