Category Archives: voter id

“Judge in Landmark Case Disavows Support for Voter ID”

October 15, 2013, 9:43 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

NYT’s John Schwartz: “It is the kind of thought that rarely passes the lips of a member of the federal judiciary: I was wrong.” My earlier coverage of Judge Posner’s comments are here and here. When Judge Posner’s… Continue reading

“Poll: Americans support fine-tuning election policy”

October 14, 2013, 8:10 pmelection administration, primaries, redistricting, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

USA Today: A nationwide USA TODAY/Bipartisan Policy Center poll finds a majority of Americans support a range of proposals aimed at easing hyper-partisanship and building confidence in elections. Some command the sort of broad bipartisan backing rare in national… Continue reading

Judge Posner’s Voter ID Flip-Flop Slammed by Attorney Talking to Indiana Law Blog

October 13, 2013, 11:14 amvoter idRick Hasen

See here: Finally, the ILB asked an attorney familiar with the case for a reaction: For Judge Posner now to admit he was wrong but then blame the lawyers for not giving him enough information by which he could… Continue reading

Study Finds Youth Turnout Lower in States with Voter ID Laws, Higher with Same Day Voter Registration

October 11, 2013, 3:23 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Commission on Youth Voting and Civic Knowledge Releases Report

Breaking: Judge Posner Admits He Was Wrong in Crawford Voter ID Case

October 11, 2013, 1:09 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Wow. My transcription from HuffPostLive: In response to Mike Sacks’s questions about whether Judge Posner and the 7th circuit got it wrong in Crawford case, the one upholding Indiana’s tough voter id law against constitutional challenge: “Yes. Absolutely. And the… Continue reading

“Voter ID Proponents Muddy the Waters With Misleading Georgia and North Carolina Turnout Numbers”

October 4, 2013, 12:53 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Rob Richie: The Civitas Institute, a North Carolina group founded by the controversial Art Pope, which had great influence in designing the law and has long pushed for strict voter ID requirements, has been highly critical of the… Continue reading

2013 American Values Public Lecture: “North Carolina’s New Front in The Voting Wars”

October 3, 2013, 12:35 pmSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I’m happy to announce that I will be giving this lecture on October 24 at 7 PM at North Carolina State University.

“The Dishonesty of Voter ID Laws”

September 30, 2013, 8:24 pmDepartment of Justice, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

NYT editorial.

“Justice Department Poised to File Lawsuit Over Voter ID Law”

September 29, 2013, 9:06 pmDepartment of Justice, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT: The Justice Department is expected to sue North Carolina on Monday over its restrictive new voting law, further escalating the Obama administration’s efforts to restore a stronger federal role in protecting minority voters after the Supreme Court struck… Continue reading

“Texas Voter ID Violates Voting Rights Act and the Constitution, Groups Challenge Law in Federal Court”

September 17, 2013, 2:04 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Brennan Center: “Today, the Texas State Conference of the NAACP and the Mexican American Legislative Caucus of the Texas House of Representatives (MALC) filed suit in federal court to block the state’s new voter ID law because it erects… Continue reading

“North Carolina voters fear new ID law will keep them from polls”

September 8, 2013, 8:26 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

The LA Times reports.

“Block voter ID in time for fall election”

September 7, 2013, 9:42 amvoter idDan Tokaji

An editorial from the San Antonio Express-News.

Hypocrisy on Both Sides of the Voter ID Debate?

September 7, 2013, 9:37 amvoter idDan Tokaji

Matthew Cooper of National Journal: “On the left, voter-ID laws are being dismissed as the second coming of Jim Crow…. On the right, they’re being hailed as common-sense measures to prevent ballot fraud and keep elections fair and honest… Continue reading

Is President Jimmy Carter Evolving on Voter ID?

August 29, 2013, 9:30 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

A knowledgeable reader writes: Jimmy Carter in 2008: “As [James Baker and I] stated in our 2005 report, voter ID laws are not a problem in and of themselves. Rather, the current crop of laws are not being phased… Continue reading