Category Archives: voter id

“Swift action needed to save same-day registration”

March 30, 2012, 12:58 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, voter registrationRick Hasen

Mark Ritchie: “The Minnesota Legislature is poised to vote on a proposed Constitutional amendment that would replace same-day voter registration with a new election system called provisional voting. Not only would this new system cost local governments tens of… Continue reading

“Voter ID challenges may be headed to Supreme Court”

March 29, 2012, 3:03 pmelection administration, voter idRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: “Two legal challenges to Wisconsin photo identification requirement for voters seem to be headed for the state’s highest court. On Wednesday, two separate appeals courts sent challenges to the law on to the state Supreme Court, which… Continue reading

“Santorum To ThinkProgress: ‘The Only Reason You Don’t Have A Voter ID Is You Want To Continue To Perpetrate Fraud’”

March 29, 2012, 3:01 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Video.

“Missouri Judge strikes down Mo. voter ID ballot summary”

March 29, 2012, 2:58 pmvoter idRick Hasen

AP reports.

“Wisconsin clerks prepare for April 3 primary; On-again, off-again voter ID law, other issues complicate prep”

March 29, 2012, 11:45 amelection administration, voter idRick Hasen

That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.

“Senate passes voter ID requirement, critics vow litigation”

March 27, 2012, 6:44 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, votingRick Hasen

MPR reports.

Three Judge Court in Texas Voter ID Challenge Puts Off Challenge to Constitutionality of Voting Rights Act, For Now

March 27, 2012, 10:24 amvoter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Court will reach issue only if it determines that Texas should be denied preclearance (via Michael Li).

“Are Voter ID Laws the New Jim Crow?”

March 27, 2012, 9:27 amelection administration, voter idRick Hasen

Brentin Mock writes for ColorLines.

“Why Do Liberals Fear Discussing the Truth of Voter ID?”

March 27, 2012, 8:02 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Michael Thielen digs himself deeper into a hole. The released chapter of my forthcoming book discusses the best academic studies available on voter i.d. The simple reason my book does not cite any evidence from the Carter-Baker commission is its… Continue reading

“Minnesota’s War on Voting”

March 26, 2012, 1:55 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Ari Berman writes for The Nation.

“New State Voter ID Laws Could Determine 2012 Election”

March 26, 2012, 1:01 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Via You Tube, “Tova Andrea Wang, Senior Democracy Fellow at Demos, and Ben Adler, writer at The Nation, talk to Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia about recently enacted laws in numerous states around the country that require voters to present… Continue reading

On Voter Impersonation for Voter ID, Evidence Even Less than Think Progress Says

March 26, 2012, 10:11 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Think Progress has a new post entitled: Texas Had ‘Fewer Than Five’ Voter Impersonation Cases Over Three Years. But that headline implies that at least one of these cases had merit. But there were only five complaints, and some… Continue reading

Krugman Takes on ALEC

March 25, 2012, 9:34 pmvoter idRick Hasen

Here.

“State tries to keep legislators from giving depositions on voter ID”

March 25, 2012, 8:31 amDepartment of Justice, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Austin American Statesman: “Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott this week asked a federal court in Washington to prevent 12 state lawmakers from giving depositions in the state’s voter identification case.”