Category Archives: voter id

“Texas’ Road To Victory in Its Decades Long Fight Against Voting Rights”

July 12, 2012, 9:51 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

ColorLines reports.

“No ID? Initiative sees Limited Response”

July 12, 2012, 7:40 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Press release: “Jackson, MS—The Secretary of State’s Office’s outreach initiative offering assistance to individuals with no acceptable forms of photo voter identification has received limited response in its first two weeks. ‘We have inundated the State with outreach initiatives… Continue reading

Politifact Rates as “Mostly True”: Eric Holder says recent studies show 25 percent of African Americans, 8 percent of whites lack government-issued photo IDs

July 11, 2012, 9:32 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here.

Is Eric Holder Right on Voter ID?

July 11, 2012, 8:16 amDepartment of Justice, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I’ve posted some thoughts over at Politico’s Arena.

“Snyder says no”

July 10, 2012, 9:12 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Metro Times on the voter id veto in Michigan.

Watch Out If Texas Loses on Voting Rights Act Claim in Voter ID Case

July 10, 2012, 8:31 pmDepartment of Justice, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

J. Christian Adams reports that it is looking a lot like Texas is not going to be able to prove an absence of discriminatory intent or effect as to its voter id law. Sound like good news for voter id… Continue reading

AG Holder, Going Off Script at NAACP Convention, Calls Voter ID Laws “Poll Taxes”

July 10, 2012, 3:02 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

See here. It is a position courts have rejected, and analogous to Jim Crow language I believe is unhelpful in the voter id debate. But it is becoming clearer, as I argue in The Voting Wars , that perhaps the… Continue reading

“As court fight looms over voter ID, those who have none fear losing voice”

July 10, 2012, 12:42 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

If you read one thing about voter id this week, read this.

“Holder, at N.A.A.C.P. Event, Criticizes Voter ID Laws”

July 10, 2012, 12:41 pmDepartment of Justice, election administration, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT’s “The Caucus” reports.

Pam Fessler on the Opening of the Texas Voter ID Trial

July 10, 2012, 9:13 amDepartment of Justice, election administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here, at NPR.

“Pennsylvania Pays Romney Bundler’s Lobbying Firm To Publicize Voter ID Law”

July 10, 2012, 7:44 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

TPM reports.

“The GOP’s crime against voters”

July 10, 2012, 7:43 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Eugene Robinson: “Spare us any more hooey about ‘preventing fraud’ and ‘protecting the integrity of the ballot box.’ The Republican-led crusade for voter ID laws has been revealed as a cynical ploy to disenfranchise as many likely Democratic voters… Continue reading