Sensenbrenner has been a key Republican leader on the Voting Rights Act renewal. He writes: “In fact, Holder’s contention that the Voting Rights Act prohibits efforts to preserve the integrity of the voting process is antithetical to its core… Continue reading

“Notion of ID-for-access not new, backers of voting law say”

July 29, 2012, 8:30 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

The Pittsburgh Tribune Review reports.

“A Throwback to Poll Taxes”

July 28, 2012, 8:42 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

WaPo editorial on voter id.

Must Read Article on Judge Who Will Decide PA Voter ID Case, and the Possibility of a State Supreme Court Tie

July 28, 2012, 8:37 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

This is important.

“Legal Center Joins Voting Rights Litigation in South Carolina & Florida”

July 27, 2012, 11:54 amThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

See this press release from the Campaign Legal Center.

The Problem of Pollworker Discretion in Implementing PA’s Voter ID Law

July 26, 2012, 3:13 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

One of the themes of The Voting Wars is that it is dangerous when we give people charged with running our election lots of discretion for interpreting rules for who can vote, etc., because inevitably subconscious biases and ideas can… Continue reading

“‘The Debate is Over’: FL’s ‘Non-Citizen’ Voter Purge Has Been a Spectacular, Disenfranchising Failure”

July 26, 2012, 2:20 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, voter registrationRick Hasen

If you can get past the hyperbole and breathlessness, this Brad Blog post offers some important factual correctives (many from sunshine act requests) about the Florida voter purge. Bottom line: very few non-citizens removed from rolls and very little proof… Continue reading

“Pennsylvania Governor Can’t Recall Requirements Of Voter ID Law He Signed”

July 26, 2012, 10:22 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

TPM reports.

“Phantom Menace: The hunt for proof of voting fraud”

July 26, 2012, 8:48 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Isaiah Thompson has written this piece for the Philadelphia Citypaper.

Question of the Night: Pa Voter ID

July 25, 2012, 9:13 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

We don’t know what will happen in the state voter id challenge, going against the new law on state constitutional grounds. If it is true that the Pennsylvania voter identification law will disenfranchise so many people who do not have… Continue reading