Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Trial of two challenges to Wisconsin’s voter ID law concludes; Federal judge is expected to decide case early next year”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
An attorney challenging Wisconsin’s voter ID law, the strictest in the nation, called it a voter suppression law, a “troubling blend of race and politics.”
John Ulin noted that the law passed in 2011 over the objection… Continue reading
“About as many people say they’ve been abducted by space aliens as say they’ve committed voter fraud”
The Monkey Cage:
One of the findings of a new working paper by John Ahlquist, Kenneth R. Mayer
and Simon Jackman is that “the lower bound on the population reporting voter impersonation is nearly identical with the proportion of the… Continue reading
“Assembly approves changes to voting hours, ID law”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “In a late-night session Thursday, Republicans in the state Assembly approved measures to reinstate Wisconsin’s voter ID law, tighten early voting hours and limit the ability to recall some elected officials. They also took a first step… Continue reading
“In Voter ID Trial, State Witness Says Similar Georgia Law Depressed White Turnout Most”
“How Twitter changed the Virginia AG election”
Chuck Todd talks to Dave Wasserman.
Wisconsin Republicans Try to Ease Voter ID Restrictions as Federal Court Considers Whether Current Law Violates the Voting Rights Act
“‘Purged’ voter’s experience raises questions”
Interesting case study from Va.
“Elefino (cont.): Did Voter ID Cause Low Texas Turnout?”
“Groups Oppose Arizona and Kansas Laws Regarding Proof-of-Citizenship for Voter Registration”
Press release:
A council of 21 Indian tribes in Arizona, two Arizona citizen groups, and an Arizona state senator filed a motion today in federal court in Kansas to intervene in Kobach v. U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), to… Continue reading
Controversy in Minnesota Over Online Voter Registration
“The High Stakes Virginia Election Recount”
Michael Tomasky writes on #VAAG for The Daily Beast.
Journal of Law and Politics Voting Wars Symposium Now Published
“Race or Party?: How Courts Should Think About Republican Efforts to Make it Harder to Vote in North Carolina and Elsewhere”
I have posted this draft on SSRN (127 Harvard Law Review Forum (forthcoming Dec. 2013)). Here is the abstract:
North Carolina, Texas, and other states with Republican legislatures have passed a series of laws making it harder for voters to… Continue reading