Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“In Idaho, program to fight voter fraud may cause more problems than it catches”

November 13, 2017, 7:05 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Idaho Statesman: Ada County elections employees have been leery of the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program since 2014 — the year they got burned by it. It was Idaho’s first year as a member. Ada County received a list of… Continue reading

“Bloomberg Law Brief: Trump Election Panel Sued (Audio)”

November 13, 2017, 7:38 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Charles Stewart and I on Bloomberg Law.

Sean Spicer May Have Given Democrats Evidence to Extend Consent Decree Against RNC Voter Intimidation Activities

November 10, 2017, 11:07 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: In the oral history published Tuesday by GQ Magazine, Spicer recalled of the historic day: “A group of us gathered on the fifth floor of Trump Tower in what could be described as basically an oversized utility room.”…… Continue reading

Blockbuster from Gizmodo on Crosscheck: “Even a Novice Hacker Could Breach the Network Hosting Kris Kobach’s Bogus Voter Fraud Program”

November 9, 2017, 10:05 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Big from Gizmodo on Crosscheck: A program overseen by the head of President Trump’s so-called “election integrity” commission—which is now largely a tool for driving conspiracy theories about “massive voter fraud” in the United States—is placing the personal data of… Continue reading

J. Christian Adams, Members of Pence-Kobach Fraudulent Fraud Squad, Suggests von Spakovsky Was Right to Suggest Keeping Democrats Off Commission

November 9, 2017, 8:50 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Hans von Spakovsky, in a released email a while back, suggested that Pence-Kobach should keep all Democrats off the sham voting commission. Now, in light of news that Maine SOS Matt Dunlap, one of the few Democratic members of… Continue reading

LDF Files Response to Alabama’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Alabama Photo Voter ID Law Case

November 9, 2017, 7:23 amThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here.

Breaking: Maine SOS Dunlap, Democratic Member of Pence-Kobach Voter Fraud Commission, Sues Commission in Federal Court

November 9, 2017, 7:01 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Add to the many lawsuits against the sham voting commission this new complaint filed by one of its own members, Maine, Secretary of State Matt Dunlap. The law and good conscience require Secretary Dunlap to participate meaningfully in the work… Continue reading

“Lawsuit Challenges Arizona’s Overly Burdensome Dual Voter Registration System”

November 7, 2017, 3:54 pmNVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and private co-counsel filed a federal lawsuit challenging Arizona’s overly burdensome and confusing voter registration process that has disenfranchised 26,000 voters in Maricopa County alone. Maricopa… Continue reading

“Putin, Trump and Democracy’s Slippery Slope Toward Oligarchy”

November 7, 2017, 8:06 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

New Common Cause report.

“A 2013 Supreme Court ruling forever changed Americans’ voting rights — and experts warn it could help decide this year’s elections”

November 6, 2017, 8:21 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

BI: Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill didn’t mince words when addressing opponents of his state’s voter ID law, which requires voters show a government-approved photo ID at the polls. “People are entitled to their own opinions. But they’re not… Continue reading

“Securing the vote: How efforts to prevent fraud, and voting rights, collide”

November 6, 2017, 8:15 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Extensive CS Monitor report.

“Voting access is under attack as the countdown to Election Day 2018 begins”

November 5, 2017, 9:01 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

McClatchy: Not since the death of poll taxes and literacy tests in the 1960s has access to the ballot box been so under siege. And as the march toward Election Day 2018 begins, the forces that helped abolish those… Continue reading

“Trump’s voter fraud commission appears to have gone dark”

November 5, 2017, 8:31 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

USA Today reports.

“Why has Kris Kobach’s voter fraud commission disappeared?”

November 1, 2017, 8:32 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

KC Star editorial: Some may take solace in the commission’s quixotic search for non-existent evidence. Perhaps the commission is fading into well-deserved oblivion. We’re more worried. The commission’s lack of transparency and visible accomplishment could be a smoke-screen designed to… Continue reading