Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Breaking: Challengers to Wisconsin Voter ID Law Seek Supreme Court Review

January 7, 2015, 3:17 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

You can find the just-filed cert. petition at this link. The petition raises both a constitutional equal protection challenge and a challenge under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. I think there is a pretty good chance the… Continue reading

Chapin on Hasen on The Purcell Principle

January 7, 2015, 6:54 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Here: Hasen’s second point – that the Court should explain itself eventually in election law cases, even if opinions are not possible right away – is the most important part of the article, in my opinion. I’m already on… Continue reading

“Year-End Round Up on Elections and Voting Rights”

January 6, 2015, 4:42 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Goldfeder and Perez.

“Reining in the Purcell Principle”

January 5, 2015, 7:51 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have posted this draft on SSRN (for a March symposium on voting rights for the Florida State University Law Review). Here is the abstract: About a month before the 2014 election, the United States Supreme Court issued a series… Continue reading

“Republicans eye rewrite of campaign finance laws, other election changes”

January 4, 2015, 6:59 pmcampaign finance, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Wisconsin State Journal reports.

“Evidence That the Jim Crow Era Endures for Older Black Voters in the South”

December 30, 2014, 5:42 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT’s the Upshot reports.

North Carolina Seeks Supreme Court Review in Voting Case

December 30, 2014, 5:13 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Regular ELB readers will recall that there is a major voting rights lawsuit against the State of North Carolina for controversial changes in voting rules passed by the Republican-dominated state legislature last year. Plaintiffs sought a preliminary injunction to block… Continue reading

Petition for Rehearing Denied in Kobach v. EAC: Next Stop SCOTUS?

December 30, 2014, 8:56 amElection Assistance Commission, Elections Clause, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Yesterday [corrected] the 10th Circuit panel which decided the Kobach v. EAC case issued this one line order denying rehearing. Kansas and Arizona did not seek rehearing en banc, so the only place to go now is SCOTUS for further… Continue reading

“The Voter Suppression Myth Takes Another Hit; Memo to critics of North Carolina’s election-law reforms: Black midterm turnout has increased”

December 29, 2014, 2:23 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Robert Popper WSJ oped.

“Voter registration group sees hurdle”

December 29, 2014, 2:08 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

San Antonio Express News: By Patrick Svitek, Austin BureauDecember 24, 2014 A decades-old part of Texas’ election code is receiving new attention as Democrats look to chart a path forward and maintain their ranks of volunteers qualified to register… Continue reading