Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Kobach, Acting As Attorney, Asks Expert Mike McDonald About “Shit Sandwich” Tweet, Claims His Evidence Will Show Proof of Citizenship Law Prevented Up to 18,000 Noncitizens from Voting in Kansas

March 7, 2018, 6:00 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Kansas.com: Kobach suggested another witness was also biased. He read aloud tweets from Michael McDonald, a professor at the University of Florida, that disparaged Kobach. One tweet referenced reports that a staffer for Vice President Mike Pence had called Kobach… Continue reading

“Kobach, representing himself, to face ACLU over whether thousands in Kansas can vote”

March 6, 2018, 6:19 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Byran Lowry for the KC Star.

“Trump’s Voter Fraud Czar, And His Claims About Illegal Voting, Are About To Go On Trial”

March 5, 2018, 6:50 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Sam Levine for HuffPo.

“Kansas voting rights trial has national implications”

March 3, 2018, 5:59 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP reports.

“Maine secretary of state talks of ‘strange journey’ on Trump’s voter-fraud panel”

March 1, 2018, 7:34 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

SOS Dunlap says he’s no hero.

“White House Has Given No Orders to Counter Russian Meddling, N.S.A. Chief Says”

February 28, 2018, 7:53 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: Faced with unrelenting interference in its election systems, the United States has not forced Russia to pay enough of a price to persuade President Vladimir V. Putin to stop meddling, a senior American intelligence official said on Tuesday. Adm.… Continue reading

“NAACP to Host Press Conference Denouncing Trump Federal Court Nominee Thomas Farr”

February 28, 2018, 7:27 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Strong opposition (livestream of Wednesday press conference).

“Russia fears have election vendors feeling the heat”

February 25, 2018, 9:09 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Eric Geller for Politico: At the heart of this election security standoff is an acrimonious relationship between the researchers who analyze voting systems for digital flaws and the vendors trying to preserve their profits and reputations in a small, difficult… Continue reading

Red Alert for Election Administration: Matthew Masterson May Be Out at EAC

February 22, 2018, 12:08 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Reuters Exclusive: The head of a federal agency who has helped U.S. states protect election systems from possible cyber attacks by Russia or others is being removed from his post by Republican House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and the… Continue reading

NAACP LDF Files Brief in Eleventh Circuit on Legality of Alabama Voter ID Law.

February 21, 2018, 6:07 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Read the brief and press release.

“The Myth of the Hacker-Proof Voting Machine”

February 21, 2018, 4:47 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Kim Zetter for NYT Magazine: But for as long as experts have warned about security problems, voting machine makers and election officials have denied that the machines can be remotely hacked. The reason, they say, is that the systems are… Continue reading

“Attacking the ‘Woke’ Black Vote”

February 19, 2018, 4:04 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Charles Blow NYT column: One thing that is clear to me following the special counsel’s indictment of 13 Russians and three companies for interfering with our election is that the black vote was specifically under attack, from sources foreign and… Continue reading

Did My Predictions at Slate About What President Trump Would Mean for Voting Rights Come True?

February 19, 2018, 11:02 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Last year the staff at Slate asked me to predict what would happen with voting rights in the Trump era, as part of a broader set of predictions about Trump’s effects on politics, law, and culture. Well they’ve now gone … Continue reading