Monthly Archives: September 2017

“Trump Pick for Civil Rights Role Is a Lawyer Who’s Pushed Voting Restrictions”

September 18, 2017, 8:48 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Pema Levy for Mother Jones: In mid-August, as Washington reeled over the deadly white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia, President Donald Trump quietly announced his pick for the top civil rights job at the Department of Homeland Security. The woman… Continue reading

“Facebook Knows More About Russia’s Election Meddling. Shouldn’t We?”

September 18, 2017, 8:30 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Jim Rutenberg NYT column.

“Obama Election Commission Chair: Trump Fraud Panel a ‘Calamitous Failure’”

September 18, 2017, 8:28 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NBC News: Voting experts who have been following President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission with watchful eyes for the past several months aren’t impressed with the panel’s early efforts. Commission detractors, including a former presidential commission chairman, told NBC News… Continue reading

“Shalom Lamm Partner Gets 6 Months In Bloomingburg Voter Fraud Case”

September 18, 2017, 8:25 amchicaneryRick Hasen

The Forward: Kenneth Nakdimen, who pled guilty to voter fraud in the small upstate New York village of Bloomingburg this year, received a six-month prison sentence on Friday. Nakdimen’s co-defendant, developer Shalom Lamm, is still awaiting sentencing. The two… Continue reading

Today’s Must-Read: “How Party Bosses, Not Voters, Pick Politicians in New York”

September 18, 2017, 8:18 ampolitical partiesRick Hasen

Great Shane Goldmacher in the NYT: For decades, New York seats have traded hands this way in what amounts to one of the last, most powerful vestiges of Tammany Hall-style politics in the state. Election laws here grant politicians… Continue reading

“Yes, U.S. election integrity could be improved. Here’s why the Pence commission probably won’t do it.”

September 18, 2017, 8:12 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Francisco Cantú and German Feierherd for The Monkey Cage.

Respondents’ Brief Filed at SCOTUS in Ohio Voter Purge Case

September 18, 2017, 8:10 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Find it here.

“Senate Democrats to Hold Hearing on Ways to Protect and Strengthen the Right to Vote”

September 18, 2017, 8:08 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Advisory via email: On Tuesday, September 19th at 3:00 PM, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, along with U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration,… Continue reading

“Trump’s voter fraud commission proves a magnet for controversy”

September 17, 2017, 4:55 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: As President Trump’s voter fraud commission prepared to convene in New Hampshire this week, it already faced questions about its seriousness of purpose and whether it was a hopelessly biased endeavor. Then things got worse. An email surfaced in… Continue reading

I Talked SCOTUS, Gerrymandering, Voting Rights, and Pence-Kobach with Dahlia Lithwick on Slate’s Amicus

September 16, 2017, 12:13 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Great to join Dahlia on the first new podcast of the term. Listen.

“City attorney argues Santa Fe not prepared for new voting system”

September 16, 2017, 11:51 amalternative voting systems, election administrationRick Hasen

Santa Fe New Mexican: The Santa Fe City Council is not obligated or prepared to implement ranked-choice voting for the 2018 municipal elections, the city attorney wrote Friday in response to a lawsuit filed in the state Supreme Court. With… Continue reading

“Report on ‘Voter Fraud’ Rife With Inaccuracies”

September 15, 2017, 4:31 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Paul Gronke: I look forward to a more detailed analysis by voter registration and database match experts of the GAI report that will be presented to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity , but even a cursory reading reveals… Continue reading

Miss: “State has halted use of Russian software in election systems, Hosemann says”

September 15, 2017, 4:10 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Clarion-Ledger: U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson on Friday urged Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann to remove any Kaspersky Lab software from Mississippi’s elections systems over fears of Russian hacking. But Hosemann said he made that call about a month ago, after… Continue reading