Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court Rejects Democrats’ Emergency Motion in Ohio “Golden Week” Case

September 13, 2016, 8:14 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

There were no noted dissents to this order. This is no surprise. I expected at most two votes for the Democrats’ position here. Why was this such a weak case? As I explained when the 6th Circuit reversed the… Continue reading

“Texas heading back to court over voter ID law”

September 13, 2016, 7:21 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Austin-American Statesman reports.

6th Cir. Rejects Voting Rights Challenge to MI Law Giving State Emergency Appointment Powers in Local Areas

September 12, 2016, 2:48 pmvoting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Opinion.

More Shenanigans from Texas in Voter ID Case: Threats to Investigate Voters Who Sign Affidavits

September 9, 2016, 11:16 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

From a newly filed motion from the private plaintiffs, apart from the DOJ filing, and now to be heard at a Sept. 19 hearing: Private Plaintiffs’1 Motion for Further Relief to Enforce Interim Remedial Order is triggered by… Continue reading

Read OH Opposition to Dem’s “Golden Week” Emergency SCOTUS Motion

September 8, 2016, 5:41 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

It’s here.

“Some election mailers still say voters will need ID at polls”

September 8, 2016, 7:54 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

It’s got to be an innocent mistake, right?

“Court Filing Accuses Texas of Misleading Voters Without IDs”

September 7, 2016, 9:45 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Michael Wines for the NYT: The reason, the motion stated, is that the campaign omits the word “reasonably,” stating instead that voters can cast ballots only if they swear that they “cannot obtain” an identification card. That not only ignores… Continue reading

“Lawyers’ Committee Files Federal Voting Rights Lawsuit Challenging Discriminatory Method of Electing Judges to Highest Courts in State of Alabama”

September 7, 2016, 8:54 amjudicial elections, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Release: Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP and four individual black voters alleging that the method of electing Alabama’s most powerful judges… Continue reading

U.S. Goes After Texas for Not Implementing Voter ID Softening as Promised

September 7, 2016, 7:20 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Motion: Despite the Remedial Order’s clarity, Texas’s voter education and poll worker training documents depart from it. Rather than educating voters and poll officials about opportunities tocast a regular ballot for those who “do not possess SB 14 ID and… Continue reading

“The spurious claims against voters’ Golden Week add up to GOP monkey business”

September 4, 2016, 7:32 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Thomas Suddes column in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Justice Kagan Asks for OH to Respond to “Golden Week” Emergency Petition

September 2, 2016, 10:46 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Response due Thursday, Sept. 8. See my earlier coverage and thoughts on this case.

“North Carolina May End Up Back In Court Over Its Foot Dragging On Early Voting”

September 2, 2016, 10:37 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

TPM reports.

“Inside the Republican creation of the North Carolina voting bill dubbed the ‘monster’ law”

September 2, 2016, 10:19 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Today’s must-read at WaPo: A review of these documents shows that North Carolina GOP leaders launched a meticulous and coordinated effort to deter black voters, who overwhelmingly vote for Democrats. The law, created and passed entirely by white legislators, evoked… Continue reading