Category Archives: voter id
“NC Republicans reveal their voter ID proposal”
News & Observer:
Boards of elections would provide registration cards with photos, and students at North Carolina’s public universities would be able to use their school IDs to vote under a draft voter ID bill that Republican legislators released Tuesday.… Continue reading
Tokaji: A Grand Election Bargain That Everyone Should Support
In collaboration with Take Care, Election Law Blog is pleased to present a series of posts offering thoughts on legislation to reform the U.S. electoral process.
Election reform is back on Congress’s agenda. Having won control of the U.S.… Continue reading
“North Dakota Voter ID Law Stands After Last-Ditch Lawsuit”
NYT:
The judge, Daniel L. Hovland of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, wrote in a brief, two-page order that it was simply too close to Election Day to do so. He noted that “federal… Continue reading
Is Texas Doing Enough to Promote Voter ID As It Promised to Do?
This looks like something good for a journalist to follow up on. A reader writes: “Texas apparently no longer interested in making voter ID available.I’ve been looking at Texas’s voter ID page (http://www.votetexas.gov/mobile/eic/index.htm) and noticed that, as of… Continue reading
Missouri: “Voter ID ruling has election authorities worried about confusion at polls”
Missourian:
As the Nov. 6 general election approaches, a new shake-up regarding voter identification laws has election authorities across Missouri — including in Boone County — on their toes.
Cole County Judge Richard Callahan on Tuesday blocked provisions of the… Continue reading
“Arkansas Supreme Court upholds revised voter ID law”
AP:
Arkansas’ highest court on Thursday upheld a voter ID law that is nearly identical to a restriction struck down by the court four years ago.
The 5-2 decision from the Arkansas Supreme Court means the law, which requires voters… Continue reading
Missouri State Court Strikes Portions of Law Related to Voter ID Requirements
The court’s opinion and order is here.
Breaking: Supreme Court, on 6-2 Vote, Allows North Dakota to Enforce Its Voter ID Law Address Requirement Alleged to Discriminate Against Native American Voters
Justices Ginsburg and Kagan (but surprisingly not Justice Sotomayor) dissented, citing the Purcell Principle. Justice Kavanaugh did not participate.
Breaking: #SCOTUS allows North Dakota voter ID requirement, which had been enjoined during the primaries, to be enforced during the general… Continue reading
“Why the right to vote is not enshrined in the Constitution”
Vox has this interview with Allan Lichtman, discussing what he thinks was the Framers’ biggest mistake.
“For Older Voters, Getting The Right ID Can Be Especially Tough”
NPR reports on the work of Spread the Vote, one of the two main national organizations (VoteRiders is the other) helping eligible voters get the IDs they need.
Iowa State Court Temporarily Enjoins Voting Restrictions and Rules as Violation of the State Constitution
Read the order granting a preliminary injunction and a related order. The orders relate to signature matching requirements for absentee ballots, the time to cast such ballots, and voter id requirements.
North Carolina: “NAACP threatens to sue over charter school law and voter ID requirement”
“How Justice Kennedy’s Successor Will Wreak Havoc on Voting Rights and American Democracy”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Justice Anthony Kennedy, who announced his retirement from the Supreme Court last week, was certainly the “swing justice” in key cases on major issues from abortion to gay rights. But when… Continue reading