Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Update on DNC v. RNC Consent Decree: “Judge allows DNC to depose Spicer on election night activities”

November 29, 2017, 12:43 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: A federal judge said Wednesday that he’ll allow the Democratic National Committee to depose Sean Spicer, the former Republican National Committee communications director and White House spokesman, on whether he violated a 35-year-old consent decree barring the RNC… Continue reading

House Oversight Committee Holding Hearing Today on Voting Machine Cybersecurity

November 29, 2017, 8:01 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Details.

“RNC on verge of escaping aging court decree on ‘ballot security'”

November 29, 2017, 7:00 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Josh Gerstein for Politico. See also my earlier Slate piece on this. We will know more after the Judge’s conference call with the lawyers today.

“Vote Suppressors Unleashed: A district judge might be handing Donald Trump a chance to supercharge voter suppression.”

November 27, 2017, 12:46 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this piece at Slate. It begins: This could be a very bad week for voting rights in the United States. On Friday, a federal consent decree to stop potential voter suppression by the Republican National Committee—in place… Continue reading

“Culling Voter Rolls: Battling Over Who Even Gets to Go to the Polls”

November 26, 2017, 3:35 pmNVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: Conservative groups and Republican election officials in some states say the poorly maintained rolls invite fraud and meddling by hackers, sap public confidence in elections and make election workers’ jobs harder. Voting rights advocates and most Democratic election officials,… Continue reading

“Civil Rights Groups Launch National Effort to Combat Alarming Voter Purge Attempt”

November 26, 2017, 3:30 pmNVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: Today, leading national civil rights organizations are urging state and county election officials in jurisdictions across the country to reject the Public Interest Legal Foundation’s (PILF) coordinated attempt to launch a wide-scale voter purge effort across the country. Using… Continue reading

North Carolina Republican Leader Contemplates Voter ID Constitutional Amendment

November 22, 2017, 7:41 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

It never ends. On the last voter id law passed by the NC general assembly, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit concluded: “Although the new provisions target African Americans with almost surgical precision, they constitute inapt… Continue reading

“Appeals court skeptical of privacy-focused suit against Trump voter fraud panel”

November 21, 2017, 8:15 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Josh Gerstein: An appeals court gave a skeptical reception Tuesday to a lawsuit claiming that President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission violated federal law by failing to study the privacy impact of a demand for voter rolls and other personal… Continue reading

“Maine secretary of state steps up legal fight with Trump voter fraud panel”

November 20, 2017, 6:51 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

BDN: Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap is increasing the pressure on President Donald Trump’s election fraud commission to release documents he says have been withheld from him. Dunlap, who is a member of the president’s commission, announced Thursday that… Continue reading

“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

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