Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“Wisconsin Voter ID Trial Begins”

November 4, 2013, 8:25 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Politico: Voter ID advocates and opponents alike will be watching Wisconsin on Monday as a new federal trial on the state’s photo ID law begins. The case is the first federal trial under the Voting Rights Act since the… Continue reading

“Everything That’s Happened Since Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act”

November 1, 2013, 9:48 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

ProPublica reports.

“The Right to Vote”

October 30, 2013, 8:52 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Norm Ornstein: It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which eviscerated the Voting Rights Act, is leading to a new era of voter suppression that parallels the pre-1960s era—this time affecting… Continue reading

“The New Nullification Movement; Some states are reviving disenfranchisement schemes that date back to the antebellum South.”

October 29, 2013, 9:16 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ari Berman writes for The Nation.

“Section Two Minus Section Five”

October 26, 2013, 7:46 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Nick Stephanopoulos has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Supreme Court Review). Here is the abstract: In Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court dismantled one of the two pillars of the Voting Rights Act: Section 5, which had barred… Continue reading

“State of Texas moves to dismiss voter ID litigation”

October 25, 2013, 5:05 pmDepartment of Justice, election administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Texas Redistricting sums it up. (motion)

AG Holder Speaks Out About Voting Rights

October 25, 2013, 4:30 pmDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

BLT: “This whole notion of voter fraud and the need to come up with photo ID to combat voter fraud is really a solution that’s in search of a problem,” Holder said today. Holder said there’s “no empirical evidence… Continue reading

“Should Congress pass a new Voting Rights Act?”

October 25, 2013, 11:18 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ari Berman on NOW with Alex Wagner.

“GOPer ousted for trashing ‘lazy blacks’”

October 25, 2013, 8:44 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Adam Serwer reports for MSNBC. If you have to preface your remarks with a mention of your “black best friend,” you’ll probably regret saying what comes next. Don Yelton, a former North Carolina Republican official, was compelled to resign Thursday… Continue reading

“Lecturer talks about flaws in N.C. voter law”

October 25, 2013, 5:35 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Hey, that’s me.

“Exact name match NOT required for voting with photo ID”

October 24, 2013, 3:07 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Texas SOS press release. I would be watching to see if the “substantially similar” name test which the SOS states will be fairly and uniformly applied throughout the state.

Ari Berman Reviews Gary May’s Voting Rights Act Book

October 24, 2013, 2:37 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here.

‘The Future of the Voting Rights Act; How effective is Section 2, the part of the law the Supreme Court left alone?”

October 23, 2013, 8:25 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Nick Stephanopoulos writes for Slate. I’m not as optimistic as Nick about the uses of Section 2 in voter id cases.

Off to North Carolina

October 22, 2013, 9:05 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

“Race or Party?” is the theme of the 2013 American Values Public Lecture I’ll be giving at NC State on October 24 and my keynote address at this conference on October 25. I will also post soon on SSRN… Continue reading