Category Archives: voter id

Pa. Voter ID Preview Roundup

September 13, 2012, 9:05 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Howard’s got it. I will link to stories describing today’s arguments as they become available.

“Pa. Supreme Court hearings on voter ID and redistricting to be televised”

September 12, 2012, 9:32 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Tomorrow morning is the PA voter id oral argument in the state supreme Court. The good news is that it will be televised. The bad news is that it looks like there won’t be a webcast unless you subscribe to… Continue reading

“Pennsylvania’s Bad Election Law”

September 12, 2012, 9:04 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

NYT editorial.

Politifact Rates as “Mostly False” ACLU Claim Calling Voter ID Essentially a “Modern-Day Poll Tax”

September 12, 2012, 8:55 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Read this and tell me what you think. You can leave your comments at The Voting Wars’ Reader’s Forum.

J. Christian Adams Alleges DOJ Career Attorneys Were Overruled in South Carolina Voter ID Case By Obama Political Appointees

September 11, 2012, 8:33 pmDepartment of Justice, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The story is here. Although the article refers to “internal DOJ documents” I do not see any of them posted in the story, so at this point there will be a dispute over the veracity and/or accuracy of the… Continue reading

Levitt, Heidelbaugh Talk About the Latest Election Law Controversies on Airtalk

September 11, 2012, 4:09 pmelection administration, provisional ballots, The Voting Wars, voter id, votingRick Hasen

Listen.

“Look at the history of voter ID: A case cited to support Pennsylvania’s new voter ID law instead calls it into question”

September 11, 2012, 12:29 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Jessie Allen has written this oped in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. A snippet: But Patterson is relevant in another way. It shows that a majority of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was once led to rationalize burdensome election procedures based on generalized… Continue reading

“ID Laws Bring New Attention To Voting Rights Act”

September 10, 2012, 2:02 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Nate Persily talks to NPR about the VRA.

“Vote Changes Spark Duel; Campaigns Battle Over Extended Ballot Season, ID Laws”

September 10, 2012, 1:12 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

WSJ reports.

“Voter ID law set for review by state Supreme Court”

September 9, 2012, 7:38 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

The latest from Pennsylvania.

“Groups use Voter ID as a tool to raise money, awareness”

September 8, 2012, 9:16 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Tim Eaton reports for the Austin American-Statesman.

“Voter ID Wars”

September 6, 2012, 11:25 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Mo Rocca’s latest op-doc at NYT. I haven’t had a chance to watch the whole thing, but it does start with the Indiana nuns’ incident in 2008, an incident which I think is misleading for reasons explained in Chapter 3… Continue reading