“Is Indiana’s strict voter ID law disenfranchising immigrant voters?”
Interesting report from PRI’s “The World.”
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Election Legislation 2014: Legislative Threats and Opportunities”
New report from Project Vote.
“CA’s Leading GOP Candidate for Sec. of State Remains Vague on Polling Place Photo ID Laws”
How a Two-Year-Old Investigation into Non-Citizen Voter Registration in Florida Became News
Apparently over the weekend (judged by my inbox and twitter feed), Instapundit linked to a TownHall report from March 2014, “Fraud: Local NBC Investigation Discovers Dozens of Illegal Voters in Florida.” Among other things, the Town Hall report says “Which… Continue reading
Arkansas Voter ID Law is Unconstitutional, Again
AP reports (via BAN).
It looks like at this point the issue will be procedurally ready to be decided by the state Supreme Court.
“Voting problems across south could spell trouble for November”
“Texas woman, 92, gets voter ID after struggle with state law”
Unbelievable story. And without publicity like this, many people will simply fall through the cracks in Texas and get disenfranchised for no good reason.
“N.C. voting law opponents file for preliminary injunction; state asks lawsuits be thrown out”
Winston-Salem Journal: “The U.S. Department of Justice and a group of plaintiffs, including the N.C. NAACP, are seeking to block provisions of North Carolina’s voting laws that they say will keep blacks from voting in the Nov. 4 general election.… Continue reading
10th Circuit Grants Stay in Kobach v. EAC Case
In this brief order, the 10th Circuit has stayed the district court’s order requiring the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to modify its federal voter registration form to require documentary proof of citizenship for AZ and KS residents.
The appellate… Continue reading
AG Holder Comments on Voter ID Laws in Commencement Speech
WaPo:
Similarly, Holder said that voter identification laws that have been enacted in a number of states across the country threaten to make it harder for minorities to exercise their rights at the polls. Proponents of the measures say… Continue reading
“The Case for Nonpartisan Election Overseers”
Linda Killian touts Dan Schnur at WSJ’s Washington Wire.
“VoteRiders Helping Right a Wrong”
O. Ricardo Pimentel in San Antonio Express-News:
There are an estimated 84,511 in Harris County without the IDs, home to Houston, the state’s most populous city. Statewide, the Justice Department in 2012 said some 1.4 million Texans, disproportionately minority, would… Continue reading
“Judge rules NC lawmakers must share voter ID correspondence”
“Is the GOP Retreating on Voting Rights? Don’t Count on It”
Zach Roth reports for MSNBC.