“Junior and the Gastonette”
Robbin Stewart on the Easterbrook WI voter id opinion.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“A Black Man Brought 3 Forms of ID to the Polls in Wisconsin. He Still Couldn’t Vote.”
Must-read Ari Berman:
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker said his state’s strict new voter ID requirement worked “just fine” in the April 5 primary, but thousands of Wisconsinites were unable to cast a ballot because of the new law.… Continue reading
“After Scalia: The Future of United States Election Law”
I have posted this draft in progress (forthcoming, in Japanese translation, in America-ho (Biannual journal of the Japanese American Society for Legal Studies) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This Essay, based on a keynote address prepared for delivery at… Continue reading
“Kris Kobach offers new, lame defense for his ineptitude on voter ‘fraud'”
Yael Abouhalkah column in the KC Star.
“The Pros And Cons Of Voter ID Laws”
The Onion offers a list of pro’s (including “Less time-consuming form of discrimination than literacy test”) and cons (“Doesn’t completely eliminate possibility of undesirable populations from voting”).
“Kris Kobach defends prosecution of voter fraud cases in Kansas”
Breaking: 7th Cir. Revives As-Applied Challenge to WI Voter ID Law
As expected, a unanimous 7th Circuit panel, in an opinion by Judge Easterbrook, has reversed a lower court and ordered that court to consider whether Wisconsin’s voter id law unconstitutionally burdens the right to vote or those voters who… Continue reading
“What Happens To Democracy After You Gut The Voting Rights Act, In One Map”
“The EAC’s Troubles”
Must-read Bauer:
And what is Mr. Newby’s answer to all this? The Declaration he submitted in defense of his actions is not a model of coherence, nor is it reassuring to anyone searching for evidence that he had the… Continue reading
“Texas defends its voter photo ID law”
Lyle Denniston for SCOTUSBlog:
Arguing that its five-year-old law requiring voters to have a photo ID before they may cast a ballot will not deny anyone in Texas the right to vote, state officials urged the Supreme Court on… Continue reading
“Republicans Hijack an Election Agency”
NYT editorial:
Mr. Newby’s defense of his action is hard to take seriously. He said that his reversal of the commission’s precedent was merely an administrative fix and therefore did not need a vote of the commissioners.
In February, several… Continue reading
“A Hamstrung SCOTUS Is About To Have A Mess Of Voting Lawsuits At Its Doorstep”
Tierney Sneed for TPM.
Shocker: Kobach Botches Spanish Language Voting Materials
KC Star:
Spanish-language voter guides distributed by the Kansas secretary of state’s office did not match the English-language version and contained errors that could have resulted in people being unable to register and vote.
The errors added fuel to… Continue reading