Scheduled to Be on WHYY Radio Times
Wed. at 10:40 am eastern, talking PA voter id and Voting Rights Amendments Act.
As always media appearances subject to last minute change.
Category Archives: voter id
Ruling on Pa. voter ID unlikely to be the last word”
“Pennsylvania’s voter ID law isn’t dead yet”
“The Uncertain Future of Voter ID Laws”
More Coverage of PA Voter ID Decision
Election Assistance Commission Issues Controversial Decision Without Commissioners and Approaching Midnight Deadline
In an ongoing dispute between the federal government and the states of Arizona and Kansas over voter registration (which already earlier made it to the Supreme Court), the U.S. Election Assistance Commission issued a decision only minutes before a court-imposed… Continue reading
Early Coverage and Commentary on PA Voter ID Decision
Ari Berman
AP
HuffPo
Weigel
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Politico
MSNBC
More links to come
Here is my initial analysis.
Initial Thoughts on Today’s Ruling Striking Down Pa’s Voter ID Law on State Grounds
I have now had a chance to skim the 103-page Pa. trial court ruling striking down Pa’s voter id law—I will have to give a closer reading later in the day when I have the time. But here are a… Continue reading
“N.C. wants voting law emails kept secret”
MSNBC: “North Carolina is asking a federal judge to keep secret Republican state lawmakers’ communications as they pushed through the nation’s most restrictive voting law last summer.”
As I’ve explained in this recent essay, the attempt to bail… Continue reading
Need for Precision Dep’t
Sen. John Cornyn (twitter): “Someone tell Holder voter fraud is real and Voter ID is needed to protect the integrity of the vote http://www.krgv.com/news/3-charged-in-federal-voter-fraud-case/ …”
Michael Li (Texas Redistricting): “.@JohnCornyn @MattMackowiak – Umm, the Texas voter ID law… Continue reading
California Voter ID Initiative Goes into Circulation
“With the Supreme Court’s OK, states begin imposing new laws to limit the vote”
Steven Seidenberg has written this extensive article for the ABA Journal.
“‘If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn’t I Need ID to Vote?’ How to respond to an ubiquitous, and misleading, question about voting rights”
NC Voting with MSNBC’s Karen Finney & Penda Hair
The Advancement Project’s Penda Hair (who is representing the NC NAACP) and I were on Karen Finney’s most recent show to talk about NC’s new law (ID, cuts to early voting and same day registration, and more). Last week a… Continue reading