“State of Texas says July trial in voter ID case possible; says DOJ/intervenors seeking delay so law can’t be used in 2012”
Texas Redistricting reports.
Category Archives: voter id
“Deadline approaching for SC to say if implementing voter ID would be possible this year”
AP reports.
“Obama Campaign Grapples With New Voter ID Laws”
NYT: “Field workers for President Obama’s campaign fanned out across the country over the weekend in an effort to confront a barrage of new voter identification laws that strategists say threaten the campaign’s hopes for registering new voters ahead… Continue reading
Moritz-ELJ Conference: HAVA at 10
I’m pleased to announce that The Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law will host a conference on Friday, May 18, 2012 to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, with papers to be published… Continue reading
Major Judicial Slapdown of South Carolina in Voter ID Challenge
Check out the concurring opinion of Judge Bates (joined by Judge Kollar-Kotelly) but not Judge Kavanaugh in this scheduling order. It begins on page 10.
It sounds like South Carolina’s litigation of this case so far has been a disaster.… Continue reading
“NVRA (National Voter Registration Act) vs. Voter ID and Other Voter Access Challenges’
Janai Nelson blogs.
“Texas accidentally released personal data in voter I.D. case”
AP reports.
“DOJ asks for trial delay in Texas Voter ID case”
The Houston Chronicle reports.
Politifact Texas Rates Texas AG’s Claims on Voter Fraud Convictions Half-True
See here.The report says that there were two prosecutions for “voter impersonation” (It was not clear to me from the story if there were any convictions). I want much more detail on these claims,how they arose, and whether they… Continue reading
DOJ and Intervenors Want Delay in Texas Voter ID Case, Citing Texas’s Failure to Produce Information in Discovery
US News Interviews Tova Wang on Voter Fraud Myths
Here.
“National Survey: Super PACs, Corruption, and Democracy”
The Brennan Center has this press release. I have not yet had a chance to look at the methodology, but I am skeptical of the point made in a second, emailed press release, that Super PAC spending will actually cause… Continue reading
“A Vote for Universal Registration”
Katrina vanden Heuvel has written this column for WaPo.
“Romney Stands Up For Voter ID Laws”
TPM reports.