“Voting Rights Act fixes should get a vote in the House and Senate”
WaPo editorial supports VRAA.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
Rotker Responds to RNLA on Voter Fraud Allegations in Wisconsin, and a Milwaukee Police Report
Here is a guest post from Karyn Rotker, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU of Wisconsin (lead counsel in Frank v Walker). It responds to an RNLA post on voter fraud in Wisconsin, and more broadly on my response to the RNLA… Continue reading
“Voter impersonation fraud: The GOP’s phantom menace”
Dick Polman blogs, continuing the ghost metaphor in my Reuters piece on voter impersonation fraud yesterday.
Since I wrote my piece I learned that ACLU lawyer Karyn Rotker closed her argument in the Wisconsin voter id case I wrote… Continue reading
“Judge gets it right: strikes down voter ID law”
“Judges dismantle voter ID laws while voting rights ‘advocates’ dither”
Michael Hiltzik writes for the LA Times:
To be sure, it’s not certain that any of these rulings will stand. the Arkansas ruling has already been stayed by a higher court. UCI’s Hasen observes that some of the Wisconsin judge’s… Continue reading
“Judge’s ‘opinion really went over the top:’ Voter ID decision to be appealed”
WI AG van Hollen on yesterday’s voter id decision.
“Legislature cannot fix voter ID law before November election, leader says”
The latest from Wisconsin.
“Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The Supreme Court’s Decisions Regarding Campaign Finance, Voting Rights, and Democracy”
Read it here.
Judiciary Committee hearing coming in June.
“A Federal Judge Searches for Voter Fraud in Wisconsin and Finds None”
Andrew Cohen:
The 7th Circuit may overturn this ruling. And if not, John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, may do so. These jurists are entitled to their own opinions, but not to their own facts. Adelman… Continue reading
“Exorcising the Voter Fraud Ghost”
I have written this oped for Reuters Opinion. It begins:
When it comes to the fight about voter fraud and voter suppression, how do you prove a negative?
One key question in the battle over the legality of voter… Continue reading
“Wisconsin, Pennsylvania Decisions Mean Big News Day for Voter ID”
“Opponents of voter ID laws see time to fight running out”
The Hill: “Critics of tough voter ID laws are running out of time and options in their efforts to knock down those barriers ahead of this year’s midterm elections.”