“Federal Court Decisions Could Impact Wisconsin Voters In 2016, Law Professor Says”
Listen to my interview on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Central Time.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Judge rules Virginia voter ID challenge can proceed”
Ned Foley: The Great Dissenter in Plessy Anticipated the Role for Federal Courts Embraced in Bush v. Gore—But Will the Court Repeat that Role Next Time and, If Not, What Then?
The following is the fifth of five guest posts by Ned Foley of Ohio State, about his new book Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States:
Theme Five: In the 1900s, even as state courts… Continue reading
WI: “Federal judge dismisses voter ID challenge but allows other parts of lawsuit to continue”
AP:
Wisconsin’s requirement that voters show photo identification at the polls has survived another legal challenge after a federal judge Thursday dismissed portions of a wide-ranging lawsuit alleging the mandate burdens the right to vote.
I have posted the… Continue reading
UC Irvine: Plutocrats United Book Talk
Event:
Plutocrats United Book Talk
Monday, February 8, 2016
4:00–6:00 p.m.
UC Irvine School of Law, Room 1131
Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections, is the new book by election law Professor … Continue reading
“The Ghosts of Elections Past — and Yet to Come”
Ned Foley leads off this week’s Electionline Weekly.
OH: “Civic Organizations Urge State to Stop Illegal Removal of Voters from the Rolls”
Release:
Today, Demos and the ACLU of Ohio, on behalf of the civil rights-labor organization the Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI), sent a pre-litigation notice letter to Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted demanding that the State stop… Continue reading
Today’s Must Read: NYT Magazine Jim Rutenberg Piece on Voting Rights in Pasadena, TX
A deep dive into the state of Hispanic voting rights in the U.S., through the lens of a Texas town.
“Congressional Omnibus Spending Bill Includes Funds For EAC”
Doug Chapin with some good news.
ELB Podcast Episode 8. Pam Karlan: Voting Rights In America, 2016
What is the state of voting rights in the United States as we approach the 2016 elections? Has the loss of a key portion of the Voting Rights Act thanks to the Supreme Court’s Shelby County decision made it harder… Continue reading
“Conservative groups helped gut Wisconsin election laws”
Ned Foley: Ballot Battles in the Nineteenth Century Were Beset by Violence and Civil Strife; Not So in the Twentieth, and This Progress is Reason to Hope for Even More
The following is the fourth of five guest posts by Ned Foley of Ohio State, about his new book Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States:
Theme Four: The nation has never fully fixed the… Continue reading
The Wisconsin GAB is Dead: RIP
So sad:
Today, Governor Walker signed into law Assembly Bill 388, which eliminates the Government Accountability Board on June 30, 2016 and replaces it with two separate commissions to oversee the administration of elections and ethics.
Kevin Kennedy, director… Continue reading
“The 2000 Election: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead for Voting in America”
This looks to be a great event on Dec. 17 (RSVP):
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The NAACP Voter Fund present
The 2000 Election:
Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead for Voting in America… Continue reading