“Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law Caused Major Problems at the Polls Last Night”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Grothman: Voter ID law will help eventual GOP nominee win Wisconsin”
We’ve seen this before.
But I’m sure Rep. Grothman would say (incorrectly) that the reasons photo id lets Republicans win elections is because it stops Democratic voter fraud. It is a key talking point of the fraudulent fraud squad.
Near Final Version of My “Reining in the Purcell Principle” Paper Now Available
Coming out soon in FSU L Rev, but now at SSRN:
About a month before the 2014 election, the United States Supreme Court issued a series of four extraordinary orders in election law cases. Without any explanation, the Court:… Continue reading
“Republicans and Voter Suppression”
“This Is How Hard It Is To Get A Voter ID In Wisconsin”
Important Alice Ollstein for Think Progress.
“Bromance between Kris Kobach and Brian Newby leads to attack on voting rights”
KC Star editorial:
Take a look at the email Newby sent in June to Kobach: “I think I would enter the job empowered to lead the way I want to.”
And there was this communication from Newby to the Kansas… Continue reading
“Voting is already hard for people with disabilities. Voter ID laws make it even harder.”
AP Gets Newby-Kobach Correspondence
AP:
A Kansas county elections official used close ties to one of the nation’s leading advocates of voting restrictions to help secure the top job at a government agency entrusted with making voting more accessible, and then used the… Continue reading
“Arizona’s primary was an utter disaster. But was it just a big mistake, or something more nefarious?”
Amber Phillips for The Fix.
Texas Gets an Extra Week to File Its 5th Circuit En Banc Brief in Voter ID Case
Here is a link to the order.
“What if eight justices must decide election?”
Josh Douglas:
Nov. 9, the day after the election, and we do not yet know the winner of the presidential race. Worse still, the outcome will turn on a ballot-counting dispute in one state. A lawsuit is filed, and… Continue reading
Justice Thomas Asks Texas to Respond to Voter ID Emergency #SCOTUS Application
Docket. Response due April 11.
“West Virginia May Become 3rd Automatic Voter Signup State”
Very interesting in West Va:
A push to automatically sign up voters that began with new laws in Oregon and California will soon likely hit a third, notably less liberal state — West Virginia.
The proposed change has taken a… Continue reading
“Arizona’s Voting Problems Are More Complicated Than They Look”
Smart Tierney Sneed report for TPM.