Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“They sued for Clinton’s emails. Now they want information on California voters”

August 9, 2017, 7:43 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

LAT: California’s top elections officer and 11 county registrars have been asked to hand over detailed voter registration records or face a federal lawsuit, a request that centers on new accusations that the records are inaccurate. The effort by the… Continue reading

“Justice Dept. sides with Ohio’s purge of inactive voters in case headed to Supreme Court”

August 8, 2017, 9:26 pmNVRA (motor voter), Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“Voter Fraud Allegations Roil Montana Elections Officials”

August 8, 2017, 8:57 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: Secretary of State Corey Stapleton’s allegations of voter fraud in Montana has widened a rift with elections officers across the state, some of whom want the elections chief to dial back his rhetoric. As they prepare to meet for… Continue reading

Maine SOS Dunlap Defends His Participation on Pence-Kobach Fraud Commission, Calls Kobach a “Good Guy”

August 7, 2017, 3:38 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Interview.

“Voter Suppression in the Mirror and Looking Forward”

August 7, 2017, 2:02 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Miles Rapoport at TAP.

“Trump Administration Stirs Alarm Over Voter Purges”

August 7, 2017, 7:45 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

NBC News reports.

“Trial over Broward’s disputed voting lists ends”

August 3, 2017, 6:03 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Sun Sentinel: A ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Beth Bloom isn’t expected for several months. The ACRU, which filed the suit a year ago, is being represented by the Public Interest Legal Foundation. Both are conservative organizations that say… Continue reading

“Amicus Brief: NC General Assembly’s Attempt to Entrench One-Party Power is Unconstitutional Threat to Democratic Institutions”

August 3, 2017, 3:20 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: Today, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and Democracy North Carolina filed an amicus brief with the North Carolina Supreme Court in Cooper v. Berger, in which the state’s newly-elected Governor, Roy Cooper, is… Continue reading

“Elections watchdog group seeks answers after Georgia drops 590,000 from voter rolls”

August 2, 2017, 3:39 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Mic: A watchdog group is pushing the state of Georgia to explain why more than 591,000 people were struck from the voter rolls. “Each of the 591,548 voters affected by the move had already been on the state’s ‘inactive’ registration… Continue reading

“Kobach had duty to publicize new voting schedule; it appears that he didn’t”

August 2, 2017, 3:36 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Lawrence Journal-World: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach does not appear to have conducted any public information campaign, as required by law, to publicize the fact that the state recently shifted the election cycle for municipal elections from the spring… Continue reading

10th Circuit Rejects Kobach Request to Block ACLU Deposition of Him in Voting Case

August 2, 2017, 1:17 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Order (via Josh Gerstein).

“Is the Voting Process at Risk?”

August 1, 2017, 2:04 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I spoke with Kathleen Dunn on Wisconsin Public Radio.

“U.S. judge denies Common Cause effort to block Trump voter commission”

August 1, 2017, 1:38 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: A federal judge on Tuesday declined to temporarily bar President Trump’s voting commission from collecting voter data from states and the District, saying a federal appeals court likely will be deciding the legality of the request. U.S. District Judge… Continue reading

“The Franchise Project Launches, Releases 50-State Voting Access Scorecard”

August 1, 2017, 12:17 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: Today marks the launch of The Franchise Project (TFP), a voting rights advocacy organization that aims to educate and empower grassroots activists to engage in effective voting rights advocacy at the local level. The group’s 50-State Voting Access … Continue reading