Category Archives: voter id

“Outcome of ID-law challenge hard to predict”

August 6, 2012, 7:38 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Unfortunately, the article does not make clear a fundamental point I tried to explain to the reporter: Crawford, the U.S. Supreme Court case, was a challenge under the U.S. Constitution. The Pa. case, like the Wisconsin… Continue reading

“Absentee ballot fraud made easy in Miami-Dade”

August 5, 2012, 4:09 pmabsentee ballots, election administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Marc Caputo (Miami Herald): Psst! Wanna commit absentee-ballot fraud? Well, all you need is a computer, a telephone and a dummy address. Armed with that, there’s a good chance you can request and vote another person’s absentee ballot. It’s a… Continue reading

“Absentee ballots may offer a way around Pennsylvania voter ID law”

August 5, 2012, 10:42 amabsentee ballots, election administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

The Philaelphia Inquirer reports: Thomas Cavanaugh, a longtime Democratic committeeman in Philadelphia’s Tacony neighborhood, has two words of advice for senior citizens fretting about the state’s new photo ID requirement: absentee ballot. Though Pennsylvania’s new voter ID law requires… Continue reading

“Survey cites difficulties getting Pa. voter ID”

August 3, 2012, 9:39 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

“Repeat After Me: In-Person, In-Person, In-Person”

August 3, 2012, 12:56 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Kevin Drum on voter impersonation fraud. Since my book went into production there was this possible case of impersonation fraud. Hard to hang major public policy on a single, unconfirmed case or handful of cases across hundreds of millions… Continue reading

Justin Levitt Must-Read Takedown of New Voter Fraud “Study”

August 3, 2012, 12:42 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Justin has put in the time to thoroughly demolish the so-called “study” from the National Center on Public Policy Research. For more, don’t miss his thorough annotation of the document itself. Thank you Justin for this public service.

The National Center voter fraud essay

August 3, 2012, 12:32 pmfraudulent fraud squad, voter idJustin Levitt

As Rick noted (here and here), the National Center for Public Policy Research has produced an essay that has gotten some recent publicity. Branded a “study” by others, it is long on eloquence and passion … but… Continue reading

“The Essential Facts of Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Trial”

August 3, 2012, 9:37 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Ari Berman reports for The Nation.

“Voter Fraud ‘Study’ Authored By Republican Who Pleaded Guilty In Abramoff Scandal”

August 3, 2012, 7:25 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

TPM reports. More about the substance of the study is coming.

“I Have ID Therefore I Am”

August 2, 2012, 3:48 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Brentin Mock on the Pa. voter id trial.

“Voter ID rules protect seniors, minorities from fraudsters, says new study”

August 2, 2012, 1:29 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Daily Caller [corrected link]: “Criminal justice data shows that blacks and poor people are the most common victims of voter fraud and are the greatest beneficiaries of voter identification rules, according to a new study.” I hope to be… Continue reading