Category Archives: voter id

“Voter Identification and Nonvoting in Wisconsin—Evidence from the 2016 Election”

December 5, 2019, 7:41 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Michael G. DeCrescenzo and Kenneth R. Mayer have written this article for ELJ. Here is the abstract: How much did Wisconsin’s voter identification requirement matter in 2016? We conducted a survey of registered nonvoters in the counties surrounding the cities… Continue reading

“Civil rights activists seek block on state’s voter ID law. Judge in Winston-Salem says she will decide quickly.”

December 4, 2019, 11:26 amvoter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Winston-Salem Journal: For the second time in four years, a version of North Carolina’s election law was in federal court, this time based on allegations that if enacted, black and Latino voters would be disenfranchised.Attorneys for the North Carolina NAACP… Continue reading

“Do I need a REAL ID to vote?”

September 17, 2019, 10:26 amelection administration, voter idRick Hasen

Helpful info from VoteRiders.

8th Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Holds District Court Erred in Granting Preliminary Injunction Barring Parts of North Dakota Voter ID Law That Affected Native American Voters; Leaves Open Room for As-Applied Challenge on Remand

July 31, 2019, 11:28 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Here is the appellate opinion in Brakebill v. Jaeger.

“Judges won’t block voter ID law for 2020, but lawsuit will continue”

July 20, 2019, 11:21 amvoter idJustin Levitt

The denial of a preliminary injunction in North Carolina. The opinion is here … with not much by way of explanation.

“Iowa’s voter ID law trial begins: Opposing lawyers emphasize unnecessary hurdles and election integrity”

June 24, 2019, 8:51 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

The Des Moines Register reports.

Does Voter Suppression Really Suppress Voting?

May 5, 2019, 4:51 amvoter idDan Tokaji

The WSJ Editorial Board thinks not: Democrats accuse Republicans of suppressing the minority vote with laws to ensure ballot integrity. But then how do they explain record minority turnout last November? If Republicans were trying to stop minorities from voting,… Continue reading

North Carolina: “Fix proposed so student IDs can be used for voting”

April 10, 2019, 5:56 amelection administration, voter idRick Hasen

WRAL: Legislation meant to work around a problem the state has had getting college IDs approved for voting identification was filed Tuesday.Lawmakers had been promising this fix. Most of the state’s universities failed to satisfy legal requirements set out… Continue reading

North Carolina: “No voter ID approval for 12 UNC campuses, including Chapel Hill”

March 16, 2019, 10:56 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

WRAL: Student IDs from a dozen University of North Carolina schools, including UNC-Chapel Hill, didn’t get the signoff they needed Friday for students to use them at the polls during the 2020 elections.With a deadline in state law passing,… Continue reading

Stay of NC State Ct Order Voiding Voter ID Amendment Because Enacted by Impermissibly Gerrymandered Legislature

March 6, 2019, 3:03 pmredistricting, voter idJustin Levitt

On February 22, Rick noted that a North Carolina state trial court had voided a constitutional amendment pertaining to voter ID, because the amendment had been put on the ballot by a legislature elected pursuant to an unconstitutional gerrymander. … Continue reading

Changes Coming to Wisconsin Voter ID Process?

March 6, 2019, 3:02 pmvoter idJustin Levitt

There’s been ongoing litigation over the legality of Wisconsin’s voter ID rule (and other changes to Wisconsin election law). And by “ongoing,” I mean largely “in stasis”: opinions from the trial court were issued in July 2016 (and partially stayed… Continue reading

Breaking: North Carolina State Court Rules State Voter ID Constitutional Amendment is Void Because Enacted by a Racially Gerrymandered Legislature; Not Clear if Ruling Will Stand

February 22, 2019, 2:22 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Release: The Wake County Superior Court today ruled that the illegally gerrymandered North Carolina General Assembly did not have legal authority to place constitutional amendments on the ballot because it did not act with the full will of the… Continue reading

New NBER Study Finds Voter ID Laws Have Little to No Effect on Voter Turnout or Fraud Prevention

February 11, 2019, 4:35 pmvoter idRick Hasen

New paper: Strict ID Laws Don’t Stop Voters: Evidence from a U.S. Nationwide Panel, 2008-2016 Enrico Cantoni, Vincent Pons NBER Working Paper No. 25522Issued in February 2019NBER Program(s):Political Economy U.S. states increasingly require identification to vote – an… Continue reading

NBER Study Finds Rhode Island Voter ID Law Depressed Turnout, Especially Among Young, Minority, Poor Voters

February 4, 2019, 7:53 amelection administration, voter idRick Hasen

NBER: Effects of Photo ID Laws on Registration and Turnout: Evidence from Rhode IslandFrancesco Maria Esposito, Diego Focanti, Justine S. HastingsNBER Working Paper No. 25503Issued in January 2019NBER Program(s):Law and Economics, Public Economics… Continue reading

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