Category Archives: voter id

DCCC Using Voting Rights Appeal from Rep. Lewis to Raise Funds

June 27, 2012, 8:26 amThe Voting Wars, voter idDan Tokaji

USA Today reports here that “[t]he campaign arm for House Democrats has turned to Rep. John Lewis to make the pitch for money to stop voter suppression tactics,” with an email that reads: “I’ve been marching and preaching and fighting… Continue reading

Mondale, Carlson to Lead Opposition to Minnesota Voter ID

June 27, 2012, 8:04 amvoter idDan Tokaji

Minnesota Public Radio reports here on the effort to defeat a state constitutional amendment to require photo ID.

“Obama Prepping Thousands of Lawyers for Election”

June 27, 2012, 7:16 amelection administration, voter idDan Tokaji

The AP has this report.

Quote of the Day

June 26, 2012, 7:14 amvoter idDan Tokaji

From Political Wire: “Pro-Second Amendment? The Castle Doctrine, it’s done. First pro-life legislation — abortion facility regulations — in 22 years, done. Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done.” — Pennsylvania… Continue reading

New Hampshire Voter ID Developments

June 23, 2012, 12:19 pmvoter idDan Tokaji

The AP, MSNBC, and the Nation report on possible next steps on proposed voter ID legislation, a version of which (SB 289) was vetoed by Gov. John Lynch this week because he thought it too restrictive.

“Left Girds for Voting Rights Battle”

June 22, 2012, 6:58 amvoter idDan Tokaji

Politico has this report on labor unions’ and civil rights groups efforts to register voters and combat laws like voter ID that they say threaten to suppress the vote.

“County Elections Board Votes To Pursue Voter ID Lawsuit”

June 19, 2012, 8:08 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

CBS: “PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — By a 2-to-1 partisan vote, the Allegheny County Board of Elections authorized the county solicitor to file a lawsuit to stop the state’s new voter photo identification law.”

“Voter Suppression Returns; Voting rights and partisan practices”

June 18, 2012, 8:59 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Alex Keyssar in Harvard Magazine: “How many people will actually be prevented from casting ballots by these laws in November? What impact will these laws have on participation? The straightforward answer is that none of us (scholars, commentators, politicians) really… Continue reading

“The Dog That Voted”

June 17, 2012, 9:52 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Must read Kevin Drum in the latest issue of Mother Jones. He traces the history of Thor Hearne’s American Center for Voting Rights, which I also discuss in some detail in the upcoming The Voting Wars.