Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Voter ID and driver’s license office closures black-out Alabama’s Black Belt”
Kyle Whitmore:
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s website says their office at the Clarke County Courthouse is still open, but soon a lot of others nearby won’t be. On Wednesday, the agency announced that it would close 31 offices… Continue reading
“Kris Kobach, his views spark intense reactions – from supporters, opponents (+videos)”
Bryan Lowry for the Wichita Eagle:
Kobach has had “a devastating impact on voting rights in the state of Kansas and, for that matter, across the country,” says Micah Kubic, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas.… Continue reading
The Roberts Court at 10: Election Law
With today’s 10 year anniversary of John Roberts’ joining the Supreme Court as Chief Justice of the United States. here’s another link to my paper in progress, Election Law’s Path in the Roberts Court’s First Decade: A Sharp Right Turn … Continue reading
“Remembering Bill Crawford”
Here is a guest post from Josh Douglas:
I was saddened to learn of Rep. Bill Crawford’s death last week. I had the opportunity — and pleasure — to interview Rep. Crawford this past summer for research for a new… Continue reading
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the Voting Wars, Voting Rights, and Voting Reform
From a speech today at the Edward Kennedy Institute:
And what about voting rights? Two years ago, five conservative justices on the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, opening the floodgates ever wider for measures designed to suppress… Continue reading
“Chris Rickert: Photo ID no-brainer would bring a little sense to two brainless GOP initiatives”
Column in Wisconsin State Journal:
A couple of astute readers contacted me this week with an idea for making at least a little sense out of the senseless:
If the Republican-controlled Legislature passes a bill to add photos of food… Continue reading
“Longtime Indiana lawmaker Bill Crawford remembered as a ‘giant among men'”
See this Indy Star obituary.
Crawford was also the lead main plaintiff in the case challenging the constitutionality of Indiana’s voter id law, a case which made it to the Supreme Court.
“Voter ID lawsuit can proceed in state court, judge rules”
News & Observer:
A Wake County judge has refused a request from state lawmakers to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the Voter ID requirement.
Judge Mike Morgan issued his ruling on Wednesday, almost four weeks after a hearing on the… Continue reading
“Voter registration at the center of partisan voting war”
Zach Roth reports for MSNBC.
“GOP-led Montgomery County election board shifts early-voting sites”
WaPo:
The Republican majority on the Montgomery County Board of Elections, led by an appointee of Gov. Larry Hogan (R), voted Monday to shift two heavily used early-voting sites to less populous locations, prompting Democratic charges of voter suppression.… Continue reading
“Elections Canada warns of U.S.-style ‘voter suppression tricks’”
More political acid rain spreading from the US to Canada:
Elections Canada has quietly warned staff to be on the lookout for increasingly sophisticated tactics aimed at discouraging — or even stopping — voters from casting a ballot.
The advanced… Continue reading
Rick Perlstein Remembers When Jimmy Carter Proposed Universal Voter Registration and Ronald Reagan Raised the Specter of Fraud
The Prophetic President:
Everyone loved to talk about voter apathy, but the real problem, Carter said, was that “millions of Americans are prevented or discouraged from voting in every election by antiquated and overly restricted voter registration laws”—a fact… Continue reading