Category Archives: voter id

101 Year-Old Woman Writes of Troubles Getting TX Voter ID

June 14, 2015, 8:32 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Mary Lou Miller: When I was 7 years old, the 19th Amendment granting the right to vote for women was ratified, and I availed myself of that right and privilege as soon as I turned 21 in 1934. Over the… Continue reading

Marc Elias Comments on New VA Voter ID Suit

June 11, 2015, 4:13 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

WaPo: In addition, Elias is behind challenges to Virginia’s elections maps at the state and congressional levels, which could force the state to redraw district boundaries this fall. “I have a lot of clients. I have brought other lawsuits… Continue reading

“Virginia Is Latest Front in Democrats’ Voting Rights Battle”

June 11, 2015, 2:10 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Maggie Haberman reports for the NYT.

Breaking: Clinton Lawyer Elias Files New Voting Suit in Virginia

June 11, 2015, 12:14 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Via Maggie Haberman comes news of a new case filed by Marc Elias (the latest in a series of cases). The suit is Lee v. Virginia Board of Elections, and this time the Democratic Party is a party. You… Continue reading

Think Progress Responds to GAB Spokesperson on WI Voter ID Story

June 10, 2015, 7:49 amelection administration, voter idRick Hasen

Now following up on GAB Responds to Think Progress on WI Voter ID Funding Question, Think Progress sends along the following response: Last Wednesday, as part of our ongoing coverage of voting rights across the country, our reporter attended… Continue reading

GAB Responds to Think Progress on WI Voter ID Funding Question

June 9, 2015, 2:30 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Following up on my post, WI Has Inadequate Funding for Voter ID Education Campaign, GAB public information officer Reid Magney reached out to say that he had issues with the facts as reported in the Think Progress piece I… Continue reading

WI Has Inadequate Funding for Voter ID Education Campaign

June 9, 2015, 8:28 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

In an earlier post, WI GAB Has Only Tiny Budget to Get Out Word About New Voter ID Requirements, I described problems with getting the word out about Wisconsin’s new voter id law [corrected]. The GAB spokesperson responded with… Continue reading

Remember That Rare Case of Impersonation Fraud Where a Woman Got Her Son to Vote for Her Husband?

June 7, 2015, 9:12 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Back in 2012, I had a post , Allegation of Actual Impersonation Voter Fraud Attempt in Texas…and An Illustration of Why Such Fraud is Rare and Stupid, with a follow-up, More on the Voter Impersonation Fraud Case in Fort … Continue reading

Response from the GAB on Adequacy of Wisconsin Voter ID Funding

May 22, 2015, 7:32 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

In response to an earlier post, WI GAB Has Only Tiny Budget to Get Out Word About New Voter ID Requirements, Reid Magney, public information officer for the GAB writes: Your tweet about GAB generated a call from MSNBC.… Continue reading

WI GAB Has Only Tiny Budget to Get Out Word About New Voter ID Requirements

May 21, 2015, 12:22 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Troubling report from the GAB, indicating a budget of only $34,000 to get out the word about mandatory voter id requirements: The G.A.B. staff does not believe that voluntary efforts and free media will be adequate to the task of… Continue reading

“Voter ID Nonsense”

May 6, 2015, 7:45 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Toledo Blade editorial: Ohioans face serious threats to the integrity of our democracy: income inequality, partisan gerrymandering, big-money politics. Voter fraud is not among these threats. Yet rather than address such pressing concerns, Republicans in the state House are… Continue reading