Category Archives: The Voting Wars
5th Circuit Motions Panel, on 2-1 Vote, Allows Texas to Enforce Its Revised ID Law Pending Appeal
Via Josh Gerstein comes news of this order in the long-running Texas voter ID litigation. Judges Jerry Smith and Jennifer Elrod held that Texas is likely to succeed on the merits because its new voter id legislation (SB 5) is… Continue reading
“Truth, Politics and Power: Voter fraud”
MPR:
Federal investigations of possible voter fraud are underway. In this episode of Truth, Politics and Power, former NPR host Neal Conan explores the history of voting rights, voter fraud, and the current investigations.
Guests:
Ron Hayduk is an associate… Continue reading
“Cash-strapped states brace for Russian hacking fight”
Politico:
The U.S. needs hundreds of millions of dollars to protect future elections from hackers — but neither the states nor Congress is rushing to fill the gap.
Instead, a nation still squabbling over the role Russian cyberattacks played in… Continue reading
“Election-law lawsuit by NH Democratic party to become federal case”
New Hampshire Union Leader:
The legal maneuvering sets the stage for a showdown over the controversial election law, SB3, passed by the Republican majority in the state Legislature in the spring, and signed into law by Gov. Chris Sununu.
Opponents… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read in NYT: “Russian Election Hacking Efforts, Wider Than Previously Known, Draw Little Scrutiny”
NYT:
After a presidential campaign scarred by Russian meddling, local, state and federal agencies have conducted little of the type of digital forensic investigation required to assess the impact, if any, on voting in at least 21 states whose election… Continue reading
Trump DOJ Argues Texas Should Be Allowed to Enforce Voter ID Law Court Struck Down Pending Appeal, Despite Intentional Discrimination Finding
New filing in the 5th Circuit does not even recognize that the trial court found Texas engaged in intentional racial discrimination in passing its voter id law and substitute, and that this finding allows for a broader remedy under the… Continue reading
“Why Is This Dem Fixture Giving Cover To Trump’s Bogus Voter Fraud Panel?”
TPM:
Gardner, the nation’s longest-serving secretary of state, is by far the most prominent Democrat on the commission. On Sept. 12 he will host its second meeting, in New Hampshire. Those moves have frustrated Democrats and even some Republicans back… Continue reading
Federal Court Which Struck Down Texas Voter ID Law Allows Its Use in Sept. 9 Local Elections
This order makes sense given the Purcell Principle.
Still pending are requests in the district court and 5th Circuit to allow Texas to continue to enforce its voter id law pending appeal (which could well take a year or… Continue reading
“Trump voting panel apologizes after judge calls failure to disclose information ‘incredible’”
WaPo:
Kollar-Kotelly said the panel’s after-the-fact argument was “incredible” when it said it did not believe documents prepared by individual commissioners for the July meeting had to have been posted in advance.
“You didn’t completely live up to the government’s… Continue reading
“After Disclosure Failure, DC Judge Wants List of Trump Voter Commission Docs”
The NLJ:
A federal judge is stepping in to ensure that President Donald Trump’s voter integrity commission is in compliance with public disclosure laws.
Justice Department lawyer Elizabeth Shapiro apologized to U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the District of… Continue reading
“Kansas’ ballot box has too many locks”
Wichita Eagle editorial:
Kansas handed out 40,872 provisional ballots and discarded a third of them. Some reasons for throwing them out: The voter moved to another county but didn’t update registration; trying to vote in the wrong jurisdiction; and not… Continue reading
“Cyber experts were blocked in their push to patch voting systems in 2016”
Troubling McClatchy report:
They knew Russian operatives might try to tamper with the nation’s electronic voting systems. Many people inside the U.S. government and the Obama White House knew.
In the summer of 2016, a cluster of volunteers on a… Continue reading
“State seeks to keep voter ID law in place for handful of elections”
Express News:
Less than a week after a judge tossed Texas’ voter identification law, the state is asking permission to keep the requirements in place for a handful of upcoming elections in which early voting had already been underway.
Looks… Continue reading