Monthly Archives: December 2019
“Ohio Finds Cases of Noncitizens Registered to Vote in 2018; State’s secretary of state says instances are ‘exceedingly rare’ thanks to controls and processes of election system”
WSJ reports. Given earlier patterns, I would not be surprised to find that the number of noncitizen registrants and voters is far lower than this initial report.
“Voter Identification and Nonvoting in Wisconsin—Evidence from the 2016 Election”
Michael G. DeCrescenzo and Kenneth R. Mayer have written this article for ELJ. Here is the abstract:
How much did Wisconsin’s voter identification requirement matter in 2016? We conducted a survey of registered nonvoters in the counties surrounding the cities… Continue reading
“Law Professor Gives Damning Testimony On Trump Soliciting Foreign Election Interference”
HuffPost:
Impeachment hearings continue on the Hill Wednesday, with a panel of legal scholars testifying before the House Judiciary Committee what exactly constitutes impeachable behavior.Among them is Stanford Law professor Pamela S. Karlan, who used a domestic analogy to help… Continue reading
Publisher’s Weekly Calls My Upcoming Book, Election Meltdown, “Bracing and Comprehensive”
“Civil rights activists seek block on state’s voter ID law. Judge in Winston-Salem says she will decide quickly.”
Winston-Salem Journal:
For the second time in four years, a version of North Carolina’s election law was in federal court, this time based on allegations that if enacted, black and Latino voters would be disenfranchised.Attorneys for the North Carolina NAACP… Continue reading
Ninth Circuit Panel, in Unpublished Opinion, Unanimously (and Briefly) Rejects Constitutional Challenge to California Voting Rights Act
You can find the four page opinion here.
This is a big deal. This is a major case brought by Ed Blum (who has brought us Shelby County, the Fisher affirmative action case, and others) and litigated by William… Continue reading
Kentucky Governor Bevin Makes Unsupported Voter Fraud Charges Again, This Time with a Racist Dog Whistle
WFPL:
During a series of interviews on talk radio shows Wednesday morning, outgoing Republican Gov. Matt Bevin said that he lost his race for reelection because the Democratic Party “harvested votes in urban communities.”…
“They were able to go into… Continue reading
“Prominent Political Donors Charged in Campaign Finance Scheme”
NYT:
An influential political power broker who was a witness named in the Mueller report was among eight people charged with conspiring to conceal the source of excessive contributions to groups supporting Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, the Justice Department… Continue reading
“The Cybersecurity 202: Ukraine claims threaten Senate consensus on Russian hacking”
WaPo:
A tenuous Senate consensus on the dangers of Russian election hacking is being threatened by the GOP’s embrace of President Trump’s debunked argument that Ukraine also interfered in 2016.
Numerous Senate Republicans promoted that argument this week, bucking the… Continue reading
Kansas: “U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins tangled in voter fraud, perjury allegations for listing UPS store as residence”
Topeka Capital-Journal:
U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins’ decision to sign a Kansas voter registration form and two other election documents that asserted his residential address was a UPS Store in Topeka could constitute felony voter fraud under federal law and election… Continue reading
“Court fight begins over redrawing of Nevada voting districts”
Las Vegas Sun:
A court battle has begun over a League of Women Voters of Nevada effort to amend the state constitution to have an appointed commission, instead of the state Legislature, redraw congressional and legislative voting districts following the… Continue reading
Utah: “Electioneering Investigation Into San Juan County Clerk Complete. No Decision Yet To Prosecute.”
KUER:
In October, the ACLU raised concerns that Nielson had distributed a letter to the editor about the election to voters at some polling locations. Attempting to influence voters within a polling place is a crime under state law. “If… Continue reading
New DOJ Indictment Alleges Millions of Dollars in Foreign Money Illegally Funneled to Support Hillary Clinton in 2016
The indictment includes George Nader, who appears to have been seeking influence in both the Trump and Clinton campaigns (and is now being held on child pornography charges):
Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed against the CEO of an online… Continue reading