Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

PUSH Voting Rights Panel

November 13, 2013, 7:46 amelection administration, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Full Program http://rainbow.3cdn.net/a556f4096b56b58efc_zvm6bxkjl.pdf * Full Registraqtion https://secure.rainbowpush.org/page/contribute/2013-rainbow-push-coalition-citizenship-education-fund FRIDAY FORUM AT 2 PM, CAPITOL HILTON 1001 16th Street, NW VOTING RIGHTS AMENDMENT PANEL: “In A Democracy Voting Is Fundamental” The fundamental individual “right to vote” is not in the United States… Continue reading

“Race or Party?: How Courts Should Think About Republican Efforts to Make it Harder to Vote in North Carolina and Elsewhere”

November 11, 2013, 9:36 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have posted this draft on SSRN (127 Harvard Law Review Forum (forthcoming Dec. 2013)). Here is the abstract: North Carolina, Texas, and other states with Republican legislatures have passed a series of laws making it harder for voters to… Continue reading

“Three Strategies (So Far) to Strike Down Strict Voter ID Laws Under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act”

November 11, 2013, 11:40 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Jon Sherman lays out the strategies.

“How Republicans Rig the Game: Through gerrymandering, voter suppression and legislative tricks, the GOP has managed to hold on to power while more and more Americans reject their candidates and their ideas”

November 11, 2013, 8:42 amelection administration, redistricting, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I expect this Rolling Stone article to engender some controversy.

New Lawsut Filed by Mexican-Americans Against Texas Voter ID

November 10, 2013, 1:21 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Law360.

End It, Don’t Mend It Dept.

November 8, 2013, 8:15 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial: Don’t change voter ID law; get rid of it Wisconsin Republican Legislators Michael Schraa and Mark Born: “Wait and see” is not an option for voter ID

“Rutgers voter fraud expert testifies at Wisconsin voter ID trial”

November 8, 2013, 5:43 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: A professor who studied voter fraud in Wisconsin and around the country testified Thursday that it is “exceedingly rare,” and that requiring voters to show a photo ID might have prevented just one of the few… Continue reading

“Voting Rights At Risk in Georgia; After the Supreme Court’s controversial decision, civil rights advocates say voting in the state is under attack”

November 8, 2013, 7:18 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Rolling Stone reports.

“Keeping Black Voters in Their Place”

November 6, 2013, 9:15 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Provocative Tom Edsall column: “The Republicans who now control the legislatures and governorships in the Deep South are using the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 to create a system of political apartheid…..Have Republican legislators in the South become civil… Continue reading

“Challenge to Kansas voter ID law likely headed to federal court”

November 6, 2013, 8:55 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

AP reports.

“Bill to soften voter ID requirement for the poor gets mixed reviews in hearing”

November 6, 2013, 8:52 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The latest from Wisconsin.

“Texas’ Stringent Voter ID Law Makes a Dent at Polls”

November 6, 2013, 8:51 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT: On Tuesday, Texas unveiled its tough new voter ID law, the only state to do so this year, and the rollout was sometimes rocky. But interviews with opponents and supporters of the new law, which required voters for… Continue reading

“Texas voting suggests trouble on the horizon”

November 6, 2013, 8:38 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Zack Roth: Tuesday’s off-year election was a dry run for Texas’ controversial voter ID law. On the surface things went pretty smoothly, with few voters forced to cast provisional ballots. That was enough for the law’s Republican supporters to… Continue reading