Category Archives: voter id
“Arkansas Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments In Voter ID Case”
“Cooper asks US Supreme Court to block federal appeals court ruling on elections law”
Question of the Day: Texas Voter ID Edition
So let’s say you are the federal district judge inclined to issue an opinion striking down Texas’s voter id law. Do you issue something now, barring its use in the upcoming election (raising the ubiquitous Purcell issue aside from the… Continue reading
Breaking: North Carolina Files Emergency #SCOTUS Petition in Same Day Voting, Precinct Voting Case: Analysis
I have now had a chance to read North Carolina’s 32-page petition (with an extensive appendix) asking for the Supreme Court to reverse an order issued by the 4th Circuit on a 2-1 vote requiring North Carolina to restore same… Continue reading
Justice Kagan Orders Wisconsin to Respond in Voter ID Case
Texas Judge Sues Texas in State Court Claiming Voter ID Law Violates State Constitution
This is a strange one.
“Voter ID law in Wisconsin challenged”
Lyle Denniston reports for SCOTUSBlog. My analysis of the filing is here.
“Three years later, Pentagon unit still hides Internet voting test results”
McClatchy: “A nonprofit watchdog group is suing an obscure Defense Department unit over its failure for three years to disclose the results of testing on the security safeguards of Internet voting systems that are increasingly being used to cast… Continue reading
Breaking: Challengers to WI Voter ID Law Seek Emergency SCOTUS Order: Analysis
The challengers to Wisconsin’s voter identification law have filed a very strong and persuasive 26 page brief in the Supreme Court asking the judges to put Wisconsin’s voter id law back on hold for this election, regardless of what ultimately… Continue reading
The Challenging #SCOTUS Argument of Voting Rights Advocates on Last-Minute Election Changes
If, as expected, challengers to WI voter id law go to the Supreme Court seeking to stop the immediate use of Wisconsin’s new voting law for the election coming up in a few weeks, I expect their main argument… Continue reading
“2 New Limits on Voting in North Carolina Are Rejected by U.S. Court”
NYT reports.
My earlier analysis of this ruling is here. See also my Race or Party? How Courts Should Think About Republican Efforts to Make it Harder to Vote in North Carolina and Elsewhere, 127 Harvard… Continue reading
“Rigging the Game for Wisconsin’s Voter ID Supporters”
NC Gov. McCrory Says NC Going to SCOTUS in Voting Case
News and Observer:
Gov. Pat McCrory also announced plans to appeal the reinstatement of the two provisions to the U.S. Supreme Court.
“I am pleased that the major parts of this popular and common sense bill were left intact and… Continue reading