“If Your Vote Doesn’t Really Count, Is There Anything You Can Do?”
I did a Q & A with Toni Monkovic of NYT’s The UpShot on questions about vote buying, vote trading, student voting, and choosing to vote in a battleground state.
Category Archives: voter id
“Texas Asks Supreme Court To Save Voter ID Law After Election”
AP:
Texas is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to restore its newly weakened voter ID law but not until after the November election.
Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the request Friday, two months after a federal appeals court ruled… Continue reading
“4th Circuit judges weigh Virginia voter ID with N.C. case in mind”
Daily Press:
U.S. Court of Appeals panel wrestled here Thursday over how to treat Virginia’s voter ID law following a circuit decision that nullified a similar law in North Carolina.
That decision was made by a different three-judge panel on… Continue reading
“Softening Voter ID Laws Through Litigation: Is It Enough?”
Today the Wisconsin Law Review Forward published this article of mine (also in html format). From the Introduction:
Headlines about voter identification laws often place court rulings in a simple win or loss frame. For example, the New… Continue reading
Texas Promises Cert. Petition to #SCOTUS This Week in Voter ID Case
So reports David Saleh Rauf.
Presumably this will not be accompanied by any request for emergency relief, meaning we should hear by around January if the Supreme Court would hear the full appeal.
Court in TX Voter ID Case Grants DOJ Motion on Voter ID Education, Requires Preclearance of Materials
The plaintiffs in the Texas voter id litigation have been complaining that Texas has not properly alerted voters that for this election they can vote without one of the narrow forms of ID. The court has now issued this order,… Continue reading
Texas May Pass a New Voter ID Law to Get Past “Democrat” Judge
From the KUT report I’ve just linked to:
During an appearance on Laura Ingraham’s radio show today, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says the Texas Legislature will try to pass a new voter ID law in the next session.
“I was… Continue reading
“Federal Judge Says Texas Election Officials Need to Follow Voter ID Court Order”
KUT:
A federal judge sided again today with plaintiffs in the long legal battle over Texas’ voter ID law.
This time, the U.S. Department of Justice joined the group of Texas voters challenging the state’s law, arguing Texas election officials… Continue reading
“Texas’s controversial voter ID law can’t stop mail-in ballot fraud”
Texas, Opposing Motion by DOJ and Others, Says It is Doing Good Enough Job on Voter ID Softening Education
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court Rejects Democrats’ Emergency Motion in Ohio “Golden Week” Case
There were no noted dissents to this order.
This is no surprise. I expected at most two votes for the Democrats’ position here.
Why was this such a weak case? As I explained when the 6th Circuit reversed the… Continue reading
“Texas heading back to court over voter ID law”
“Judge wants state’s voter ID plan”
Patrick Marley for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
A federal judge on Monday gave the state 10 days to spell out what it is doing to inform people how they can vote if they have great difficulty getting IDs.
The ruling by… Continue reading
More Shenanigans from Texas in Voter ID Case: Threats to Investigate Voters Who Sign Affidavits
From a newly filed motion from the private plaintiffs, apart from the DOJ filing, and now to be heard at a Sept. 19 hearing:
Private Plaintiffs’1 Motion for Further Relief to Enforce Interim Remedial Order is triggered by… Continue reading
