An underrecognized bureaucratic hurdle to get photo ID
It’s an anecdote involving a renegade DMV clerk, yes. But it happened. And now you can add “Pap smear” to the list of prerequisites.
Category Archives: voter id
New Kansas photo ID lawsuit filed
Trying to keep Texas company, I suppose. From this report:
Hamner and Spry, who didn’t have a government-issued identity card with a photograph proving they were Kansans in good standing, voted with provisional ballots in November 2012. Their… Continue reading
New voter ID suit in Texas
Michael Li brings word of a new lawsuit filed this morning against Texas’s strict photo ID law, under the Constitution and section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Fret not, BigLaw, there’s still business for your pro bono.
“Supreme Court ruling sets stage for voter ID battle”
Politico on Shelby County and photo ID.
More on topic from Mississippi.
The New Republic also has a piece on individuals seeking ID in South Carolina. Note: I don’t see a legal reason why yesterday’s decision should change South… Continue reading
Shelby County and Texas
As usual, Michael Li breaks down the ramifications of today’s decision for all of the continuing controversy in Texas.
One of the curiosities: Texas redrew state and federal district lines in 2011. A DC federal court denied preclearance for those… Continue reading
“Photo ID now required for voting in Texas”
From the Texas Secretary of State:
Texas Secretary of State John Steen today announced that photo identification will now be required when voting in Texas elections. His announcement follows a decision Tuesday by the U.S. Supreme Court that cleared… Continue reading
No VRA section 5 opinion today
SCOTUSblog is reporting that Shelby County, the case about section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, is not one of today’s opinions. So stay tuned for Thursday (or before, if the Court announces another opinion day. There are six cases… Continue reading
“The Court and States in the Age of Voter ID”
Bob Bauer:
So this is the question being debated about the Court opinion in the Arizona voting law pre-emption case: is it a major victory for the federal government, or just a win in this case, with the longer term… Continue reading
“This Time, Scalia Doesn’t Want to See Your Papers”
Read Emily Bazelon on today’s Arizona voting decision.
“Are States Delaying Voter ID Enactment to Duck Federal Racial Review?”
“House Democrats, Senate Republicans far apart – for now – on voter ID reforms”
The latest from NH.
“Lawmakers are negotiating a possible deal on election law changes”
The latest from Wisconsin.
“Voter ID, shorter absentee balloting proposed”
The latest from Wisconsin.