Category Archives: voter id

“New NC voter ID law levies restrictions on private colleges’ ID cards”

December 26, 2018, 8:26 amvoter idRick Hasen

The Chronicle: A new voter ID law will require photo identification to cast a ballot in North Carolina. Earlier drafts of the bill disallowed students at private colleges in the state—such as Duke—from using their college ID card to… Continue reading

“Multiple Indiana voting laws on trial in federal court”

December 12, 2018, 8:21 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Indiana Lawyer: Indianapolis attorney Robbin Stewart was raised to value the right to vote. In his home state of Delaware, Stewart watched his mother work as a citizen lobbyist to protect the environment, and he got his first taste… Continue reading

Three on NC Voter ID from WRAL

November 27, 2018, 7:10 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Editorial: Open access to N.C. polls needs to be part of voter ID script (Capitol Broadcasting) — If there’s one thing state legislative leaders should realize from Monday’s legislative committee meeting, it is that it will take more… Continue reading

“4 ways NC lawmakers can make a voter ID bill less than awful”

November 26, 2018, 7:36 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

News & Observer editorial.

“NC Republicans reveal their voter ID proposal”

November 20, 2018, 7:40 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

News & Observer: Boards of elections would provide registration cards with photos, and students at North Carolina’s public universities would be able to use their school IDs to vote under a draft voter ID bill that Republican legislators released Tuesday.… Continue reading

Tokaji: A Grand Election Bargain That Everyone Should Support

November 20, 2018, 12:21 pmlegislation and legislatures, voter id, voter registrationDan Tokaji

In collaboration with Take Care, Election Law Blog is pleased to present a series of posts offering thoughts on legislation to reform the U.S. electoral process. Election reform is back on Congress’s agenda. Having won control of the U.S.… Continue reading

“North Dakota Voter ID Law Stands After Last-Ditch Lawsuit”

November 2, 2018, 8:21 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

NYT: The judge, Daniel L. Hovland of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, wrote in a brief, two-page order that it was simply too close to Election Day to do so. He noted that “federal… Continue reading

Is Texas Doing Enough to Promote Voter ID As It Promised to Do?

October 22, 2018, 10:53 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

This looks like something good for a journalist to follow up on. A reader writes: “Texas apparently no longer interested in making voter ID available.I’ve been looking at Texas’s voter ID page (http://www.votetexas.gov/mobile/eic/index.htm) and noticed that, as of… Continue reading

Missouri: “Voter ID ruling has election authorities worried about confusion at polls”

October 14, 2018, 9:31 amelection administration, voter idRick Hasen

Missourian: As the Nov. 6 general election approaches, a new shake-up regarding voter identification laws has election authorities across Missouri — including in Boone County — on their toes. Cole County Judge Richard Callahan on Tuesday blocked provisions of the… Continue reading

“Arkansas Supreme Court upholds revised voter ID law”

October 12, 2018, 6:50 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

AP: Arkansas’ highest court on Thursday upheld a voter ID law that is nearly identical to a restriction struck down by the court four years ago. The 5-2 decision from the Arkansas Supreme Court means the law, which requires voters… Continue reading

Missouri State Court Strikes Portions of Law Related to Voter ID Requirements

October 9, 2018, 3:28 pmvoter idRick Hasen

The court’s opinion and order is here.

Breaking: Supreme Court, on 6-2 Vote, Allows North Dakota to Enforce Its Voter ID Law Address Requirement Alleged to Discriminate Against Native American Voters

October 9, 2018, 1:22 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Justices Ginsburg and Kagan (but surprisingly not Justice Sotomayor) dissented, citing the Purcell Principle. Justice Kavanaugh did not participate. Breaking: #SCOTUS allows North Dakota voter ID requirement, which had been enjoined during the primaries, to be enforced during the general… Continue reading

“Why the right to vote is not enshrined in the Constitution”

September 19, 2018, 3:54 amvoter idDan Tokaji

Vox has this interview with Allan Lichtman, discussing what he thinks was the Framers’ biggest mistake.

“For Older Voters, Getting The Right ID Can Be Especially Tough”

September 10, 2018, 2:09 amvoter idJustin Levitt

NPR reports on the work of Spread the Vote, one of the two main national organizations (VoteRiders is the other) helping eligible voters get the IDs they need.