Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“New Analysis: Voter Suppression Laws a Concern in 2018, Though Many States Looking to Expand Access”

January 22, 2018, 1:16 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Brennan Center: A first look at voting laws introduced in state legislatures across the country finds that voter suppression efforts continue to be a concern at the outset of a pivotal election year. The Trump administration is promoting a similar… Continue reading

“Trump’s attempts to show voter fraud appear to have stalled”

January 21, 2018, 6:10 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The PBS News Hour reports.

“Judge Knocks DOJ Claim That Kobach Can’t Speak For Voter Fraud Panel”

January 20, 2018, 12:03 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

TPM: A federal judge didn’t buy the Justice Department’s argument that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach couldn’t speak to what was being done with the data collected by the now-defunct voter fraud commission he led. The judge ordered that… Continue reading

“DOJ: Kobach Has Agreed Not To Share Voter Fraud Panel Records With DHS”

January 17, 2018, 7:50 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Tierney Sneed for TPM.

“I agree with Donald Trump, we should have voter ID. Here’s how and why.”

January 16, 2018, 8:09 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Michael McDonald USA Today oped: I propose a national identification card to be issued by the government to all citizens of the United States when they turn 16. This identification would serve not only as required voter identification when someone… Continue reading

“Trump Official On Russian Hacking: ‘A National Security Issue'”

January 15, 2018, 8:38 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pam Fessler for NPR: President Trump has shown little interest in fighting the threat of Russians hacking U.S. elections. He’s shown a lot of interest in fighting voter fraud, something he insists — without evidence — is widespread. Parts of… Continue reading

Federal District Court Rejects Constitutional and Voting Rights Act Claims Against Alabama Voter ID Law

January 10, 2018, 8:03 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

You can find the 69 page opinion here (via Chris Geidner). I’m not surprised by the result in the case, given that Alabama’s voter id law is much less strict than some other recent id laws, and the tendency… Continue reading

“White House says it will destroy Trump voter panel data, send no records to DHS”

January 10, 2018, 5:13 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: The White House’s new filing came as Dunlap urged the court to order the commission to preserve all records pending compliance with the judge’s order. Government attorneys asked the judge to toss out her order, saying it was moot… Continue reading

Are Justice Breyer or Justice Gorsuch in Play in the Ohio Voter Purge Case, Will the Justices Divide Along Familiar Party Lines, or Is It All Kennedy Again?

January 10, 2018, 3:54 pmNVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Today the voting wars reached the Supreme Court, which heard oral argument in Husted v. A Philip Randolph Institute, a case which concerns an Ohio law which makes it relatively easy to remove voters from the rolls. While there… Continue reading

Read the Transcript in Today’s Ohio Voter Purge Case (Husted)

January 10, 2018, 11:19 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

It is posted here.

“White House Official Says Voter Fraud Panel Found Nothing, Will Delete Voter Data”

January 9, 2018, 10:25 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

HuffPost: A White House official told a federal judge Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s now-defunct voter fraud commission plans to delete the voter data it collected from about 20 states and contradicted the administration’s public statements saying the Department of… Continue reading

“Decades-Old Consent Decree Lifted Against RNC’s ‘Ballot Security’ Measures”

January 9, 2018, 2:15 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

I talked to Ari Shapiro on NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

ACLU of Florida Files Emergency Motion Seeking to Stop Defunct Pence-Kobach Commission from Sharing Voter Data

January 9, 2018, 1:18 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Read it here.

“After Trump Commission Setback, Voter Fraud Alarmists May Get Boost From SCOTUS”

January 9, 2018, 8:05 amNVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Tierney Sneed for TPM: Now that President Trump has dissolved his shady voter fraud commission, a Supreme Court case being heard Wednesday represents fraud alarmists’ next best chance to boost their voter purge campaigns. The case, Husted v. A. Philip… Continue reading