Category Archives: voter id
“Missouri Judge strikes down Mo. voter ID ballot summary”
AP reports.
“Wisconsin clerks prepare for April 3 primary; On-again, off-again voter ID law, other issues complicate prep”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
“Senate passes voter ID requirement, critics vow litigation”
MPR reports.
Three Judge Court in Texas Voter ID Challenge Puts Off Challenge to Constitutionality of Voting Rights Act, For Now
Court will reach issue only if it determines that Texas should be denied preclearance (via Michael Li).
“Are Voter ID Laws the New Jim Crow?”
Brentin Mock writes for ColorLines.
“Why Do Liberals Fear Discussing the Truth of Voter ID?”
Michael Thielen digs himself deeper into a hole. The released chapter of my forthcoming book discusses the best academic studies available on voter i.d. The simple reason my book does not cite any evidence from the Carter-Baker commission is its… Continue reading
“Minnesota’s War on Voting”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
“New State Voter ID Laws Could Determine 2012 Election”
Via You Tube, “Tova Andrea Wang, Senior Democracy Fellow at Demos, and Ben Adler, writer at The Nation, talk to Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia about recently enacted laws in numerous states around the country that require voters to present… Continue reading
On Voter Impersonation for Voter ID, Evidence Even Less than Think Progress Says
Think Progress has a new post entitled: Texas Had ‘Fewer Than Five’ Voter Impersonation Cases Over Three Years. But that headline implies that at least one of these cases had merit. But there were only five complaints, and some… Continue reading
Krugman Takes on ALEC
Here.
“State tries to keep legislators from giving depositions on voter ID”
Austin American Statesman: “Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott this week asked a federal court in Washington to prevent 12 state lawmakers from giving depositions in the state’s voter identification case.”
“Cheating rarely seen at polls”
How much impersonation voter fraud in Texas? How hard will it be for those without drivers’ licenses to get ID?
The San Antonio Express News explores.
Update on the South Carolina Voter ID Voting Rights Act Challenge
Here.