Category Archives: The Voting Wars

Caution on the Hajnal Voter ID Paper

February 10, 2016, 8:20 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

This paper differs from others in finding great partisan and racial effects of voter id laws. It has been getting a lot of attention from the left, as proof that these laws have a big suppressive effect. The study… Continue reading

Harvard Law Review Includes Texas Voter ID Case in Recent Cases in Feb. Issue

February 10, 2016, 8:07 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Read the Veasey v. Abbott profile here.

“New Hampshire Braces For Impact Of New Voter ID Law”

February 9, 2016, 7:29 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Alice Ollstein reports for Think Progress.

“New Hampshire’s New Voter ID Law Could Lead to Longer Lines, Voter Intimidation”

February 8, 2016, 8:36 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Ari Berman writes for the Nation.

“Does North Carolina voter ID law suppress minority votes? A federal judge will decide.”

February 5, 2016, 2:31 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

LAT reports.

“Election officials in NH to use cameras to document voters”

February 4, 2016, 8:46 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WCAX reports.

“Voting Rights Challenges In the Wake of Shelby County”

February 4, 2016, 2:14 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights Act, VRAARick Hasen

Demos blogs.

“The Strange Career of James Crow, Esquire”

February 4, 2016, 7:42 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove in The Atlantic: Throughout the McCrory trial, NAACP lawyers made a strong case that the voter-ID component of this legislation places an unnecessary and undue burden on voters—especially poor and African American voters. A verdict… Continue reading

EAC’s Brian Newby Defends His Actions Helping His Buddy Kobach

February 4, 2016, 7:38 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Must-read Zach Roth for MSNBC: Newby’s move sparked instant criticism. In astatement posted online Tuesday, the panel’s lone Democratic commissioner, Vice Chair Thomas Hicks, wrote that Newby had acted “unilaterally,” and that his decision “contradicts policy and precedent established… Continue reading

“State NAACP to Redouble Efforts to Get Out Vote in Light of Photo ID Requirement”

February 3, 2016, 6:54 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Michael Hewlett reports for the Winston-Salem Journal.

“Change At Federal Election Agency Muddles Kansas Voter Registration Laws”

February 2, 2016, 9:24 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NPR’s Pam Fessler on the confusion at the EAC: For his part, Newby told NPR that he believes it’s within his power to make changes to the instructions that accompany the federal voter registration form, in response to a state’s… Continue reading

New Draft Voter ID Paper Showing Discriminatory Effect of Voter ID Laws

February 2, 2016, 5:32 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Think Progress: For years, researchers warned that laws requiring voters to show certain forms of photo identification at the poll would discriminate against racial minorities and other groups. Now, the first study has been released showing that the proliferation… Continue reading

Woah: Lone Democratic EAC Commissioner Rejects EAC Capitulation to SOS Kobach

February 2, 2016, 1:09 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Following up on this post, the lone Democratic-appointed EAC Commissioner has issued this statement: http://www.eac.gov/assets/1/Documents/Statement%20by%20Commissioner%20Hicks%20NVRA%20Form%20(2-2-16)-1.pdf The Executive Director of the United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) issued letters to the states of Kansas, Georgia, and Alabama granting the states’… Continue reading

Chapin on the EAC’s Apparent Capitulation to KS SOS Kobach on Proof of Citizenship

February 2, 2016, 7:31 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Doug Chapin: The timing of this action is a little curious, given the prospect of renewed partisan warfare over proof-of-citizenship just as the EAC is making progress on other fronts like voting technology and election preparedness. It also isn’t… Continue reading