“Virginia Is Latest Front in Democrats’ Voting Rights Battle”
Maggie Haberman reports for the NYT.
Category Archives: voter id
Breaking: Clinton Lawyer Elias Files New Voting Suit in Virginia
Via Maggie Haberman comes news of a new case filed by Marc Elias (the latest in a series of cases).
The suit is Lee v. Virginia Board of Elections, and this time the Democratic Party is a party. You… Continue reading
Think Progress Responds to GAB Spokesperson on WI Voter ID Story
Now following up on GAB Responds to Think Progress on WI Voter ID Funding Question, Think Progress sends along the following response:
Last Wednesday, as part of our ongoing coverage of voting rights across the country, our reporter attended… Continue reading
GAB Responds to Think Progress on WI Voter ID Funding Question
Following up on my post, WI Has Inadequate Funding for Voter ID Education Campaign, GAB public information officer Reid Magney reached out to say that he had issues with the facts as reported in the Think Progress piece I… Continue reading
WI Has Inadequate Funding for Voter ID Education Campaign
In an earlier post, WI GAB Has Only Tiny Budget to Get Out Word About New Voter ID Requirements, I described problems with getting the word out about Wisconsin’s new voter id law [corrected]. The GAB spokesperson responded with… Continue reading
Remember That Rare Case of Impersonation Fraud Where a Woman Got Her Son to Vote for Her Husband?
Back in 2012, I had a post , Allegation of Actual Impersonation Voter Fraud Attempt in Texas…and An Illustration of Why Such Fraud is Rare and Stupid, with a follow-up, More on the Voter Impersonation Fraud Case in Fort … Continue reading
Response from the GAB on Adequacy of Wisconsin Voter ID Funding
In response to an earlier post, WI GAB Has Only Tiny Budget to Get Out Word About New Voter ID Requirements, Reid Magney, public information officer for the GAB writes:
Your tweet about GAB generated a call from MSNBC.… Continue reading
WI GAB Has Only Tiny Budget to Get Out Word About New Voter ID Requirements
Troubling report from the GAB, indicating a budget of only $34,000 to get out the word about mandatory voter id requirements:
The G.A.B. staff does not believe that voluntary efforts and free media will be adequate to the task of… Continue reading
“Voter ID Nonsense”
Toledo Blade editorial:
Ohioans face serious threats to the integrity of our democracy: income inequality, partisan gerrymandering, big-money politics. Voter fraud is not among these threats.
Yet rather than address such pressing concerns, Republicans in the state House are… Continue reading
Listen to the Oral Argument in 5th Circuit Texas Voter ID Appeal
“Federal Appeals Court to Scrutinize Voter ID Law”
The Texas Tribune reports. More from Kuff’s World, linking to this Tim Eaton piece (in which I’m quoted) behind the Statesman paywall.
“Legal fight over voter IDs in Wisconsin continues; ACLU fights to have technical college, veteran IDs accepted for voting in Wisconsin”
“Will the Courts Finally Block Texas’ Worst-in-the-Nation Voter-ID Law?”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.