I am surprised that this court order gives Wisconsin so much time to respond.  In the meantime, there will be a mad scramble to to try to comply with the law and getting id’s to everyone that needs them, which… Continue reading

PR Watch.

You can find the brief at this link (via Mike Scarcella). The brief makes a compelling case, relying on the Supreme Court’s opinion in Purcell v. Gonzalez and other cases, that implementing voter id in Wisconsin at the last minute… Continue reading

New fight over ballot formats as en banc petition on WI voter id looms. Meanwhile, how the hell is the id law going to get off the ground with no time left.  Look at how GAB head Kevin Kennedy describes… Continue reading

You can read the brief here. No word yet that I have seen whether Ohio will go to the Supreme Court to seek a stay of the district court’s order which the 6th Circuit denied on Friday. As Chris … Continue reading

Very strong NYT editorial against the last-minute 7th Circuit order to try to implement Wisconsin voter id on the fly. We are still awaiting word if there will be an emergency motion to the Supreme Court.

“We’re the Ping-Pong ball on the table.” —Diane Hermann-Brown, the clerk for the City of Sun Prairie, WI, on changing WI voter id rules.

Jesse Wegman on Wisconsin voter id decision, in NYT’s “Taking Note” Ed blog, quoting my blog post from Friday: Rick Hasen, a professor of election law at the University of California, Irvine, called the decision a “big, big mistake… Continue reading

Journal Sentinel NYT AP Bloomberg Reuters PR Watch Awaiting word whether plaintiffs will seek to reimpose the stay either with the entire 7th Circuit en banc or SCOTUS.

You can read the order here. From the order: After the district court’s decision, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin revised the procedures to make it easier for persons who have difficulty affording any fees to obtain the birth certificates… Continue reading

AP reports.

Here is my analysis of the district court order. 3. Both the constitutional law and VRA section 2 claims are controversial.  On the con law point, the judge purports to apply the “Anderson-Burdick” balancing test that the Supreme Court applied… Continue reading