“A Judge Blocked North Carolina’s Plan To Target Black Voters. The GOP Found A Way To Do It Anyway.”
Alice Ollstein for Think Progress.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Why Donald Trump’s Election Observers Are a Bad Idea”
Jon Grinspan NYT oped looks at the question through lens of history.
“Federal court considers Kansas rule that voters prove citizenship”
Wichita Eagle:
A federal appeals court will decide whether Kansas has the right to ask people who register to vote when they get their driver’s licenses for proof that they’re citizens.
The decision could affect whether thousands of Kansas residents… Continue reading
“No more ‘Golden Week’ for Ohio voters – again”
Breaking: WI Won’t Go to SCOTUS for Emergency Relief in Early Voting Case
Patrick Marley: “AG Brad Schimel will not seek SCOTUS review of 7th Circuit’s early voting decision. Madison/MKE plans for early voting in Sept stay in place.”
I had pegged the chances of emergency relief from the Supreme Court in… Continue reading
Listen to Oral Argument: Kobach against Ho in 10th Circuit
Here.
Update: I gave a listen. This was a very active panel which questioned both sides. But it does seem that Kobach got a harder time from the judges.
“Voting Rights is Not a Fringe Issue”
Leslie Savan for The Nation.
Breaking: 6th Cir, on 2-1 Vote, Reverses Expansive Early Voting “Golden Week” Decision: Analysis
A divided panel of the 6th Circuit has reversed a trial court ruling and allowed the Ohio Legislature to eliminate “Golden Week,” a week in which a new or moving voter who needs to reregister could both register to vote… Continue reading
“Federal Appeals Court Allows Early Voting”
Wisconsin Public Radio:
Several Republican-authored laws restricting early voting in Wisconsin remain struck down after a federal appeals court declined a request to reinstate them Monday.
The brief order by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago increases… Continue reading
“The Truth Behind Trump’s Rigged-Election Paranoia”
The great Todd Purdum in Vanity Fair.
“On Voting, North Carolina Case Is Test for Justices”
Jost on Justice:
For Roberts, the case tests his prevailing view in the decision in Shelby County v. Holder to eliminate the Voting Rights Act’s preclearance decision on the ground that things have changed in the South since the… Continue reading
“U.S. Court’s Ruling in Wisconsin Seen as Victory for Voting Rights”
“GOP convinces its base about illusory ‘voter fraud’ scourge”
Steve Benen for MSNBC.
“Phony War on Voter Fraud Looks Even Phonier”
Jonathan Bernstein for Bloomberg View.