Category Archives: voter id

“Texas House backs voter ID overhaul, with changes”

May 24, 2017, 8:20 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: The Texas House on Tuesday tentatively approved legislation to overhaul the state’s embattled voter identification law, moving it one step closer to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. Senate Bill 5 would in several ways relax what some had… Continue reading

“Effort to overhaul Texas voter ID rules survives — for now”

May 22, 2017, 5:41 amThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Jim Malewitz for the Texas Tribune: A flurry of legislative activity Sunday night gave life to efforts to overhaul Texas’ voter identification rules — legislation Republicans call crucial to the state’s arguments in a high-profile legal battle over whether the… Continue reading

“U.S. For Voting Rights Advocates, Court Decision Is ‘Temporary Victory’”

May 16, 2017, 7:18 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Michael Wines in the NYT: It seemed like an important victory for voting rights advocates on Monday when the Supreme Court declined to reconsider an appellate decision striking down North Carolina’s restrictive voting law. But those who follow the arcana… Continue reading

Some Words of Caution About New Study Finding Voter ID Cost Clinton WI and the Election

May 9, 2017, 2:13 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Today Ari Berman has an article in The Nation called Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law Suppressed 200,000 Votes in 2016 (Trump Won by 22,748). The story relies on a new study from Democrat-aligned Priorities USA finding a great decline in turnout,… Continue reading

Iowa: “Branstad signs controversial voter ID bill into law”

May 5, 2017, 8:13 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Des Moines Register: Iowa voters soon will need to show identification at the polls under a new law signed Friday by Gov. Terry Branstad. The measure overhauls Iowa’s election laws through a series of changes that Republicans say are needed… Continue reading

Today’s Must-Read: ProPublica’s Jessica Huseman on Texas Voter ID Law, and Its Flawed Implementation

May 2, 2017, 8:19 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Spoiler alert: Texas does not look good.

“Recent rulings that Texas’ voting laws discriminate put pressure on the state, but the road ahead is long”

April 26, 2017, 8:56 pmredistricting, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Dallas Morning News reports.

“Study: Texas Voter Education Campaign Failed To Prevent ID Confusion”

April 12, 2017, 6:08 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Texas’ court-ordered $2.5 million voter education campaign failed to prevent widespread confusion about the state’s identification rules ahead of the 2016 general election, according to a study released Monday. And such a misunderstanding may have kept some eligible… Continue reading

Breaking: Federal Court in Texas Rules Texas Passed Its Voter ID Law with a Racially Discriminatory Intent

April 10, 2017, 2:23 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

A federal district court has held on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sitting en banc that Texas enacted its controversial voter identification law with a racially discriminatory intent. If (and it is a… Continue reading

“Federal Court Denies Motion to Dismiss NAACP LDF’s Lawsuit Against Discriminatory Alabama Voter ID Law”

April 6, 2017, 4:05 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Release: A federal court today denied a motion to dismiss a challenge to Alabama’s discriminatory voter ID law brought by plaintiffs represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. The ruling comes in the case of Greater Birmingham … Continue reading

Federal Court in TX Voter ID Case Will Address Discriminatory Intent Claim in “Due Course,” Will Await Ruling on Remedies

April 3, 2017, 1:14 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

From today’s order (via Josh Gerstein): Having heard re-argument, this Court intends to issue its new opinion on whether SB 14 was passed with a discriminatory intent in violation of the Voting Rights Act at its earliest convenience and in… Continue reading

“Senate Committee approves Texas voter ID overhaul”

March 27, 2017, 8:28 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Filed by Committee Chairwoman Joan Huffman, Senate Bill 5 would add options for Texas voters who say they cannot “reasonably” obtain one of seven forms of ID currently required at the polls. It would also create harsh… Continue reading

#SCOTUS Schedules NC Voting Case Cert Petition, and Motion to Dismiss It, for March 31 Conference

March 15, 2017, 3:23 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The case is back on the Justices’ conference list. (More on the dispute and the delay.) The first thing the Justices will do is decide the motion to dismiss the cert petition (put in by North Carolina’s governor and… Continue reading

New Paper Casts Doubt on Hajnal et al Finding Strict Voter ID Laws Suppress Democratic Votes

March 13, 2017, 7:29 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Grimmer, Hersh, Meredith, Mummolo, and Nall have posted “Comment on ‘Voter Identification Laws and the Suppression of Minority Votes.’” Here is the abstract: To study how voter identification laws affect participation in elections, Hajnal, Lajevardi and Nielson (2017) examines… Continue reading