Monthly Archives: June 2021

“EXCLUSIVE: Georgia releases list of 102K voter registrations to be canceled”

June 19, 2021, 9:05 amNVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

AJC: Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Friday made public the names of nearly 102,000 people who are at risk of having their Georgia voter registrations canceled, a warning before they lose their ability to vote next month.The mass cancellations… Continue reading

“Key Pennsylvania state senator backs Arizona-style election audit”

June 19, 2021, 8:57 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Spotlight PA: The Pennsylvania state senator in charge of a key election committee is backing an audit of the November presidential contest similar to Arizona’s partisan ballot review, four days after former President Donald Trump called him out and claimed… Continue reading

TPM: von Spakovsky Involved with Group That Originated Crazy Conspiracy Theory that Italian Defense Contractor Changed Votes from Trump to Biden (via Satellite!) During 2020 Election

June 19, 2021, 8:53 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Josh Kovensky for TPM: For those ready to believe that President Trump really won re-election, there’s one particularly fantastical conspiracy theory to hang your hat on.It’s called ItalyGate, and it offers a simple, direct, and especially implausible claim: An Italian… Continue reading

“American Samoans are the latest victims of these ignorant Supreme Court rulings”

June 19, 2021, 8:46 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Steve Vladeck for MSNBC Opinion: The principle that anyone born in the United States is an American citizen is enshrined in the 14th Amendment. But in a divided decision Tuesday, a federal appeals court reaffirmed the unique inapplicability of the… Continue reading

“Opinion: Manchin’s voting rights compromise is great — except it doesn’t take on ‘election subversion’”

June 19, 2021, 7:06 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ned Foley WaPo column. But other pieces of S. 1 that don’t make Manchin’s list deserve to be added. S. 1 has a section that would require voter-verified paper ballots, meaning voters have the opportunity to review an official… Continue reading

June 22 Event: “Today’s Electronic Voting Machines: An Examination of the Use and Security of Ballot Marking Devices”

June 18, 2021, 11:27 amvoting technologyRick Hasen

This looks important, from Free Speech for People and the Coalition for Good Governance.

Before Texas Filed in Supreme Court in Trump Election Case Kris Kobach Pushed Louisiana to File to Overturn Election Results Based on Absurd Legal Theories and Weak Evidence (via TPM Exclusive)

June 18, 2021, 11:22 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Big Tierney Sneed report for TPM: Before Texas filed a lawsuit that asked the Supreme Court to block President Biden’s win in four battleground states, a draft of the petition was circulated to the Louisiana attorney general’s office.The template… Continue reading

“Joe Manchin and the Magic 50th Vote for Democrats’ Voting Rights Bill”

June 18, 2021, 7:08 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Carl Hulse NYT analysis: Democrats and progressive activists who have been working for months on a sweeping voting rights bill quickly embraced on Thursday a new, far narrower plan suddenly put forward by Senator Joe Manchin III, their party’s sole… Continue reading

“Schumer’s false claim that no Democrats supported new voting restrictions”

June 18, 2021, 7:03 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo fact checker: We just fact-checked three of the Republican governors —in Arizona, Florida and Georgia — who signed restrictive voting laws, finding that some of their comments about those laws are misleading.Here, what got us fact-checking was Schumer’s claim… Continue reading

What a Roberts-Kavanaugh-Barrett Bloc Could Mean for the Upcoming Major Decision in Brnovich

June 18, 2021, 6:56 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

This analysis from Joan Biskupic on emerging Roberts-Kavananaugh-Barrett SCOTUS bloc seems right on. Indeed, I’ve been telling reporters covering Brnovich (voting rights case) that we could see a similar dynamic much like the 2008 Crawford voter id decision. In… Continue reading

“Biden has big fears about voting restrictions and finds few tools to deal with it”

June 18, 2021, 6:46 amDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Politico: The White House says it’s using every tool it has to draw attention to restrictive voting laws being passed in GOP-led states across the country, including potential legal challenges. Administration officials say Biden talks about attacks on voting access… Continue reading

“How to Use Ranked-Choice Voting to Help or Hinder N.Y.C. Mayoral Candidates”

June 18, 2021, 6:42 amalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

Rob Richie NYT oped: New York City has embarked on the biggest ranked-choice voting election in American history with the Democratic primary for mayor on Tuesday. Plenty of New Yorkers are looking for advice on how to fill out their… Continue reading

“Arizona voting data taken to so-called ‘lab’ in remote Montana”

June 17, 2021, 12:53 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Bonkers CNN report.

“GOP crushes Manchin’s hopes for elections compromise”

June 17, 2021, 12:47 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: Senate Republicans spent months praising Joe Manchin for his insistence on cross-party compromise. Next week they will almost surely end his hopes for a bipartisan deal on elections.Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he believed all 50 Republicans… Continue reading