Category Archives: The Voting Wars
Ohio Seeks Stay of Golden Week Election Ruling Pending Appeal
Motion (via Chris Geidner).
“Native Americans move to frontlines in battle over voting rights”
Reuters:
Norquay is among a growing number of Native Americans embroiled in court battles over changes to voting laws that could influence the outcome of some tight races in the November 2016 presidential and congressional elections.
While the Native… Continue reading
“Wisconsin at vanguard of national legal fight on voter ID”
“Texas’s Voter ID Chicanery”
“A Tale of Two Swing States”
Must-read Ned Foley contrasting Ohio voting litigation with lack of such litigation thus far in Pa. Ned is quite skeptical of the recent decision striking down the Ohio legislature’s elimination of “Golden Week” (some for reasons I explained in this … Continue reading
ACLU Calls OH SOS Husted’s Statement About Golden Week Litigation “Appalling”
Release:
“Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted’s statement that the ACLU supported the elimination of Golden Week could not be further from the truth,” said ACLU of Ohio Senior Policy Director Mike Brickner. “The ACLU has always strongly opposed… Continue reading
“Voting rights group: March primary signals problems for NC voters”
News and Observer:
Democracy North Carolina, a voting-rights advocacy organization, recorded the experiences of more than 1,400 North Carolina residents whose votes in the March primary election did not count and shared them with a federal appeals court on… Continue reading
“Virginia Democrats to appeal voter ID case”
Daily Press:
The Democrats behind a lawsuit challenging Virginia’s voter ID law will appeal last week’s loss in district court to the U.S. Court of Appeals, the lead attorney said Thursday.
The group filed its notice of appeal Wednesday,… Continue reading
Fascinating New Poll on Voting Rights Finds Support for Proof of Citizenship, Preventing Fraud, But Partisan Divide
[Update: See the HuffPo story on the poll.]
Among the YouGov results:
Do you think people should or should not have to show proof of citizenship in order to register to vote?
They should have to show proof… Continue reading
“The fire next time; Today’s voting-rights disputes are less clear-cut than those of the civil-rights era, but they are inflammatory all the same”
“Judge says voting rules won’t change for August election”
AP:
There will be no change to Wisconsin’s voting laws before the Aug. 9 primary, including the requirement that photo identification be shown at the polls, a federal judge hearing a challenge to more than a dozen election laws… Continue reading