Democrats File Reply in OH “Golden Week” Case at #SCOTUS
You can find it here (via Chris Geidner).
I expect we will hear something from the Court in the next few days.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
This Week in Emergency Election Litigation
With disputes now resolved about Michigan’s straight ticket voting, the DC Circuit’s EAC-Kobach proof of citizenship case, and Arizona’s long lines litigation (at least partially resolved), what’s left. Here’s a bit of an update from last week’s look:
Ohio: … Continue reading
“Court disputes over voting laws often divide justices along party lines”
Important David Savage story in the LAT:
’s no secret that partisan state legislators, once in power, frequently try to alter voting laws to give their party an advantage.
But increasingly, when those laws are challenged in federal court, the… Continue reading
WI Voting Plaintiffs Want Hearing to Make Sure State is Complying with 7th Circuit Voter ID Order
“North Carolina Elections Board Settles Fight Over Voting Guidelines”
Michael Wines for the NYT:
North Carolina’s state elections board settled a deeply partisan battle over this fall’s election rules on Thursday, largely rejecting a Republican-led effort to write local voting guidelines that would limit Democratic turnout in a political… Continue reading
“Why red state voting laws keep getting struck down”
“Democrats Settle Election Dispute with the State of Arizona”
Release:
The Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Ann Kirkpatrick for Arizona, the Arizona Democratic Party, Hillary for America, and Sanders, Inc., announced that they reached a settlement in their joint lawsuit against Maricopa County, Arizona that will… Continue reading
Breaking: DC Circuit Reverses in Kobach-EAC Proof of Citizenship Voting Case
Acting very quickly after oral argument, the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has issued this order preliminarily enjoining changing the federal form to allow Kansas, Alabama, and Georgia to require documentary proof of citizenship… Continue reading
“Despite North Carolina Vote Changes, Groups May Go to Court”
“Democracy NC: State Board meeting an ‘overall victory’ for North Carolina voters”
Release:
Yesterday, in a 12-hour marathon meeting, the N.C. State Board of Elections resolved the contested Early Voting plans from 33 of the state’s 100 counties. In 26 bipartisan votes, the three Republicans and two Democrats on the board chose… Continue reading
More Shenanigans from Texas in Voter ID Case: Threats to Investigate Voters Who Sign Affidavits
From a newly filed motion from the private plaintiffs, apart from the DOJ filing, and now to be heard at a Sept. 19 hearing:
Private Plaintiffs’1 Motion for Further Relief to Enforce Interim Remedial Order is triggered by… Continue reading
Supreme Court, With Justices Thomas and Alito Dissenting, Refuses Michigan Voting Stay; Three Ideological Camps at SCOTUS
After an unexplained delay in ruling last night, the Supreme Court without comment has turned down Michigan’s request to overturn a stay blocking the state’s elimination of straight ticket voting. Justices Thomas and Alito would have granted the stay.
This… Continue reading
#SCOTUS Sometimes Decides Even When It Doesn’t Decide: The Strange MI Voting Case
[Friday morning update: read about the Court’s order denying MI’s stay request here.]
It is almost midnight on the East Coast, and we still have no ruling from the Supreme Court on Michigan’s application to allow it to … Continue reading
“Sunday voting, additional early voting sites and hours restored in some counties despite GOP opposition”
News and Observer:
RALEIGH
Noting the watchful eye of a federal court, the State Board of Elections voted to restore Sunday early voting hours in several counties that had offered the option – popular among African-American voters – in 2012.… Continue reading