“Dan McGrath fears ninjas, hopes for HAL”
Max Hailperin offers this perspective on the fight over Minnesota voter id.
Category Archives: voter id
“Impact of States’ Voter Laws Can Be Difficult to Identify”
WSJ’s “Number’s Guy” has written this column.
“Pa. ads create confusion and fear on voter ID, voting rights advocates say”
WaPo: “Despite an Oct. 2 ruling by a Pennsylvania judge putting the state’s new voter ID law on hold, a series of misleading ads and announcements is creating confusion and fear among residents two weeks before Election Day, civil… Continue reading
‘Republican election officials raise red flag over phony IDs”
“Filling in blanks about voter ID; Both sides in Minnesota’s voter photo identification debate try to paint pictures about how life would look if the requirement passes November 6, but the real picture has yet to be painted. “
Relying in Part on Bush v. Gore, Obama Campaign Pushes for Ohio Early Voting in Supreme Court
Via SCOTUSBlog, comes a link to the Obama opposition to the State of Ohio’s emergency application to Justice Kagan (and presumably the Supreme Court) to put on hold the Sixth Circuit’s recent order requiring Ohio county election officials to offer… Continue reading
“As Election Day nears, voter ID laws still worry some, encourage others”
“Judge hears senator’s photo ID complaint against Ritchie”
Star-Tribune: “A state senator who sponsored the proposed photo ID constitutional amendment took his beef against Secretary of State Mark Ritchie to a judge on Friday. Sen. Scott Newman, R-Hutchinson, filed a complaint accusing Ritchie, a DFLer who opposes the… Continue reading
“Confusion Sown in Pennsylvania by Lingering Voter-ID Ads”
“Federal Court Blocks Voter ID Law in South Carolina, but Only for Now”
“Federal Court: In South Carolina We Trust”
Andrew Cohen blogs at The Atlantic.
“Court approves South Carolina voter ID law for 2013”
Analysis: 3-Judge Court Unanimously Preclears South Carolina Voter ID Law, But Delays Implementation Until 2013
You can find the opinion at this link. Here’s Judge Kavanaugh’s summary paragraph:
In short, Act R54 allows citizens with non-photo voter registration cards to still vote without a photo ID so long as they state the reason for… Continue reading