“Republican Vote Suppression Hitches Ride on Detroit’s Woes”
Frank Wilkinson for Bloomberg View.
Category Archives: voter id
“Supreme Error: North Carolina’s new voter suppression law shows why the Voting Rights Act is still necessary.”
I have written this Jurisprudence essay for Slate. It begins:
Usually it takes years to judge when the Supreme Court gets something very wrong. Think of Justice Kennedy’s opinion for the court in the 2010 campaign-finance case, Citizens United, freeing… Continue reading
“In Rural N.C., New Voter ID Law Awakens Some Old Fears “
NPR’s All Things Considered reports.
“True the Vote Release 173 Cases of Alleged Interstate Voter Fraud in Florida, Maryland”
See this press release.
I don’t know anything about the accuracy of True the Vote’s charges here. But I do know that double voting across states is a real, though relatively small, problem.
Efforts to get states to cross… Continue reading
Fewer Students Getting Driver’s Licenses, Complicating Voter ID for New Voters
AAA Foundation: “The majority of American teens today delay getting a driver’s license, according to new study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Less than half (44 percent) of teens obtain a driver’s license within 12 months of… Continue reading
Breaking: Pa. Judge Enjoins State Voter ID, and Rule Allowing Poll Workers to Ask for ID, Until Final Judgment in Voter ID Challenge
You can find the judge’s order here. AP story here.
While this is not a ruling on the ultimate merits of the case, the judge’s tone seems to suggest impatience with the state of Pennsylvania’s ability to actually get… Continue reading
Ari Berman Asks the Three Crucial Questions About North Carolina’s Voting Law
Here:
1. Will Section 2 be enough? (My answer is likely no, at least for most of the law).
2. Will North Carolina get bailed in under Section 3? (My answer is likely no, absent some smoking … Continue reading
Read the NAACP Federal Complaint Against Harsh New North Carolina Voting Law
Here. This one challenges a number of provisions of the law, including voter id, the end of same-day voter registration, the cutback in early voting days, and other provisions under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and under… Continue reading
Read the State Court Complaint Filed Against North Carolina’s Tough Voting Law
Here, via Ari Berman. This particular suit challenges only the voter id provision and only under various parts of the state constitution.
“Race at Center of North Carolina Voting Law Battle”
“Gov. Pat McCrory: Why I signed the Voter ID/election reform bill” and Why the Governor is Wrong
He calls the voter id requirement “non-burdensome.”
For most people that’s true, but not for all. And put the other parts of the law together, and there is a large burden on some voters and at least a small burden… Continue reading
Thoughts on the Road Ahead in North Carolina
Today North Carolina’s governor signed one of the most restrictive voting laws in the Nation. I have been trying to think of another state law passed since the 1965 Voting Rights Act to rival this law but I cannot. It… Continue reading
“NC governor signs measure requiring voter ID”
“Texas moves to protect voter ID law”
Lyle Denniston (the only one apparently not on hiatus this week at SCOTUSBlog): “Repeating its argument that its controversial new photo ID requirement for Texas voters is now in operation, the state on Thursday asked a federal court in Washington… Continue reading