Robbin Stewart Responds to the Thernstroms on Voter ID
Here.
Category Archives: voter id
Absolute Must-Read Article and Database on Election Crimes and Voter Fraud
News 21:
A new nationwide analysis of 2,068 alleged election-fraud cases since 2000 shows that while fraud has occurred, the rate is infinitesimal, and in-person voter impersonation on Election Day, which prompted 37 state legislatures to enact or consider… Continue reading
“Voter ID laws are good for democracy”
The Thernstroms have written this oped for the LA Times.
Will DOJ Step In With a Voting Rights Act Section 2 Suit in Pa.?
Must-read story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
My prediction: the state trial court judge (who has said he would rule in the upcoming week) is likely to preliminarily enjoin the Pa. voter id law for this election, and if that… Continue reading
“Judges split on ruling in S. Carolina voter ID case”
Gerstein: “The two judges in the majority, U.S. District Court Judges Colleen Kollar-Kotelly and John Bates, took a harder line against South Carolina’s efforts to invoke attorney-client privilege to shield material prepared by staff attorneys in the state Senate… Continue reading
“Voter ID Laws: Necessity Or Burden?”
NPR’s Tell Me More reports. “Host Michel Martin talks with journalist Kristal Brent Zook and Abigail Thernstrom of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.”
“Meet The ‘Super Voters’ Who Could Be Disenfranchised By Pa. Voter ID Law”
TPM reports.
Pa. Official Who Did Not Know How Voter ID Law Works and Rejected Pa.’s Own Numbers on Its Effects Pens USA Today Oped Supporting It
“The Impact of Voter ID Laws and Voter Purges”
Legal Talk Network podcast:
The Impact of Voter ID Laws and Voter Purges
Before 2006, not a single US state required voters to show identification before marking a ballot. But now, 30 states have enacted some sort of voter… Continue reading
South Carolina Voter ID Trial Beginning Aug. 27
“John Fund: Sure, Republicans Focus On Voter ID For Political Reasons”
Must-read TPM.
It seems that Fund agrees with me that absentee voting is the real problem if we were serious about curbing the potnential for fraud.
There’s lots about Fund and von Spakovksy’s efforts to spread the voter fraud meme… Continue reading
“How to Solve the Voter ID Debate”
Adam Cohen: “The federal government could establish more voter-friendly rules for such an ID. It could ensure that voters do not have to pay for the ID or the underlying documents. These IDs could be dispensed at post offices,… Continue reading
“A Detente Before the Election”
I have written this oped for today’s New York Times. It begins:
Does voter fraud sometimes happen in the United States? You bet. But we are dealing with this relatively small problem in an irrational and partisan way.
In a … Continue reading
“Virginia Board Meeting on Voter Mailers”
See here.