Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“Justifying a Revised Voting Rights Act: The Guarantee Clause and the Problem of Minority Rule”

October 24, 2014, 7:44 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Jack Chin has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Boston University Law Review). Here is the abstract: In Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court invalidated Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which required certain jurisdictions with… Continue reading

“On Race and Voter ID, John Roberts Wants It Both Ways”

October 24, 2014, 7:25 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Garrett Epps writes for The Atlantic.

“Ginsburg Wasn’t So Wrong About Texas and Veteran’s I.D.s”

October 23, 2014, 3:05 pmSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Texas Election Law Blog: Media sources and veterans groups castigated the law for what what veterans groups saw as a betrayal of their constituency. The outrage caught Governor Perry and the bill drafters by surprise, and came at an awkward… Continue reading

“The Poll Tax That Wasn’t”

October 23, 2014, 11:34 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Rich Lowry in Politico magazine defends voter id laws.

“Shame on Texas and the U.S. Supreme Court”

October 22, 2014, 8:16 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Andrew Cohen LAT oped.

Meanwhile, Under Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law, Veterans Cards are Not Okay

October 22, 2014, 5:38 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

With the Justice Ginsburg correction in the Texas voter id case today, a number of readers have pointed me to Wisconsin’s voter id law, which apparently rejects a veterans card as proof of valid identification. (The Supreme Court has put… Continue reading

“Erwin Chemerinsky: Supreme Court errs badly on Texas voter ID law”

October 22, 2014, 5:10 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

OC Register oped.

“N.C. Supreme Court blocks App State voting site”

October 22, 2014, 2:14 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have removed this post because it linked to a story which turned out to be incorrect. For an update, see here.

“Carl P. Leubsdorf: Supreme Court’s next move will reveal its true intent toward voting rights”

October 22, 2014, 2:12 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

See here.

“The Supreme Court and voting rights; Silent treatment”

October 22, 2014, 11:45 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Steven Mazzie writes at The Economist.

Breaking: Justice Ginsburg Fixes Her Texas Voter ID Dissent After ELB Notes Error

October 22, 2014, 10:17 amelection administration, Supreme Court, term limits, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Yesterday I had a post noting an apparent small error in Justice Ginsburg’s dissent in the Texas voter id case. The Justice said a Veterans ID card was not acceptable for voting, but it appears that it is acceptable. Today… Continue reading

“Editorial: In voter ID ruling, justices side with more obstacles at the polls”

October 20, 2014, 7:50 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Dallas Morning News editorial.

“Records at odds with voter fraud probe claim”

October 20, 2014, 7:47 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars, voter registration, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

News from Georgia: Documents obtained from Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s office appear to contradict Kemp’s claim that a voter fraud probe was based on numerous complaints from counties across Georgia. For weeks, Democrats have hinted that Secretary of State… Continue reading