“Virginia’s Voter ID Bill A Solution In Search Of A Problem”
TPM reports.
Category Archives: voter id
“The Real Fraud Behind Photo ID”
Lee Rowland: “When you scratch beneath the surface, you see that O’Keefe and others who make a living crying “fraud!” resort to manufacturing evidence of voter fraud that doesn’t otherwise exist — and potentially commit fraud in the process.… Continue reading
“Steady demand reported for student voter ID cards”
News from Madison: “Requests for the new UW–Madison voter identification card have been steady as the first election since the requirement that voters show photo identification at the polls approaches.”
“Two fears drive fight on photo ID”
Important Star-Tribune report.
“Judge refuses to halt new voter ID law, but trial date to Be Set”
Wisconsin State Journal:“A Dane County judge on Wednesday refused to immediately halt Wisconsin’s new voter ID law, but left the door open for two Milwaukee groups to prove their case at a trial before him….’The fact that this burden… Continue reading
“Photo ID requirement moving ahead around the U.S”
MPR talks to Doug Chapin.
Moneyed Interests Behind Voter ID Law Push in MN?
See this report.
“Oops: Florida Republican Forgets To Remove ALEC Mission Statement From Boilerplate Anti-Tax Bill”
There has been a lot of controversy lately about the role that the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council has played in helping to pass voter identification bills in states with Republican majorities. While this item is not about voter id.,… Continue reading
“Why South Carolina’s Voter ID Suit Could Be Bound For The Supreme Court”
TPM reports.
“Four Georgia Senators Introduce Bill to Require Petition Signers to Show Government Photo-ID”
Ballot Access News reports.
The Modest South Carolina Suit Against DOJ’s Blocking of Its Voter ID Law
The South Carolina complaint has now been filed challenging the Department of Justice’s denial of its voter id law as a violation of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
I had expected South Carolina to make a frontal attack… Continue reading
South Carolina Sues DOJ Over Voter ID Law
See here. Anyone have the complaint?
“Opponents criticize effort to move up start date of citizenship requirement for voter registration”
Newsfrom Kansas: “Kansas is ill-prepared to ensure poor, elderly, minority and transient Kansans have convenient access to documents and ID cards that will allow them to cast a ballot in elections this year, voter advocates said this morning.”
“Voter ID bill passes Va. Senate with Bolling tiebreaker”
AP: “Legislation forcing voters to bring identification to Virginia polling places on election day won Senate passage Monday after Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling broke a 20-20 partisan deadlock.”