Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

Don’t get too excited by this NYT headline; WI is only holding off for the next election: The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to a Wisconsin law that requires prospective voters to provide photo identification before… Continue reading

“SCOTUS lets Wisconsin voter ID law stand; jurists see silver lining”

March 23, 2015, 4:00 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

MSNBC reports.

A Blessing in Disguise? The Supreme Court’s Refusal to Hear Wisconsin Voter ID Case

March 23, 2015, 7:32 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

This morning the Supreme Court without comment refused to take up Frank v. Walker, the Wisconsin voter id case. Taking the case to the Supreme Court divided the civil rights community. As I noted last week, those who hoped… Continue reading

Two Election Law Cases Lead off @SCOTUSBlog’s Petitions to Watch List for Mar. 20 Conference

March 19, 2015, 5:23 pmcampaigns, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here: Frank v. Walker 14-803 Issue: (1) Whether a state’s voter ID law violates the Equal Protection Clause where, unlike in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, the evidentiary record establishes that the law substantially burdens the voting… Continue reading

DOJ’s Silence on the Wisconsin Voter ID Case Before SCOTUS

March 19, 2015, 8:09 amDepartment of Justice, election administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Linda Greenhouse joins the chorus of people calling for the Supreme Court to agree to hear Frank v. Walker, the Wisconsin voter id case, up for a Supreme Court conference vote on Friday. (I think it is very unlikely… Continue reading

“Identity Crisis: The Supreme Court’s Identity Crisis on Voting Rights”

March 19, 2015, 7:26 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Linda Greenhouse in the NYT: But I have a sense now that those dots are getting connected. Not only was Selma’s 50th anniversary — the real one, not my imaginary one of two years ago — a stirring national event,… Continue reading

“Symposium on Voting Rights in the States”

March 16, 2015, 7:16 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Great lineup for this ACS event in Atlanta on March 19.

Future of Voting Rights Symposium

March 13, 2015, 4:07 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy: Symposium The Future of Voting Rights Preface Alessandra N. Baniel-Stark Introductory Remarks of Richard Pildes Richard Pildes Remarks of Robert Bauer Robert Bauer Remarks of Benjamin L. Ginsberg Benjamin L. Ginsberg Remarks … Continue reading

0.002 Percent of the 7.7 Million Registered Voters in Ohio Registered Illegally

March 12, 2015, 3:52 pmelection administration, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Not what you’d call a huge problem. More: This time, his office identified a total of 145 who were apparently registered illegally, the vast majority of which did not vote. Of that 145, 11 were from Lucas, two from Sandusky,… Continue reading

“Rob Portman says Voting Rights Act should get congressional review”

March 12, 2015, 9:29 amVoting Rights Act, VRAARick Hasen

Plain Dealer: U.S. Sen. Rob Portman said today that Congress should review the entire Voting Rights Act to evaluate how it is working. But he added that he doesn’t know if parts of it need to be strengthened. This comes… Continue reading