Category Archives: voter id

“How Justice Kennedy’s Successor Will Wreak Havoc on Voting Rights and American Democracy”

July 2, 2018, 11:34 amcampaign finance, Scalia, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: Justice Anthony Kennedy, who announced his retirement from the Supreme Court last week, was certainly the “swing justice” in key cases on major issues from abortion to gay rights. But when… Continue reading

A Sign of the Changed 5th Circuit: Texas Voter ID Case Ends with No Petition for Rehearing En Banc from Voting Rights Plaintiffs

June 20, 2018, 8:01 amThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

With no fanfare, the mandate issued from the 5th Circuit in the Texas voter ID case yesterday, ending the appeal. As I wrote back in April, the panel issued a “fundamentally disingenuous opinion” by Judge Edith Jones, which was… Continue reading

Eighth Circuit, Citing Purcell Principle About Not Changing Election Rules Close to Elections, Rejects North Dakota’s Attempt to Revive Voter ID Law for Now

June 8, 2018, 6:40 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Order: The State of North Dakota moves to stay the district court’s injunction of April 3, 2018, concerning certain subsections of the North Dakota elections statute, N.D.C.C. § 16.1-01- 04.1. Based primarily on the imminent primary election date of June… Continue reading

“Amendment would put voter ID in NC constitution”

June 7, 2018, 1:47 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

WRAL: House Speaker Tim Moore and other House Republicans a filed a proposed constitutional amendment Thursday afternoon to ensconce a voter ID rule in the state constitution. The bill would ask voters to decide this November whether to add this… Continue reading

Roundup on Stories About Texas Voter ID Decision

April 30, 2018, 10:12 amThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Howard has it. And see my earlier post on the case, which begins: In what I consider to be a fundamentally disingenuous analysis by 5th Circuit Judge Edith Jones, a divided 5th Circuit panel has not only held that Texas’s… Continue reading

“Texas’ Voter ID Law Does Not Discriminate and Can Stand, Appeals Panel Rules”

April 27, 2018, 8:00 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Manny Fernandez reports for the NY Times.

5th Circuit ID ruling … and the Texas redistricting case.

April 27, 2018, 5:02 pmelection administration, election law and constitutional law, redistricting, voter id, Voting Rights ActJustin Levitt

Earlier today, Rick noted the 5th Circuit’s opinion on Texas’s voter ID law. I agree with much of his critique of the court’s resolution of the section 3(c) preclearance issue. In my post on the Texas redistricting cases earlier… Continue reading

Breaking and Analysis: Divided 5th Circuit Rejects Latest Challenge to Texas’s Voter ID Law, But Prospect for Further Litigation Remains

April 27, 2018, 2:14 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can find a majority opinion by Judge Jones, concurring opinion by Judge Higginbotham, and dissenting opinion by Judge Graves in Veasey v. Abbott at this link. In what I consider to be a fundamentally disingenuous analysis by 5th Circuit… Continue reading

NAACP LDF Files Brief in Eleventh Circuit on Legality of Alabama Voter ID Law.

February 21, 2018, 6:07 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Read the brief and press release.

“Lawsuit Filed Over Arkansas’ Revamped Voter ID Law”

February 7, 2018, 7:30 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

VOA: An Arkansas resident asked a judge Wednesday to strike down a new state law requiring voters show photo identification before casting a ballot, arguing the measure causes the same problems as a nearly identical state voter ID law struck… Continue reading

“Black Turnout in Alabama Complicates Debate on Voting Laws”

December 24, 2017, 12:30 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Important NYT read: But research, particularly of voter ID laws in Texas, Wisconsin and other states, provides an imprecise picture of how much similar laws suppress turnout. And Eitan Hersh, a Tufts University political scientist who contributed to the analysis… Continue reading

Trump DOJ Sides with Texas Again in Voter ID Case, Opposing Plaintiffs’ Motion to Lift Stay in Case

December 22, 2017, 12:52 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

DOJ filing: The United States opposes private plaintiffs-appellees’ motion to lift the stay pending appeal that the motions panel entered on September 5, 2017. The parties’ merits briefs and oral argument before this Court only reinforce the strong likelihood that… Continue reading

5th Circuit in Texas Voter ID Case Asks Texas to Respond to Plaintiffs’ Stay Request by 12/28

December 18, 2017, 9:07 pmvoter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Order via Raffi Melkonian.

Private Plaintiffs (But Not the U.S.) Ask 5th Circuit to Immediately Lift the Stay in the Texas Voter ID case

December 17, 2017, 4:09 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Back in September, a 5th Circuit’s motions panel, on a 2-1 vote, stayed a trial court order which would have blocked Texas from implementing its revised voter id law pending appeal. The order specifically was not binding on the panel… Continue reading