Monthly Archives: October 2018

“Pipe Bombs Sent to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and CNN Offices”

October 24, 2018, 7:50 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

So troubling: Pipe bombs were sent to several prominent Democrats, including former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, setting off an intense investigation on Wednesday into whether figures vilified by the right were being targeted. From… Continue reading

“Democracy itself is on the ballot this year”

October 24, 2018, 6:09 pmdirect democracyRick Hasen

WaPo oped: The midterm elections have been marred by controversy over alleged voter suppression in Georgia, North Dakota and elsewhere. Once again, partisans want to make it harder for fellow citizens to cast their ballots. It’s ugly. But amid… Continue reading

“A new kind of voting faces Election Day test in Maine”

October 24, 2018, 6:06 pmalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

AP: A new way of voting in Maine allows people to rank candidates from best to worst with provisions for additional voting rounds, candidate eliminations and extra tabulations to ensure there’s a consensus winner who collects a majority of the… Continue reading

“Federal judge to order Ga. counties to stop absentee ballot rejections” (Signature Match Case)

October 24, 2018, 5:23 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

AJC: A federal judge intends to issue an injunction barring Georgia election officials from tossing certain absentee ballots without giving would-be voters advance notice and a chance to rectify any issues. The implementation of the injunction — which U.S. District… Continue reading

“Vote. Otherwise, the Hackers Win”

October 24, 2018, 5:09 pmvoting technologyRick Hasen

John Fortier in Roll Call: Don’t let worries about election security keep you from going to the polls. The American voting system is in a better place than it has ever been, and added layers of protection ensure that votes… Continue reading

“Meet The Kansas Woman Who Exposed Security Flaws In Kris Kobach’s Voter Fraud Tool”

October 24, 2018, 5:04 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

KCUR: Come in and sit down at Anita Parsa’s kitchen table. Help yourself to the chocolate chip cookies and she’ll get you an iced tea. Might as well make yourself comfortable. Because for the next hour, she’s going to… Continue reading

Read This Thread from NYT Reporter Astor on the Challenge of Getting Residential Addresses for Voters in North Dakota on Native American Land

October 24, 2018, 5:03 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Read this thread from NY Times reporter Maggie Astor on the ground in North Dakota: https://twitter.com/MaggieAstor/status/1055138652618141697

“Seizing On Supreme Court Order, DOJ Tries To Delay Census Citizenship Trial”

October 24, 2018, 7:55 amDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

TPM: Having secured only a partial victory at the Supreme Court in blocking certain depositions and discovery in the census citizenship question case, the Justice Department is asking a federal judge in Manhattan to delay the start of trial next… Continue reading

“Georgia NAACP Files Voter Complaint Against Secretary of State Brian Kemp Over Voting Machine Irregularities”

October 24, 2018, 7:09 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Release via email: The NAACP Georgia State Conference President Phyllis T. Blake filed complaints with the State Board of Elections for possible voter suppression tactics regarding malfunctions of the touch screen machines inBartow,Cobb, Henry and Dodge Counties. The Georgia NAACP… Continue reading

Foley and Huefner: The ALI Tackles Election Law Just in Time

October 24, 2018, 7:07 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Ned Foley and Steve Huefner. We all owe them a great deal of gratitude for the job they did. It is extremely hard to forge bipartisan consensus among a group of election lawyers… Continue reading

“In Leaked Audio, Brian Kemp Expresses Concern Over Georgians Exercising Their Right to Vote”

October 23, 2018, 7:58 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Rolling Stone: Not long after Kemp began his remarks, the candidate expressed worry about early voting and “the literally tens of millions of dollars that they [the Abrams camp] are putting behind the get-out-the-vote effort to their base.” Kemp… Continue reading

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Posts Facebook Video Ostensibly Instructing How to Commit Voter Impersonation Fraud, a Kind of Fraud Which Hasn’t Been Used to Try to Swing an Election We Know About Since at Least the 1980s

October 23, 2018, 7:47 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: Amid a push to pass a photo ID requirement for North Carolina elections, the state’s lieutenant governor appears in a video that offers instructions on how to commit voter fraud in the state. The video , posted on Facebook,… Continue reading

Justice Gorsuch’s Bad Faith in Discussing Deposing Wilbur Ross on Ross’s Bad Faith

October 23, 2018, 7:27 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Thread from Marty Lederman: 1/ Amy: Please help me out, as I don't understand the Gorsuch/Thomas objection. "There’s nothing unusual," they write, "about a new cabinet secretary coming to office inclined to favor a different policy direction, …@FirstMondaysFM —… Continue reading

About Those 900,000 Voters Potentially Disenfranchised by Ga’s ‘Exact Match’ Law? Not So Much

October 23, 2018, 7:19 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

Following up on this post, see this Michael McDonald thread starting here: @monkeycageblog has become its namesake, a blog lacking vetting of the claims put forth. Quite sad, really, since it used to showcase peer-reviewed scholarship. Case… Continue reading

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