“Maher on voter ID: Black people don’t have picture ID since they ‘take the bus because they’re poor’ [VIDEO]”
The Daily Caller reports.
Category Archives: voter id
“Judge Won’t Block Pa. Voter ID Law”
Pam Fessler reports for NPR.
“Do Voter ID Laws Prevent Fraud, Or Dampen Turnout?”
Looks like a great NPR Fresh Air, featuring Nate Persily. A choice quote:
Nate Persily: “We don’t know for sure whether that’s going to be true. It’s true if you look at the non-ID population that is over-represented among… Continue reading
“Partisan Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Wrongly Upheld by Court”
Ari Berman blogs at The Nation.
Thanks for the Compliment, But…
A blog item at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on today’s Pa. voter id decision links to my earlier post and describes me as “the California-Irvine law prof whose book ‘The Voting Wars‘ is the Bible for voter ID opponents.”… Continue reading
“Pennsylvania judge won’t block voter ID law”
NBC News reports.
Breaking News: Thoughts on the Pennsylvania Voter ID Decision
In a careful and well-written 70-page opinion, which is almost certainly going to lead to Pennsylvania’s use of its new voter id law in the November elections, state court judge Robert Simpson has rejected a preliminary injunction to bar… Continue reading
“Judge denies state’s stay in voter registration case”
The latest from Texas.
“New voting rules make getting Latinos to polls harder than ever”
“The Truth About Voter Fraud”
WaPo editorializes.
That title reminds me of something.
“Commentary: Pennsylvania Voter ID law is morally indefensible”
Patrick Kerkstra has written this opinion piece for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
“Flurry of Photo ID Laws Tied to Conservative Washington Group”
News21: “A growing number of conservative Republican state legislators worked fervently during the past two years to enact laws requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls. Lawmakers proposed 62 photo ID bills in 37 states in the 2011… Continue reading
“Poll: Voter ID laws have support of a majority of Americans”
WaPo: “Almost three-quarters of all Americans support the idea that people should have to show photo identification to vote, even though they are nearly as concerned about voter suppression as they are about fraud in presidential elections, according to… Continue reading
A Look at a Republican Pa. Supreme Court Justice and How He Might Vote on the Voter ID Challenge
Important column from Michael Smerconish.