Category Archives: The Voting Wars
District Court in Other WI Case Mostly Denies WI Request for Stay of Ruling
Order does loosen up timeframe for softening of WI’s voter ID law through new DMV procedures:
IT IS ORDERED that defendants’ motion to stay the court’s permanent injunction pending appeal, Dkt. 241, is DENIED in substantial part. As explained above,… Continue reading
“Judge Orders Texas to Spend at Least $2.5 Million to Not Enforce Its Voter ID Law”
Cristian Farias for HuffPo.
Breaking: WI Voter ID Plaintiffs File Emergency 7th Circuit En Banc Petition for ID Softening
Via Josh Gerstein comes this petition, filed very quickly by the Voting Rights plaintiffs in the Wisconsin voter id case. It asks the full 7th Circuit to reverse the stay of the affidavit softening order by the trial court… Continue reading
True the Vote Spokesperson Calls Blocking of NC Law, TX ID Softening “Very Minor Victories”
And he doesn’t seem to understand that you can’t figure out how many people are deterred by voter id laws just by counting how many actually show up at the polls and cannot vote:
Where Do We Stand on the Voting Wars in NC, TX, WI and Elsewhere?
I try to bring it together at WaPo’s The Monkey Cage:
After a notable string of voting rights decisions in the past few weeks — throwing out or weakening voter identification and other restrictive voting laws in Texas, North… Continue reading
7th Circuit WI Voter ID Roundup
Howard’s got it.
And if that’s too long for you to read, I try to sum up the litigation in this tweet.
“The Seventh Circuit and “Objective Standards” in Voter ID Requirements”
NC Promised to File Emergency #SCOTUS Motion “Early” This Week in Voting Case
And so far nada. Coming up on Thursday.
Time works against the state right now, given that changes closer to the election are disfavored and the state has been implementing the 4th Circuit’s ruling.
TX AG Says They Will Appeal 5th Cir. Voter ID Ruling to SCOTUS, After Election
“Appeals court blocks voter ID changes”
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on the Wisconsin voter id ruling I blogged about earlier today.
“Carl P. Leubsdorf: The voter ID fight is far from over”
Column:
But despite Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos’ acceptance of the compromise 2016 plan worked out by the state, the Justice Department and minority rights groups, (and despite several other favorable decisions affecting Texas and other states,) the battle against… Continue reading
Read the Texas Voter ID Rules Approved Today by Federal Judge’s Order
Here.
(via Michael Li)
“State court puts voter ID trial on hold in light of federal rulings”
The latest from NC.