“Coming Soon to a Ohio Courthouse? Bill Requiring Student Voters to Get Ohio Licenses”
Doug Chapin with one to watch.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Scott Walker fundraises off voter ID victory”
Benjy Sarlin reports for MSNBC.
“Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted proposes reasonable strategy to prevent voter fraud: editorial”
“Constitution Check: Have voter ID laws survived a new round of challenges?”
Lyle Denniston writes for the National Constitution Center.
Wisconsin Voter ID Cert Denial Roundup
“Supreme Court lets Wisconsin’s voter-ID law stand”
Bob Barnes reports for WaPo.
“Supreme Court Declines To Hear Challenge To Strict Wisconsin Voter ID Law”
Pam Fessler reports for NPR.
“Wisconsin Decides Not to Enforce Voter ID Law”
Don’t get too excited by this NYT headline; WI is only holding off for the next election:
The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to a Wisconsin law that requires prospective voters to provide photo identification before… Continue reading
“SCOTUS lets Wisconsin voter ID law stand; jurists see silver lining”
A Blessing in Disguise? The Supreme Court’s Refusal to Hear Wisconsin Voter ID Case
This morning the Supreme Court without comment refused to take up Frank v. Walker, the Wisconsin voter id case. Taking the case to the Supreme Court divided the civil rights community. As I noted last week, those who hoped… Continue reading
“Should Voter Registration Be Automatic?”
Russell Berman for The Atlantic.
Two Election Law Cases Lead off @SCOTUSBlog’s Petitions to Watch List for Mar. 20 Conference
Here:
Frank v. Walker
14-803
Issue: (1) Whether a state’s voter ID law violates the Equal Protection Clause where, unlike in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, the evidentiary record establishes that the law substantially burdens the voting… Continue reading
“The Oregon Trail:The state’s new governor is going on the offensive in the battle for voting rights.”
Alec MacGillis writes for Slate.
DOJ’s Silence on the Wisconsin Voter ID Case Before SCOTUS
Linda Greenhouse joins the chorus of people calling for the Supreme Court to agree to hear Frank v. Walker, the Wisconsin voter id case, up for a Supreme Court conference vote on Friday. (I think it is very unlikely… Continue reading