Category Archives: voter id

Breaking: 5th Circuit to Hear Texas Voter ID Case En Banc, And This Could Be Final Court to Hear Case

March 9, 2016, 3:15 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

It is not clear what internal deliberations were taking place at the 5th Circuit which took the Court more than 5 months to issue this order, but the full 5th Circuit will consider Veasey v. Abbott en banc by the … Continue reading

“Essay: Softening Voter Id Laws Through Litigation: Is it Enough?”

March 8, 2016, 7:48 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

I have written this draft which I will be presenting at a conference, “Casting Votes, Counting Votes for Election 2016: Democracy and Law in Action,” April 1-2, 2016, sponsored by The Institute for Legal Studies at the University… Continue reading

“The History of Voter ID Laws and the Story of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board”

March 4, 2016, 7:01 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Josh Douglas has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Election Law Stories). Here is the abstract: Voter ID has become one of the biggest hot-button issues in American politics. Everyone accepts that this issue is a major battleground. Yet where… Continue reading

“Election Officials Help North Carolina Voters Tackle Confusing Voter ID Laws”

March 4, 2016, 6:56 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

NPR’s Pam Fessler reports.

“Voters Were Blocked From the Polls on Super Tuesday by New Restrictions”

March 3, 2016, 2:06 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ari Berman: The 2016 election is the first in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act. Texas is a perfect case study of what has happened since the Supreme Court gutted the VRA. Clark… Continue reading

“Voter ID laws again are gaining traction in the Missouri legislature”

March 2, 2016, 8:13 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

The Kansas City Star reports.

“State official says he’s unaware of any voter impersonation in past 20 years”

February 27, 2016, 7:56 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

The Richmond Times-Dispatch with a dog bites man story.

“63,756 Reasons Racism Is Still Alive in South Carolina”

February 26, 2016, 5:00 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Ari Berman: Larrie Butler, a 90-year-old African-American man, was born in Calhoun County, South Carolina, at a time when the South was segregated during Jim Crow. He moved to Maryland after serving in the military and attending college, but… Continue reading

“Expert witness testifies that there is no justification for Va. photo ID law”

February 25, 2016, 7:59 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.

“Justice Ann Walsh Bradley: Uncle who served at Iwo Jima unable to vote”

February 24, 2016, 7:40 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: A state Supreme Court justice on Tuesday urged Gov. Scott Walker to allow people to use veterans ID cards to vote after her uncle who fought at Iwo Jima was unable to cast a ballot in last… Continue reading

“Trial begins on lawsuit challenging Virginia voter ID law”

February 23, 2016, 7:58 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Richmond Times-Dispatch: A 69-year-old black woman who grew up in a small, segregated city wept on the witness stand Monday as she testified about the trouble she had voting in 2014 because she could not comply with Virginia’s voter… Continue reading

“Virginia’s voter ID law faces challenge in federal trial”

February 22, 2016, 8:29 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Reuters: A Virginia law requiring voters to show photo identification goes on trial in federal court Monday, with Democratic officials claiming it is discriminatory and aimed at keeping party voters from casting ballots. Defenders of the 2013 Virginia law… Continue reading

“Voter ID will get test as primary features key local, statewide races”

February 15, 2016, 2:47 pmelection administration, voter idRick Hasen

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports.

Caution on the Hajnal Voter ID Paper

February 10, 2016, 8:20 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

This paper differs from others in finding great partisan and racial effects of voter id laws. It has been getting a lot of attention from the left, as proof that these laws have a big suppressive effect. The study… Continue reading