Category Archives: voter id
“Opponents of Wisconsin voter ID law seek reversal of court’s decision”
On 7th Cir WI Voter ID: “Down to the Haywire in the Badger State”
Jon Sherman:
The court, however, was completely mistaken when it wrote that Wisconsin’s voter ID law is “materially identical” to the Indiana law upheld by the Supreme Court in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board. This is wrong in… Continue reading
Chapin on Hasen on Uniformity in Election Administration
Doug Chapin comments on my new draft paper, When is Uniformity of People, Not Counties, Appropriate in Election Administration? The Cases of Early and Sunday Voting.
Doug writes:
This is both a timely and very important contribution to a… Continue reading
“Reviving Wisconsin voter ID a ‘recipe for chaos,’ advocates warn”
Zack Roth reports for MSNBC.
7th Cir. Orders Response in WI Voter ID En Banc Motion, But Not Until Sept. 23
I am surprised that this court order gives Wisconsin so much time to respond. In the meantime, there will be a mad scramble to to try to comply with the law and getting id’s to everyone that needs them, which… Continue reading
“Voter ID Is Bad for Republicans, Too”
Bloomberg View editorial.
“WI Election Officials and Advocates Scrambling After Voter ID Reinstated”
Read the En Banc Brief in 7th Circuit Wisconsin Voter ID Case
You can find the brief at this link (via Mike Scarcella). The brief makes a compelling case, relying on the Supreme Court’s opinion in Purcell v. Gonzalez and other cases, that implementing voter id in Wisconsin at the last minute… Continue reading
“NC NAACP files complaint over state Senate leader’s ad for misleading on voter ID”
The Electoral Chaos in WI Gets Chaos-ier with Big Student Voting Issues Looming
New fight over ballot formats as en banc petition on WI voter id looms. Meanwhile, how the hell is the id law going to get off the ground with no time left. Look at how GAB head Kevin Kennedy describes… Continue reading
Ohio Files Merits Brief in 6th Circuit Early Voting Case
You can read the brief here.
No word yet that I have seen whether Ohio will go to the Supreme Court to seek a stay of the district court’s order which the 6th Circuit denied on Friday.
As Chris … Continue reading
“Electoral Chaos in Wisconsin”
Very strong NYT editorial against the last-minute 7th Circuit order to try to implement Wisconsin voter id on the fly. We are still awaiting word if there will be an emergency motion to the Supreme Court.
WI Voter ID: Electoral Chaos Begins
AP story on confusion over what to do about absentee ballots already mailed and those in holding pattern.
Friday’s 7th Circuit order was the height of irresponsibility which did not even bother to consider or mention the difficulty of rolling… Continue reading