Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

Breaking: Justice Kagan Asks OH Early Voting Challengers to File SCOTUS Response by Tomorrow at 5

September 26, 2014, 2:28 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The order reads: IT IS ORDERED that in light of impending deadlines and uncertainty about when the Sixth Circuit will act on the emergency petition for rehearing en banc filed by the Ohio Attorney General and Secretary of State, … Continue reading

Breaking: Ohio Seeks #SCOTUS Emergency Stay in Early Voting Case

September 25, 2014, 2:07 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can read the petition at this link. Given the controversial and expansive nature of the Sixth Circuit’s ruling, a stay from the Supreme Court is certainly possible but not guaranteed. The last time one of the emergency petitions went… Continue reading

“Sixth Circuit finds Ohio has held illegal elections for over 200 years”

September 24, 2014, 3:31 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Important post from Derek the Muller.

Breaking: 6th Circuit Upholds Federal Court Order Extending Ohio Early Voting: Analysis

September 24, 2014, 12:58 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can read the unanimous 46 page opinion at this link. This result is as expected after the same 6th Circuit panel refused an earlier stay request from Ohio. Here are my thoughts on this opinion. 1. Like the… Continue reading

Wisconsin Files Opposition to 7th Circuit Rehearing on Voter ID Law

September 23, 2014, 2:59 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can read the opposition here. I would say it is great chutzpah for Wisconsin to argue, as it does, that one reason the en banc court should not reverse the panel is because another reversal would cause voter… Continue reading

“Brief filed in Wisconsin Voter ID case points out limited DMV access”

September 23, 2014, 12:16 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Cap Times: An amicus brief filed in the effort to stop Wisconsin’s Voter ID law from being implemented before Election Day focuses on a lack of access for many to Department of Motor Vehicles service centers throughout the state… Continue reading

“The Brief: Voter ID Challenge Goes to Judge”

September 23, 2014, 7:30 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Texas Tribune reports.

“Plaintiffs Claim Bias During Closing Argument Against Texas Voter ID Law”

September 23, 2014, 7:27 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Manny Fernandez reports for the NYT.

Closing Arguments in Texas Voter ID Case: What’s Next? SCOTUS?

September 22, 2014, 11:46 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Nolan Hicks reports on the closing arguments. Based on some of the judge’s earlier rulings, her appointment as a Democratic appointee, and reports from argument, I think there is a fairly good chance that the judge strikes down Texas’s voter… Continue reading

“Tens of Thousands of WI Students Face New Voting Hurdles”

September 21, 2014, 9:47 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Brendan Fischer blogs.

“Opponents of Wisconsin voter ID law seek reversal of court’s decision”

September 18, 2014, 7:42 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Patrick Marley writes for the Journal-Sentinel.

On 7th Cir WI Voter ID: “Down to the Haywire in the Badger State”

September 18, 2014, 2:35 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Jon Sherman: The court, however, was completely mistaken when it wrote that Wisconsin’s voter ID law is “materially identical” to the Indiana law upheld by the Supreme Court in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board. This is wrong in… Continue reading

Chapin on Hasen on Uniformity in Election Administration

September 18, 2014, 6:53 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Doug Chapin comments on my new draft paper, When is Uniformity of People, Not Counties, Appropriate in Election Administration? The Cases of Early and Sunday Voting. Doug writes: This is both a timely and very important contribution to a… Continue reading

7th Cir. Orders Response in WI Voter ID En Banc Motion, But Not Until Sept. 23

September 17, 2014, 6:58 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I am surprised that this court order gives Wisconsin so much time to respond. In the meantime, there will be a mad scramble to to try to comply with the law and getting id’s to everyone that needs them, which… Continue reading