Category Archives: voter id

“Texas back in court on ‘discriminatory’ voter ID law”; 5th Circuit Panel Draw is Higginbotham, Jones, and Graves

December 4, 2017, 8:01 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Oral argument before the 5th Circuit Tuesday in Veasey case on the intentional discrimination question. With Judges Edith Jones and James Graves on the panel, there is likely to be a dissent, given how each voted in the last … Continue reading

North Carolina Republican Leader Contemplates Voter ID Constitutional Amendment

November 22, 2017, 7:41 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

It never ends. On the last voter id law passed by the NC general assembly, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit concluded: “Although the new provisions target African Americans with almost surgical precision, they constitute inapt… Continue reading

LDF Files Response to Alabama’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Alabama Photo Voter ID Law Case

November 9, 2017, 7:23 amThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here.

Timing is Everything Dep’t: 5th Circuit Denies Request for Initial En Banc Consideration of Texas Voter ID Case

October 11, 2017, 6:19 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has denied a request by opponents of Texas’s strict voter id law to have the state’s appeal of the ruling holding the law illegal and enacted with racially discriminatory purpose… Continue reading

Putting ID in the hands of voters

October 7, 2017, 2:17 pmvoter idJustin Levitt

When I’ve spoken about voter ID rules in the past, I’ve consistently been asked why advocates haven’t put time and energy into helping people without the right ID get the right ID. And while it’s next to impossible for direct… Continue reading

The other costs of voter ID

October 6, 2017, 8:16 pmvoter idJustin Levitt

1/9 Texas has spent more than *$4 million* to date defending its #voterID law, according to #s I received in a public records request today — Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) October 5, 2017

Careful New Study Finds at Least Thousands in Two Wisconsin Counties Didn’t Vote Because of Voter ID Requirements, Confusion Over Them

September 25, 2017, 3:40 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Careful new study led by Ken Mayer: A survey of registered voters in Dane and Milwaukee Counties who did not vote in the 2016 presidential election found that 11.2% of eligible nonvoting registrants were deterred by the Wisconsin’s voter ID… Continue reading

Trump DOJ, Again Siding with Texas in Voter ID Case, Opposes Having Entire 5th Circuit Hear Appeal Initially

September 19, 2017, 7:28 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Full throated defense of Texas’s current position in this litigation, a 180 from where DOJ was during the Obama administration.

5th Circuit En Banc Won’t Consider Reinstating Block of Texas Voter ID Law, For Now

September 11, 2017, 12:08 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Last week I reported that a 5th Circuit motions panel, on a 2-1 vote, allowed Texas to enforce its revised voter id law pending appeal in the case. The court put this stay in place this even though the trial… Continue reading

Breaking: Challengers in Texas Voter ID Case Seek 5th Circuit En Banc Review of Stay Order and Full Review of Case

September 8, 2017, 1:24 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The other day I reported that a 5th Circuit motions panel, on a 2-1 vote, allowed Texas to enforce its revised voter id law pending appeal in the case. The court did this even though the trial court found Texas… Continue reading

5th Circuit Sets Oral Argument in Texas Voter ID Case for December, After First Setting It in November

September 6, 2017, 12:12 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Chuck Lindell with the schedule.

5th Circuit Motions Panel, on 2-1 Vote, Allows Texas to Enforce Its Revised ID Law Pending Appeal

September 5, 2017, 5:48 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Via Josh Gerstein comes news of this order in the long-running Texas voter ID litigation. Judges Jerry Smith and Jennifer Elrod held that Texas is likely to succeed on the merits because its new voter id legislation (SB 5) is… Continue reading

“Vulnerable Communities Lose Critical Documentation in Natural Disasters’ Wake”

September 1, 2017, 11:47 amvoter idRick Hasen

Citylab, with the subhead: “Texas’s S.B. 5 voting ID law, struck down last week, could have had serious consequences for minority voters impacted by Tropical Storm Harvey.”

Trump DOJ Argues Texas Should Be Allowed to Enforce Voter ID Law Court Struck Down Pending Appeal, Despite Intentional Discrimination Finding

September 1, 2017, 6:57 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

New filing in the 5th Circuit does not even recognize that the trial court found Texas engaged in intentional racial discrimination in passing its voter id law and substitute, and that this finding allows for a broader remedy under the… Continue reading

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