David Savage for the LAT:
Seemingly untouched by numerous legal defeats, the voter ID law serves as an example of how difficult it can be to halt potentially discriminatory voting rules in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision… Continue reading
Release:
The Voting Rights Institute today called on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Daphne, Alabama’s City Council’s March 21 decision to reduce the number of polling places in the city from five to two. The city’s decision forces… Continue reading
Must-read Ari Berman:
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker said his state’s strict new voter ID requirement worked “just fine” in the April 5 primary, but thousands of Wisconsinites were unable to cast a ballot because of the new law.… Continue reading
As expected, a unanimous 7th Circuit panel, in an opinion by Judge Easterbrook, has reversed a lower court and ordered that court to consider whether Wisconsin’s voter id law unconstitutionally burdens the right to vote or those voters who… Continue reading
Yesterday the 7th Circuit (with a panel of Judges Easterbrook, Sykes, and Kanne) heard oral argument in a follow-on federal challenge to Wisconsin’s voter id law. You can listen to the oral argument. After listening, I believe the 7th… Continue reading
Fernanda Santos for the NYT:
The Justice Department has opened an investigation over the decisions that led to the chaotic presidential primaries in Arizona’s most populous county, where thousands of voters waited up to five hours to cast ballots and… Continue reading
Terry Ao Minnis and Adam Ambrogi in Governing:
During the Democratic presidential caucus in Nevada last month, the issue of language assistance in elections came up front and center — and it was not pretty. Fingers pointed in… Continue reading