“Now the REAL Debate Can Begin: How DOJ’s SC Voter ID Objection FINALLY Brings Data to the Discussion”
Doug Chapin blogs.
Category Archives: voter id
Will Massive Voter Fraud Hit the Iowa Caucuses?
Absolutely not. But without voter id, how could members of the Fraudulent Fraud Squad be sure? Or is voter i.d. needed only in states with large, minority Democratic urban populations?
“Holder’s Voting Rights Gamble The Supreme Court’s voter ID showdown.”
I have written this Jurisprudence essay for Slate. It begins:
On the Friday before Christmas Day, the Department of Justice formally objected to a new South Carolina law requiring voters to produce an approved form of photo ID in order… Continue reading
“Holder’s Racial Politics; The AG’s attack on voter ID laws may backfire legally and politically.”
The Wall Street Journal offers this editorial.
“No Photo ID Required to Vote in GOP’s Iowa Caucus”
The Brad Blog reports.
“A Proposed Solution to Voter ID Controversy “
Curtis Gans blogs.
“Civil Rights Groups Press Justice Department To Block Other Voter ID Laws”
TPM reports. For reasons I will explain in a piece I’m working on, I don’t think the suggested strategy (DOJ sues other states for intentional discrimination in voting) is likely to work. In fact, an earlier post from TPM… Continue reading
Toobin on South Carolina and Preclearance
Here, at the New Yorker‘s Daily Comment blog.
I will have more to say on South Carolina and the VRA soon.
“New Laws in 2012: More Voter ID”
Politico reports.
“Justice Department Blocks New S.C. Voting ID Law”
NPR reports.
“Justice Department rejects South Carolina voter ID law”
“Justice Department Rejects Voter ID Law in South Carolina”
NY Times:
South Carolina now faces the choice of dropping the proposed change or asking a federal court in the District of Columbia to approve the law. Richard L. Hasen, an election law specialist at the University of California,… Continue reading
Texas AG Predicts on Twitter that DOJ Will Deny Preclearance to Texas Voter ID Law
See here. J. Christian Adams urges Texas to pull its preclearance submission. And South Carolina is going to court over the denial of preclearance of its voter id law.
“69% Say Photo ID Voting Laws Are Not Discriminatory”
New Rasmussen poll.