Monthly Archives: September 2017

“Kobach Discovers College Students Live in College Towns”

September 8, 2017, 9:52 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jonathan Brater for the Brennan Center: Despite his claims that he won’t “pre-judge” the findings of the Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission of which he is the vice-chair and public face, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach… Continue reading

“Russian Facebook Political Ad Buys During 2016 Election Draw DOJ & FEC Complaints”

September 8, 2017, 9:50 amcampaign finance, chicanery, Department of Justice, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Release: Today Common Cause filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that one or more unknown foreign nationals made expenditures, independent expenditures or disbursements in connection with the 2016 presidential… Continue reading

“Debunking Kobach’s latest voter fraud lie”

September 8, 2017, 8:03 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Zack Roth for the Daily Democracy.

“Kris Kobach’s leap of logic on voter fraud in New Hampshire should be disqualifying”

September 8, 2017, 7:48 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Philip Bump: Kobach is the co-chairman of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, alongside the vice president of the United States. He is running a federal investigation into the integrity of the voting system — and he cites college… Continue reading

“Election Integrity Commission members accuse New Hampshire voters of fraud”

September 8, 2017, 7:45 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Weigel for WaPo: Kobach apparently made no attempt to contact voters who’d cast ballots but held out-of-state IDs. Thursday night, The Washington Post asked voters who’d done so to tell their stories; three did so within 60 minutes — college… Continue reading

“Undue Burdens and Potential Opportunities in Voting Rights and Abortion Law”

September 8, 2017, 7:40 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pam Karlan has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Indiana Law Journal). Here is the abstract: This essay explores two areas of law that at first blush might seem relatively disconnected from one another: voting rights and reproductive justice. Many… Continue reading

“A Vote Is a Terrible Thing to Waste”

September 8, 2017, 7:39 amredistrictingRick Hasen

WNYC: Breitbart was the Senate Democrats’ point man for redistricting. But though he grew up in a Democratic household and still identifies with its values, he’s not exactly fond of his native political party. “Legislative redistricting in New York isn’t… Continue reading

“Russia’s Facebook Ads Could Spell Trouble for Any American Who Lent a Hand”

September 8, 2017, 7:38 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Brendan Fischer blogs.

“FEC Might Act on Russia-Linked Facebook Political Ads: Official”

September 7, 2017, 9:26 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicanery, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: The revelation that Russian sources financed political ads on Facebook in the 2016 presidential campaign could prompt enforcement action by the Federal Election Commission, agency Vice Chairwoman Caroline Hunter said. “It’s something we can and should deal with… Continue reading

“Data on Out-of-State IDs Fuels Cries of ‘Fraud’ in 2016 Election”

September 7, 2017, 9:11 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NHPR: A newly released report from the New Hampshire Secretary of State and Department of Safety says a majority of people who used out-of-state IDs to register in last November’s elections haven’t registered vehicles in New Hampshire or gotten in-state… Continue reading

“The California Voter Experience Study: A Statewide Survey of Voter Perspectives on Vote-By-Mail and Vote Centers”

September 7, 2017, 4:11 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

California Civic Engagement Project: In 2016, nearly 58% of ballots cast in the general election were Vote-by-Mail (VBM) ballots-up from 27% in 2002. Encouraged by this rising usage, some counties are now planning to expand access to VBM balloting, and… Continue reading

Issacharoff and Grossman: ACLU: Partisan Gerrymandering Undermines the Integrity of Elections, Violates Right to Cast a Meaningful Ballot

September 7, 2017, 2:45 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Sam Issacharoff and Perry Grossman who worked on this amicus brief in the Whitford case: In his concurrence in Vieth v. Jubilirer, Justice Kennedy suggested that the First Amendment provides a “sounder and… Continue reading