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Inside Job

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by Steven Rosenfeld


  response to Trump win, 106

  “Revised Redistricting Plans Face Strong Public Opposition: GOP lawmakers on a key Senate committee approved a revision Friday of controversial redistricting plans, but Democrats and others accused Republicans of lacking transparency” (Kaplan), 161n80

  suspicion of hacking of voting machines, 108

  “A Very Early Look At The Battle For The House In 2018: Donald Trump is unpopular enough that Republicans could lose the House, but there’s a lot of uncertainty.” (Enten), 156–157n56

  vote rigging, xxiii–xxiv

  and voter fraud hijacks, 83–90

  and voter hijacks playbook, 95–101, 122–123

  and voter laws, 69

  voter laws, 62–66

  voter suppression, 30–32

  and voter technicalities, 35–39

  war on voting, 131

  “We’re Supposed to Be a Democracy, But Half the GOP Is OK with Postponing 2020’s Election: A party full of delusions exposes the dark underbelly of America” (Rosenfeld), 201n290

  “Why Republicans Can’t Find the Big Voter Fraud Conspiracy: If the last federal investigation is any guide, the answer is simple: It probably doesn’t exist” (Rab) April 2, 2017, 166n103

  “Republican redistricting is taking a beating in the courts (again)” (Phillips), 160n74

  “Republicans limit early voting in Marion County, letting it bloom in suburbs” (Hussein), 187n197

  “Restore lawful enforcement policies in the Civil Rights Division,” 198–199n271

  “Results from the 2016 Nevada GOP caucuses” (Mihalik, Pesce and Walsh), 150n20

  Reuters, 87, 144

  “Special Report: Behind US race cases, a little-known recruiter” (Biskupic), 168n115

  “Revised Debate Memo,” April 27, 2015, wikileaks.org, 148n6

  “Revised Redistricting Plans Face Strong Public Opposition: GOP lawmakers on a key Senate committee approved a revision Friday of controversial redistricting plans, but Democrats and others accused Republicans of lacking transparency” (Kaplan), 161n80, 169–170n121

  Richmond Times-Dispatch, “Va. Supreme Court strikes down McAuliffe’s order on felon voting rights” (Moomaw) July 23, 2016, 170–171n126

  Riley, Michael, 191n216

  Roberts, John, 31, 64

  Robertson, Jordan, 191n216

  Robison, Mark, 150n21

  Rolling Stone, “The GOP’s Stealth War Against Voters: Will an anti-voter-fraud program designed by one of Trump’s advisers deny tens of thousands their right to vote in November?” (Palast) Aug. 24, 2016, 181–182n175

  Rolling Stone, Aug. 2016, 85–86

  Romney, Mitt, 12

  Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 10

  Rosenfeld, Steven, 162n83, 166n101, 192n224, 193n232, 194n238, 196–197n259, 197n262, 201n287

  Ross, Deborah, 98–99, 188n199

  Roth, Zachary, 155n50

  Rove, Karl, xxi, 37–38, 49, 54, 58, 157n58

  Russia and US voters, xxi, xxiii

  “Russian Cyber Hacks on US Electoral System Far Wider Than Previously Known” (Riley and Robertson), 191n216

  Russian hacking, 99, 106, 108–109, 113, 120–122, 127, 186–187n192, 187n195, 191n215, 192n221, 195n249

  and GOP voter hijacks playbook, 122

  and Trump victory, 129

  Russian intelligence hackers, 5

  Ruthelle Frank, et al., v. Scott Walker Case no. 11-CV-01128, 189–190n211

  Ryan, Micael, 23

  S

  Sablosky, Bret, 129

  Sales, Ruby, 196n258

  “Same-day voter registration,” 174n139

  A Sampling of Election Fraud Cases From Across The Country (Heritage Foundation), 165n94

  Sanders, Bernie, xiv–xv, xiv, xxii–xxiii, 95

  2016 election, 3–7

  California 2016 primaries, 25–28

  and Iowa Caucuses, 2016, 8–13

  March-April primaries, 19–24

  Nevada Caucuses, 2016, 15–18, 150n22

  New Hampshire primary, 2016 election, 14

  voter suppression, 31

  “Sanders campaign sues DNC after database breach,” 148n7

  Sanders-Clinton split, xxv

  Santorum, Rick, 12

  Scalia, Antonin, 76

  Schneiderman, Eric, 23

  Schuette, Bill, xix–xx, 115–116

  Schultz, Debbie Wasserman, xxii, 6, 29–31, 153n41

  Schwartz, Mattathias, 193n231

  Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 140

  Scott, Rick, 85

  “Sean Spicer wrongly uses Pew study to bolster claim that noncitizens vote in large numbers” (Carroll), 184n184

  “Secretary of State Kris Kobach announces first conviction of noncitizen voting in Kansas” (Woodall), 176n147

  Section 5 of Voting Rights Act, 64, 167–168n113, 168n114

  segregation. See Jim Crow South; redistricting, extreme, 72, 173n136

  “Senate Approves Redistricting Plan; Black Democrats Object: The Alabama Senate approved new legislative districts over the objections of black Democrats” (Chandler), 161–162n81

  Senate Intelligence Community, 195n249

  Senate seats, 35–36

  “Separate and Unequal Voting in Arizona and Kansas: Two states want to create a two-tiered voting system reminiscent of the Jim Crow South” (Berman), 172–173n134

  Sequoia AVC Edge, 123

  Sessions, Jeff, 69, 132–133, 172n131, 198n268, 199n272

  Seventeenth Amendment, 36, 138

  shadowproof.com, 148n6

  Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign (Allen and Parnes), 11, 99, 149n13

  Shelby County v. Holder, 65–66, 71, 167–168n113, 168n115, 168n117

  Sherman, Amy, 181n168

  Sherman, Gabriel, 192n226

  Simas, David, 105

  Simon, Jonathan, 107–108

  Simons, Barbara, 108–110, 192n220

  Smith, Grant, 182–183n179

  “Snagged Votes In Los Angeles” (Frankel), 152–153n37

  snopes.com, 150n22

  Snyder, Timothy, 121–122, 195n245

  social media operation, Russian hackers, 121–122

  Social Security Administration (SSA), 79–80

  Social Security numbers, 133

  “Some States Review Election Systems for Signs of Intrusion” (Dalesio and Mulvihill), 186–187n192

  “Special Report: Behind US race cases, a little-known recruiter” (Biskupic), 168n115

  Spicer, Sean, 89

  SSNVS, 178–179n159

  SSOLV, 178–179n159

  Stanford Law Review, June 2016, “Three Tests for Practical Evaluation of Partisan Gerrymandering” (Wang), 159n67

  “The State of Redistricting Litigation (March 2017 edition)” (Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, 157n60

  state-issued ID, xvii

  “Statement From A. G. Schneiderman On Voting Issues During New York’s Primary Election,” 152n32

  “Statement on Hillary Clinton’s Victory in the Iowa Caucus” (Paul), 149n14

  Stein, Jill, xiv–xv, 105–110, 115–116, 118, 192n222, 193n228, 194n236

  Stein, Sam, 198n266

  Steinbuch, Yaron, 154n45

  Stephanopoulos, Nicholas O., 46

  Strach, Kim Westbrook, 85–86, 186–187n192

  “Strict North Carolina Voter ID Law Thwarted After Supreme Court Rejects Case” (Liptak and Wines), 186n192

  Sublette, Constance, 155n49

  Sublette, Ned, 155n49

  “The Success of the Voter Fraud Myth” (Editorial Board), 184n185

  Sullivan, Andy, 182–183n179

  Sullivan, Jake, 110

  Super PACS, 5

  Super Tuesday, 15, 18

  superdelegate system, 29–32

  superdelegates, DNC, xxii–xxiii, 6–7, 9, 18, 24–25, 27

  Supreme Court

  Arizona Prop 200 overturned, 75

  Baker v. Carr, 42

  Blum law
suits, 168n115

  BRIEF OF FORMER ATTORNEYS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER March, 9, 2017, 180n166

  BRIEF OF GEORGIA AND 14 OTHER STATES AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER March 10, 2016, 180–181n167

  campaign finance rulings, 31

  emergency recount petitions, 126

  and extreme voter redistricting, 136

  and filibuster rule, 48

  Florida recount, 2000, xx

  and gerrymandering, 46–47, 66–67, 72, 157n60, 160n75, 162n82, 169–170n121

  Gill v. Whitford, 200–201n285

  gutting of Voting Rights Act, 151n24

  Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, 200n283

  Ohio voter purge, 81–82, 86

  and Ohio voter purges, 135–136

  overturns Arkansas voter ID law, 74

  and race redistricting, 46–47

  rejects voting rights case, 186n192

  Shelby County v. Holder, 167–168n113

  Supreme Court, 39

  and the Voting Rights Act, 20, 64, 92, 96–97

  “With Supreme Court appeal, Texas wants to keep congressional map intact: Attorney General Ken Paxton revealed that Texas has no plans to ask lawmakers to redraw the state’s Congressional map in a fresh round of legislative overtime. Instead, Paxton is appealing the ruling to the US Supreme Court” (Malewitz), 162n82

  “The Supreme Court Could Make It Easier for States to Purge Voters; The Court has decided to hear a new case from Ohio, where Democrats were twice as likely as Republicans to be purged from the rolls in the state’s largest counties.” (Berman), 162–163n84

  “Supreme Court forced to confront the ‘unsavory’ politics of district lines” (Wolf), 157n60

  “Supreme Court: Virginia redistricting must be reexamined for racial bias” (Barnes), 169–170n121

  Suprun, Christopher, 125–126, 196n257

  Swedlund, Mark, 86

  T

  Tampa Bay Times, “Florida halts purge of noncitizens from voter rolls” (Bousquet and Sherman) March 27, 2014, 181n168

  Tea Party, 91

  technicality hijacks, 61–83

  Tempey, Nathan, 151n30

  “Texas, Wisconsin Photo ID Wins Could Help Nearly 1 Million Registered Voters” (Brennan Center for Justice), 189–190n211

  “Texas Agrees to Soften Voter ID Law After Court Order” (Wines), 189n208

  “Texas Democratic primary and caucuses, 2008,” 149–150n18

  Texas NAACP v. Steen (consolidate with Veasey v. Abbot), 164–165n92

  Texas Republican Party, 61

  The Texas Tribune

  “With Supreme Court appeal, Texas wants to keep congressional map intact: Attorney General Ken Paxton revealed that Texas has no plans to ask lawmakers to redraw the state’s Congressional map in a fresh round of legislative overtime. Instead, Paxton is appealing the ruling to the US Supreme Court” (Malewitz) Aug. 18, 2017, 162n82

  “Trump administration confirms plans to drop key claim against Texas Voter ID: The US Department of Justice confirmed Monday it plans to ditch its longstanding position that Texas lawmakers purposefully discriminated against minority voters by passing the nation’s strictest voter identification law in 2011” (Malewitz) Feb. 27, 2017, 198n269

  Texas voter hijacks, 97–98

  Texas voter ID laws, 66–67, 132

  TexasTribune.org, 185–186n191

  TheIntercept.com, 121

  “Top-Secret NSA Report Details Russian Hacking Effort Days Before 2016 Election” (Cole, Esposito, Biddle and Grimm) June 5, 2017, 187n195

  “There Were 5-Hour Lines to Vote in Arizona Because the Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act” (Berman), 151n24

  “This Election Is Being Rigged—but Not by Democrats: The GOP’s voter-suppression efforts are the real voter fraud” (Berman), 181n173

  Thomas, Chris, xviii–xx, 106–107, 118

  “Three Tests for Practical Evaluation of Partisan Gerrymandering” (Wang), 159n67

  Three-Fifths Clause, Article 1, 35

  “Top Democrat backpedals after saying primaries were ‘rigged’” (Steinbuch), 154n45

  The Topeka Capital-Journal, “Kris Kobach supports Donald Trump’s assertion millions voted illegally” (Carpenter) Nov. 20, 2016, 177n154

  “Top-Secret NSA Report Details Russian Hacking Effort Days Before 2016 Election” (Cole, Esposito, Biddle and Grimm), 187n195

  Torres, Kristina, 176n148, 178n158, 179n161

  Toutant-Beauregard, Pierre Gustave, 69

  Treyz, Catherine, 148n7

  Tribune News Services/Associated Press, “Judge: North Carolina counties must restore voters removed in ‘insane’ process” Nov. 4, 2016, 185n189

  True The Vote, 185n188

  TrueTheVote, 91

  Trump, Donald, xiii–xiv, xvi, xx, xxiii, 31, 147n1, 147n3, 175n142

  and empowerment of voter suppression, 132

  “Lock her up,” 95

  “Obama’s DOJ Fought Texas Voter ID Law. Trump’s New Civil Rights Chief Offered Tips On Writing It: That’s not a great sign for voting rights” (Reilly) Jan. 25, 2017, 198n270

  Pennsylvania election, 99

  Putin and Russian hacking, 120–121

  “Recidivism Watch: Trump’s claim that millions of people voted illegally” (Kessler), 197n263–198n263

  and REDMAP targeting, 44–45

  and Russian hacking, 191n216

  “Trump administration confirms plans to drop key claim against Texas Voter ID: The US Department of Justice confirmed Monday it plans to ditch its longstanding position that Texas lawmakers purposefully discriminated against minority voters by passing the nation’s strictest voter identification law in 2011” (Malewitz), 198n269

  “Trump’s Former Aide Concedes There Was No Voter Fraud In New Hampshire: Corey Lewandowski is not reading from the same script” (Stein), 198n266

  “Trump’s voter fraud experts registered in 3 states” (Burke) Jan. 31, 2017, 198n264

  Tweet July 1, 2017, 199n277

  Tweet “Stop Crooked Hillary From Rigging This Election!,” 90

  Tweet: Voter Fraud Panel, 134

  victory in 2016 election, 100–101

  voter fraud, 69

  and voter hijacks, 89

  voter ID laws, 74–78

  and voter machine hacking, 120

  and war on voting, 131

  “Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump” (Suprun), 196n257

  wins Wisconsin, 99

  “Trump administration confirms plans to drop key claim against Texas Voter ID: The US Department of Justice confirmed Monday it plans to ditch its longstanding position that Texas lawmakers purposefully discriminated against minority voters by passing the nation’s strictest voter identification law in 2011” (Malewitz), 198n269

  “Trump Election Observers,” 90

  Trump-Russian probes, 140. see also Mueller, Robert; Russian hacking

  “Trump’s Former Aide Concedes There Was No Voter Fraud In New Hampshire: Corey Lewandowski is not reading from the same script” (Stein), 198n266

  “Trump’s voter fraud claims undermine the democratic process and his presidency” (Balz), 198n267

  “Trump’s voter fraud experts registered in 3 states” (Burke), 197n264

  Tubbs-Jones, Stephanie, 54–55, 126

  Turner, Albert, 198n268

  Twentieth Amendment, 140

  “2011 State and Legislative Partisan Composition” (National Conference of State Legislatures), 157n59

  2004 Election and the Implementation of The Help America Vote Act, 54–55

  2016 Pre- and Post-Election State Legislative Control (National Conference of State Legislatures) November 9, 2016, 156n55

  “On Tyranny: Lessons From The Twentieth Century” (Synder), 195n245

  U

  Uchill, Joe, 193n230

  “Uncovering Kris Kobach’s Anti-Voting History” (Lopez and Clark),
175n143

  Underhill, Wendy, 174n140

  unions and gerrymandering, 47–48

  “United States House of Representatives elections, 2012,” 155–156n53

  “United States House of Representatives elections, 2016,” 156n54

  “Update: Suspicious votes, long times at Dem caucus” (Robinson), 150n21

  “Upgrading Democracy: Improving America’s Elections by Modernizing States’ Voter Registration Systems” (Pew Center), 183n181

  US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP et al. v. Pat McCrory et al. July 29, 2016, 186n192

  US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, File Name 16a0241p.of, A Philip Randolph Institute, Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, Larry Harmon v. Jon Husted Sept. 23, 2016, 182n177

  US Department of Justice, 167n111, 181n170

  “About Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act,” 168n114

  US District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, April 29, 2014, 189–190n211

  US District Court, Nov. 4, 2016, North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP et al. v. North Carolina State Board of Elections et al, 185n190

  US Election Assistance Commission (EAC), 76, 108

  US Government Accountability Office, 41

  “Additional Data Could Help State and Local Elections Officials Maintain Accurate Voter Registration Lists” June 2005, 173n136

  Issues Related to Registering Voters and Administering Elections June 2016, 158n62

  Issues Related to State Voter Identification Laws Sept. 2014, 158n61

  US House, 2012 election, 44

  US Supreme Court

  BRIEF OF FORMER ATTORNEYS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER March, 9, 2017, 180n166

  BRIEF OF GEORGIA AND 14 OTHER STATES AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER March 10, 2016, 180–181n167

  USA Today, 15, 38, 144

  “Supreme Court forced to confront the ‘unsavory’ politics of district lines” (Wolf) May 25, 2017, 157n60

  USA Today, February, “Harry Reid delivers for Hillary Clinton: Nevada’s ‘neutral’ power players may have saved a campaign and changed history.” (Ralston) Feb. 20, 2016, 150n19

  USA.gov, 174n137

  “Use it or lose it: Occasional Ohio voters may be shut out in November” (Sullivan and Smith), 182–183n179

  V

  “Va. Supreme Court strikes down McAuliffe’s order on felon voting rights” (Moomaw), 170–171n126

  verification of voting machines, 115–116

  VerifiedVoting.org, “The Verifier - Polling Place Equipment - Current,” 193n232

 

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