It’s kind of what you’d expect: a whole lot of bluster and no proof—along with close ties to True the Vote. Read it. … Continue reading
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
Over at Bleeding Heartland. … Continue reading
From WaPo’s The tale of a Trump falsehood: How his voter fraud claim spread like a virus: The controversy over alleged voter fraud was quickly drowned out in recent days by controversy over Trump’s new executive order on immigration. Trump … Continue reading
George Skelton LAT column. … Continue reading
Doug Chapin: Over the weekend – a little more than three years after its initial release – the report of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration (PCEA), and the rest of its work, was no longer available online after the … Continue reading
Marc Elias has posted this piece at Medium: Before his executive order aimed at keeping US Green Card holders and refugees out of the country based on their religion, much of President Trump’s time was spent last week nursing his … Continue reading
Bangor Daily News editorial. … Continue reading
WaPo: If President Trump is waiting for the Republican Congress to join him in his quixotic quest to launch the first investigation in American history that will uncover systematic voter fraud — well, he may be waiting a while. ABC reported Wednesday that … Continue reading
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for a “major investigation” into voter fraud. While his tweets announcing the call focus on the possibility of double voting and voter registration fraud, the … Continue reading
Dan Balz: There is no benign explanation for President Trump’s false assertion that millions of people voted illegally in the last election. It is either a deliberate attempt to undermine faith in the democratic process, an exhortation to those who … Continue reading
Here, at Slate’s set of predictions for the new administration. … Continue reading
AP: The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal court to force Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to turn over proposed changes to the nation’s voter registration law that the conservative Republican was photographed bringing to a meeting in … Continue reading
NYT: Mr. Trump doubled down Wednesday on his fraudulent assertion that millions of illegal immigrants gave Hillary Clinton her 2.8 million-ballot victory in the popular vote, saying he would order a “major investigation” and tighten voting controls. More on this … Continue reading
Andrew Cohen: To that end, if he’s really serious about learning more about the massive fraud he says occurred, President Trump should create a blue-ribbon presidential commission to study voting rights, voter suppression, and allegations of voter fraud in the … Continue reading
The Fix: On Tuesday, the situation got worse. Press secretary Sean Spicer, asked to defend Trump’s illegal-vote comments, tried to claim that the claims were rooted in evidence. There are no studies and no evidence that there is widespread voter … Continue reading
Written questions from Sen. Leahy and Sen. Sessions’ answer in connection with his nomination as AG: 21. You claim to be a champion of the Voting Rights Act because you voted for VRA’s reauthorization in 2006. But aside from this … Continue reading
NYT: President Trump used his first official meeting with congressional leaders on Monday to falsely claim that millions of unauthorized immigrants had robbed him of a popular vote majority, a return to his obsession with the election’s results even as … Continue reading
The Supreme Court declined to review the Texas voter id case today, but Chief Justice Roberts strongly signaled that the Court could well grant review when the case is fully complete in the lower court (and when, it is likely, … Continue reading
AP reports. … Continue reading
DOJ has filed this request for a one month extension of a hearing in the trial court hearing the latest round in the Texas voter id case. The motion, which is opposed by the private plaintiffs in the case but … Continue reading
WaPo: We spoke with Gupta on Wednesday morning, the last day in her fifth-floor Justice Department office, where pictures of Robert F. Kennedy and Frederick Douglass hung over her desk. The conversation started with the fight to protect voting rights, … Continue reading
Although the Court granted cert. in two cases today, no word yet on the Texas redistricting case (now up at three conferences) or the North Carolina racial gerrymandering case. There was a chance the Court could have acted on this … Continue reading
CNN: President Barack Obama broke out the term “fake news” in reference to concerns about voter fraud on Wednesday, making the case that voting should be easier, not more difficult. Obama was asked in his final news conference as President … Continue reading
Gabrielle Gurley in TAP. … Continue reading
Stay tuned (docket). … Continue reading
Ariane de Vogue for CNN: Even before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, top Democrats — including President Barack Obama — are already launching efforts to reshape the electoral landscape. Faced with a stinging loss at the polls, a conservative-leaning Supreme Court and … Continue reading
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports. … Continue reading
Here is today’s Court’s order. What does it mean that there was no order on Texas, despite the fact that the cases was considered and then relisted from last week? It could mean that as early as Tuesday (when the … Continue reading
Newsweek reports. … Continue reading
Mic reports. … Continue reading
Release: The Justice Department filed a lawsuit late yesterday to challenge the at-large method of electing the city council of Eastpointe, Michigan. The complaint alleges that the election system in Eastpointe violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by … Continue reading
Ed Kilgore blogs. … Continue reading
In both Frank v. Walker and One Wisconsin now, this order with no explanation of if/when argument will be rescheduled: ORDER: The court, on its own motion, ORDERS that oral argument in this appeal set for Tuesday, 01/17/2017 is VACATED. … Continue reading
So noted on the docket. What does this mean? It could mean the Court will agree to hear the case, but that’s no sure thing just from a relist. We’ll just have to sit tight and wait. … Continue reading
Fascinating Emily Bazelon for NYT Magazine. … Continue reading
Must-read Doug Chapin on an underreported story. … Continue reading
Back in July, the Fourth Circuit struck down North Carolina’s “monster” voting law, a law which among other things imposed a strict voter id requirement (later watered down in the face of litigation), cutback early voting, killed same day voter … Continue reading
Lynda Waddington: As telegraphed by key GOP lawmakers last month, a key component of Pate’s upgrades is Voter ID. This piece requires voters to produce approved forms of identification before casting ballots. Pate suggests Iowa-issued driver’s licenses, military-issued identification cards … Continue reading
Adam Gitlin and Wendy Weiser with a new Brennan Center report in advance of the Sen. Sessions confirmation hearings for AG. … Continue reading
AP: Iowa will require voters to show identification at the polls under a bill announced Thursday by the state’s top election official, and Republicans in the new GOP-controlled Legislature have indicated a willingness to pass it. The legislation mirrors voter … Continue reading
The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting reports. … Continue reading
News & Observer: A three-judge panel ruled on Thursday to uphold Gov. Roy Cooper’s request to block a revamp of the state elections board while his lawsuit makes its way through the courts. In the first hearing before the panel … Continue reading
Bloomberg BNA: Elections have consequences, and frequently they’re changes in election law. New state legislatures often “rethink” election laws once in office, Edward B. Foley, director of Election Law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, … Continue reading
And that means a lawsuit too, no doubt. … Continue reading
News and Observer: Governor-elect Roy Cooper filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging the General Assembly’s special session law that revamps the state elections board. Cooper’s attorneys asked a Wake County Superior Court judge to block the law from taking effect … Continue reading
News and Observer editorial: Despite their considerable victories in November’s elections, Republicans have lost badly on one issue – voter fraud. Republican-led states, most notably North Carolina, have passed laws preventing people from voting in the name of another or … Continue reading
Brooks Sterritt for TNR. … Continue reading
AP: A widely shared story that claimed in headlines that Michigan had mass Democratic voter fraud and that more than half of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s Detroit vote faces disqualification is false. State election officials say there is no proof … Continue reading
I did this Q & A with Frank Wilkinson at Bloomberg View. … Continue reading