“The Retreat from Voting Rights”
William Barber NYT oped on NC decision.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Tarheel Tarnish: North Carolina Court Strips Voters of Their Rights”
“Voting Rights Lose in North Carolina”
“Shelby County’s Damage Evident in North Carolina Voter ID Decision”
“How North Carolina became the epicenter of the voting rights battle”
Sari Horwitz reports for WaPo.
4th Circuit Panel Which Partially Reversed NC Voting Decision in 2014 Likely to Get Case Back on Appeal
in my earlier post, Breaking and Analysis: Federal District Court Upholds Restrictive NC Voting Law in 485-Page Opinion, I wrote that success on appeal in the North Carolina case could well turn on which judges on the 4th Circuit… Continue reading
“Opponents of North Carolina’s Voter ID Law Appeal Ruling”
Alan Blinder for the NYT:
The protracted battle over North Carolina’s voting rules moved to a federal appeals court on Tuesday, one day after a judge upheld the Republican-backed overhaul and increased the likelihood that the changes would be in… Continue reading
“Federal District Judge Upholds North Carolina’s Sweeping Voter ID Law”
Pam Fessler reports for NPR.
“‘Chaos’ In Kansas: ACLU Says Two-Thirds Voter Registrations On Hold”
AP:
Voting rolls in Kansas are in “chaos” because of the state’s proof-of-citizenship requirements, the American Civil Liberties Union has argued in a court document, noting that about two-thirds of new voter registration applications submitted during a three-week period in… Continue reading
“Federal judge upholds controversial North Carolina voting law”
Sari Horwitz reports for WaPo.
Last night I wrote:Breaking and Analysis: Federal District Court Upholds Restrictive NC Voting Law in 485-Page Opinion
Breaking and Analysis: Federal District Court Upholds Restrictive NC Voting Law in 485-Page Opinion
Federal district court judge Thomas Schroeder has issued this 485-page opinion considering constitutional and Voting Rights Act challenges to North Carolina’s 2013 restrictive voting law (which I have discussed in a number of places including this Harvard Law Review forum… Continue reading
“Essay — Softening Voter ID Laws Through Litigation: Is it Enough?”
I have posted on SSRN a revised version of this piece, now forthcoming in the Wisconsin Law Review Forward. Here is the abstract:
Headlines about voter identification laws often place court rulings in a simple win or loss frame.… Continue reading
“Are voter ID laws the next hanging chads?”
“From the front lines: A Wisconsin poll worker dreads the job”
Oped in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
I’m a Wisconsin poll worker. I’ve come to dread my job.
After four years of experience at my busy polling place, I was surprised to find myself dreading Wisconsin’s primary election. Sadly, running elections… Continue reading