Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“The History of Voter ID Laws and the Story of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board”

March 4, 2016, 7:01 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Josh Douglas has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Election Law Stories). Here is the abstract: Voter ID has become one of the biggest hot-button issues in American politics. Everyone accepts that this issue is a major battleground. Yet where… Continue reading

“Election Officials Help North Carolina Voters Tackle Confusing Voter ID Laws”

March 4, 2016, 6:56 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

NPR’s Pam Fessler reports.

“Fewer Democrats Are Voting This Year In (Surprise!) States With Strict New Voter Laws”

March 4, 2016, 6:54 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

HuffPost reports. I’d be VERY wary of drawing conclusions from differentials in Democratic turnout in these states. Consider Texas, for example: Democratic turnout could be down because Clinton and Sanders did not put a lot of resources into that state… Continue reading

“Voters Were Blocked From the Polls on Super Tuesday by New Restrictions”

March 3, 2016, 2:06 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ari Berman: The 2016 election is the first in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act. Texas is a perfect case study of what has happened since the Supreme Court gutted the VRA. Clark… Continue reading

“Voter ID laws again are gaining traction in the Missouri legislature”

March 2, 2016, 8:13 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

The Kansas City Star reports.

“Kansas’s restrictive voter-ID law keeps citizens from exercising a fundamental right”

March 2, 2016, 8:01 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo editorial.

“Does The Constitution Protect Your Right To Vote? It May Depend On Your Address.”

March 1, 2016, 3:07 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ian Millhiser: This election, however, there will not be a conservative majority on the Supreme Court. Indeed, unless President Obama finds a way to break through Senate Republican’s planned blockade of his Supreme Court nominee, it’s unlikely that… Continue reading

Kobach’s Office Will Depose EAC Commissioner in EAC Citizenship Case

March 1, 2016, 3:03 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

MINUTE ORDER: On February 29, 2016, the Court held a conference call to hear any requests for expedited discovery in the above-captioned case. Upon due consideration of the parties’ oral arguments it is hereby ORDERED that defendant-intervenor the Kansas Secretary… Continue reading

“More than half a million registered Texans don’t have the right ID to vote on Super Tuesday”

February 29, 2016, 8:16 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: As voters go to the polls on Super Tuesday, many will be casting ballots in states that have passed strict election laws that didn’t exist during the last presidential race. Out of the 13 states holding primaries or caucuses,… Continue reading

“The Right to Vote? Don’t Count on It”

February 29, 2016, 8:03 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Michael Waldman in the Daily Beast.

“State official says he’s unaware of any voter impersonation in past 20 years”

February 27, 2016, 7:56 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

The Richmond Times-Dispatch with a dog bites man story.

“63,756 Reasons Racism Is Still Alive in South Carolina”

February 26, 2016, 5:00 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Ari Berman: Larrie Butler, a 90-year-old African-American man, was born in Calhoun County, South Carolina, at a time when the South was segregated during Jim Crow. He moved to Maryland after serving in the military and attending college, but… Continue reading

“Expert witness testifies that there is no justification for Va. photo ID law”

February 25, 2016, 7:59 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.

“Justice Ann Walsh Bradley: Uncle who served at Iwo Jima unable to vote”

February 24, 2016, 7:40 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: A state Supreme Court justice on Tuesday urged Gov. Scott Walker to allow people to use veterans ID cards to vote after her uncle who fought at Iwo Jima was unable to cast a ballot in last… Continue reading