Category Archives: The Voting Wars
NPR’s Ari Shapiro Interviews Kris Kobach–Listen for Last Question on Trump’s False Claims of Millions of Illegal Votes
Nice job by Ari. You can listen here.
Kobach falsely claims he is just asking for publicly available information. But it includes SSNs and other information.
He says the Commission will study security of state voter rolls. This is… Continue reading
Quote of the Day: Republican Pushback on Kobach’s Federal Intrusion Edition
“They can go jump in the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi is a great state to launch from,”….“Mississippi residents should celebrate Independence Day and our state’s right to protect the privacy of our citizens by conducting our own electoral processes.”… Continue reading
“Trump’s Voter Fraud Endgame; His ‘election integrity’ investigation is a pretext to repeal the National Voter Registration Act. It won’t work”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Donald Trump’s attempt at voter suppression through his “election integrity” commission is a voting rights nightmare that is being enacted so clumsily it just might backfire…..
Kobach’s likely going to use… Continue reading
Justin Levitt: Pence-Kobach “Election Integrity” Commission Requests May Violate Federal Law
Justin at Take Care on the requests for voter information I expressed concern about yesterday:
In the abstract, the information itself isn’t the real problem. There are ways that careful researchers engage voter files that can assist and enlighten. But… Continue reading
President Trump Appoints Country’s Worst Vote Suppressor to His “Election Integrity” Commission
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I thought it could not get worse with the Pence-Kobach faux election integrity commission with the appointment of Kris Kobach, the Secretary of State of Kansas who has trumped up claims of voter fraud to advance… Continue reading
VA Gov. McAuliffe Says He Won’t Send Data to Pence-Kobach Faux Commission
“Grimes To Trump: I Won’t Send Kentucky Voter Data”
WFPL:
Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes says her office will not release state voter data to President Donald Trump’s election commission….
Grimes, a Democrat, issued a statement on Twitter saying she would not release state voters’ sensitive personal… Continue reading
Charles Stewart, Leading Expert on Election Administration, Cautions on Pence-Kobach Science Experiment
Smart and careful post from Charles:
I’ve had a chance now to read the letter that vice-chair Kris Kobach has sent to the states, requesting that they send the Pence Commission copies of their publicly available voter files. My initial… Continue reading
David Becker Ties DOJ Actions on Voter List Purging to Pence-Kobach Commission and Move to Disband EAC
Smart post:
The fact that all these things happened on the same day raises significant questions and concerns. Is the DOJ coordinating with the PACEI, and if so, what role is the DOJ playing in the PCEI’s efforts? How does… Continue reading
Three Dangers of the Pence-Kobach Faux Commission Call for State Voter Roll Information
This morning I blogged about the Pence-Kobach commission’s call for voter data, and how that raised privacy and other concerns. We we now have seen the letter (via Bryan Lowry), and it raises three immediateconcerns. The letter calls on… Continue reading
Pence-Kobach Commission Wants State Voter Data; Can It Protect Voter Privacy? Will State Election Officials Cooperate? Will House Kill EAC?
The sham Pence commission wants data from state voter rolls.
But it is not clear how this will go.
David Becker on the privacy issue and about concerns of securing the data..
It is also not clear whether Democratic… Continue reading
“Should It Be Easier To Vote? Americans Are Deeply Divided By Party”
Pam Fessler for NPR:
Most Americans – 59 percent — think everything possible should be done to make it easy for citizens to vote. Almost 80 percent say they oppose making voting mandatory. These are the results of a new… Continue reading