Category Archives: voter id

Breaking: WI Voter ID Judge Won’t Scrap Law for Election, Will Order State to Give Better Information to Voters

October 13, 2016, 7:27 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

See the series of tweets from Patrick Marley. The judge apparently invoked the Purcell Principle against making changes too close to the election, but said plaintiffs could go back to 7th Circuit for emergency relief. Marley: “Judge says he… Continue reading

2016 Emergency Election Litigation Update

October 10, 2016, 7:57 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

With less than a month to do before election day, here are the three cases I’m watching most closely right now: Will a federal judge in Wisconsin further soften that state’s voter id law, after evidence surfaced that the… Continue reading

WI: Undercover State Troopers Checked If DMV Was Giving Correct Info on Voter ID

October 9, 2016, 4:27 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

The state is trying to fend off a new order from Judge Peterson.

“From Voting Rights to Voting Wrongs”

October 8, 2016, 7:11 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Jacques Leslie NYT oped: Even in those states, confusion engendered by the laws lingers, sometimes deterring voting more effectively than the laws themselves. Some voters don’t realize that registration and polling-place ID requirements are two different things, so that even… Continue reading

“A federal court struck down much of North Carolina’s voter ID law — but what’s left could still shrink the black vote”

October 5, 2016, 7:51 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Erik Engstrom and Jason Roberts for the Monkey Cage. (This is on the demise of straight-ticket voting)

WI Voter ID Judge Will Hold Oct. 12 Hearing to Consider Affidavit Requirement after DMV Failures

October 5, 2016, 7:42 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Judge Peterson’s order: The court will hold an in-person hearing at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 12, 2016, to consider plaintiffs’ motion to enjoin the state’s voter ID law, Dkt. 262, and defendants’ response to the court’s September 30, 2016,… Continue reading

“The Texas Voter ID Fight Keeps Getting Weirder”

October 4, 2016, 4:54 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Bloomberg Businessweek: On Sept. 20, the federal district judge who oversaw the August agreement denied a pleafrom the NAACP, the League of United Latin American Citizens, and Dallas and Hidalgo counties claiming Harris County clerk Stan Stanart and Texas… Continue reading

“Misunderstanding of Statistics Confounds Analyses of Criminal Justice Issues in Baltimore and Voter ID Issues in Texas and North Carolina”

October 4, 2016, 4:19 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

James Scanlan at Fed Soc blog: I have written here before, most recently in “Things the President Doesn’t Know About Racial Disparities” (Aug. 5, 2016), about the way the federal government, including the President, base many civil rights… Continue reading

Just 31, Not 1000+, Non-Citizen Voters Shown to Have Voted in Virginia over Last Ten Years

October 4, 2016, 3:37 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Over the weekend, Drudge had a headline stating: “Report: 1,000+ Illegal Voters in Virginia.” And Dan Sciavino, Jr. tweeted: “Terrible. We know who the 1,000+ illegal aliens ARE NOT VOTING FOR! A fixed presidential election in the making….will we… Continue reading

“Federal judge hits Wisconsin for voter ID problems”

September 30, 2016, 1:33 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Ariane de Vogue for CNN.

Federal Court on Its Own Motion in WI Voter ID Case Orders WI to Say How It is Helping Voters Get IDs

September 30, 2016, 10:40 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Following a report by Ari Berman in the Nation and then Patrick Marley in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the federal district court judge ordered by the 7th Circuit to make sure that Wisconsin is making it easy for voters who… Continue reading

ACLU Files 7th Circuit Merits Brief in WI Voter ID Case, Pointing to DMV Incompetence to Help Voters Get IDs

September 30, 2016, 9:11 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Read it here.

“Wisconsin Is Systematically Failing to Provide the Photo IDs Required to Vote in November”

September 29, 2016, 8:19 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ari Berman: Nine percent of registered voters in Wisconsin don’t have a valid voter-ID and many are still struggling to get the documents they need to vote in November. It appears that Wisconsin is violating multiple court orders by not… Continue reading

Quote of the Day

September 29, 2016, 7:20 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Would it be unseemly to suggest that only Justice Scalia’s death has preserved democracy in North Carolina? There, I just did. Linda Greenhouse, NYT, Pondering the Supreme Court’s Future

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