Category Archives: voter id
“Federal court questions whether Texas voter ID law can offer accommodations”
WaPo:
With the U.S. Supreme Court watching, judges on a federal appeals court here Tuesday questioned whether accommodations could be made to protect minority voters and still save Texas’s strictest-in-the-nation voter ID law in time for the presidential contest… Continue reading
Sounds Like Texas Voter ID En Banc 5th Circuit Argument Too Close To Call
According to Jason Steed, who attended the argument.
“Five Years Later, Voter ID Suit Still Moving Forward”
Texas Tribune curtain raiser on Texas voter id en banc hearing this morning before the 5th circuit.
“Why the Fifth Circuit’s Decision This Week Could Decide the Fate of Texas’ Voter ID Law”
KUT:
On Tuesday a federal appeals court will take a second look at Texas’ controversial voter ID law. It’s one of the biggest voting rights battles ahead of this year’s presidential election, and a ruling from this court could… Continue reading
“Getting a photo ID so you can vote is easy. Unless you’re poor, black, Latino or elderly”
Sari Horwitz for WaPo:
In November, 17 states will have voting restrictions in place for the first time in a presidential election. Eleven of those states will require their residents to show a photo ID. They include swing states… Continue reading
“Testimony: Minorities bear brunt of voter ID law”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Minority voters represent a big share of those seeking free photo IDs under the state’s new voter ID law and may also make up the great majority of those who experience the most problems getting one, under… Continue reading
“In federal court, Wisconsin DMV administrator outlines challenges in issuing free voter IDs”
The Cap Times:
People who die waiting for a state-issued voter ID are recorded as a “customer-initiated cancellation” by the state Department of Motor Vehicles, a DMV official testified Thursday.
On the fourth day of a trial challenging a series … Continue reading
More on the Judge Who Decided the Va. Voter ID Case
Lots of readers asking me to highlight Judge Henry Hudson’s history in light of yesterday’s Va. voter id decision.
“U.S. judge upholds Virginia voter ID law”
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
A federal judge has upheld Virginia’s voter ID law challenged by the Democratic Party of Virginia and two voters alleging the Republican-controlled state legislature enacted it to curb the number of young and minority voters.
“Mindful that… Continue reading
“Ex-GOP staffer says senators were ‘giddy’ over voter ID law”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
A trial over Wisconsin’s voting laws kicked off Monday with a former aide to a Republican state senator testifying that GOP senators were giddy over the prospect of passing the state’s voter ID law in 2011.
Todd Allbaugh,… Continue reading
4th Circuit Will Hear North Carolina Voting Appeal June 21
Via Josh Gerstein comes this oral argument notice.
“Court hearing begins on Wisconsin election-law changes”
WSAU:
A court hearing that challenges changes to Wisconsin election laws begins today in federal court in Madison.
Judge James Peterson will hear testimony over the next week in a case brought to Citizen Action of Wisconsin and the… Continue reading
“Stevens says Supreme Court decision on voter ID was correct, but maybe not right”
Bob Barnes for WaPo:
Stevens, who was joined by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, mentioned a dozen times in the opinion that it was based on “the record” in the case.
“I learned a… Continue reading