Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“Voter impersonation fraud: The GOP’s phantom menace”

May 1, 2014, 8:22 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Dick Polman blogs, continuing the ghost metaphor in my Reuters piece on voter impersonation fraud yesterday. Since I wrote my piece I learned that ACLU lawyer Karyn Rotker closed her argument in the Wisconsin voter id case I wrote… Continue reading

“Judge gets it right: strikes down voter ID law”

April 30, 2014, 8:31 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel editorial.

“Judges dismantle voter ID laws while voting rights ‘advocates’ dither”

April 30, 2014, 6:27 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Michael Hiltzik writes for the LA Times: To be sure, it’s not certain that any of these rulings will stand. the Arkansas ruling has already been stayed by a higher court. UCI’s Hasen observes that some of the Wisconsin judge’s… Continue reading

“Judge’s ‘opinion really went over the top:’ Voter ID decision to be appealed”

April 30, 2014, 3:17 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

WI AG van Hollen on yesterday’s voter id decision.

“Legislature cannot fix voter ID law before November election, leader says”

April 30, 2014, 1:06 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The latest from Wisconsin.

“Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The Supreme Court’s Decisions Regarding Campaign Finance, Voting Rights, and Democracy”

April 30, 2014, 12:30 pmcampaign finance, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Read it here. Judiciary Committee hearing coming in June.

“A Federal Judge Searches for Voter Fraud in Wisconsin and Finds None”

April 30, 2014, 8:04 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Andrew Cohen: The 7th Circuit may overturn this ruling. And if not, John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, may do so. These jurists are entitled to their own opinions, but not to their own facts. Adelman… Continue reading

“Exorcising the Voter Fraud Ghost”

April 30, 2014, 7:05 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have written this oped for Reuters Opinion. It begins: When it comes to the fight about voter fraud and voter suppression, how do you prove a negative? One key question in the battle over the legality of voter… Continue reading

“Wisconsin, Pennsylvania Decisions Mean Big News Day for Voter ID”

April 30, 2014, 6:56 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

A ChapinBlog.

“Opponents of voter ID laws see time to fight running out”

April 30, 2014, 6:55 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Hill: “Critics of tough voter ID laws are running out of time and options in their efforts to knock down those barriers ahead of this year’s midterm elections.”

“Federal Court Strikes down WI’s ‘Discriminatory’ Voter ID as Unconstitutional”

April 30, 2014, 6:53 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Brendan Fischer blogs.

“Voter ID is the Real Fraud”

April 29, 2014, 9:39 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT editorial.

“Federal Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Law Requiring Photo ID at Polls”

April 29, 2014, 7:22 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

New York Times: “A federal judge on Tuesday struck down Wisconsin’s law requiring voters to produce state-approved photo identification cards at polling places, advancing a new legal basis — the Voting Rights Act — for similar challenges playing out… Continue reading