“Obama Prepping Thousands of Lawyers for Election”
The AP has this report.
Category Archives: voter id
Quote of the Day
From Political Wire:
“Pro-Second Amendment? The Castle Doctrine, it’s done. First pro-life legislation — abortion facility regulations — in 22 years, done. Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done.”
— Pennsylvania… Continue reading
New Hampshire Voter ID Developments
The AP, MSNBC, and the Nation report on possible next steps on proposed voter ID legislation, a version of which (SB 289) was vetoed by Gov. John Lynch this week because he thought it too restrictive.
“Left Girds for Voting Rights Battle”
Politico has this report on labor unions’ and civil rights groups efforts to register voters and combat laws like voter ID that they say threaten to suppress the vote.
“County Elections Board Votes To Pursue Voter ID Lawsuit”
CBS: “PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — By a 2-to-1 partisan vote, the Allegheny County Board of Elections authorized the county solicitor to file a lawsuit to stop the state’s new voter photo identification law.”
“Voter Suppression Returns; Voting rights and partisan practices”
Alex Keyssar in Harvard Magazine: “How many people will actually be prevented from casting ballots by these laws in November? What impact will these laws have on participation? The straightforward answer is that none of us (scholars, commentators, politicians) really… Continue reading
“The Dog That Voted”
Must read Kevin Drum in the latest issue of Mother Jones. He traces the history of Thor Hearne’s American Center for Voting Rights, which I also discuss in some detail in the upcoming The Voting Wars.
“Florida’s voter purge sparks lawsuits between state and feds”
The Miami Herald reports.
“Minn. Supreme Court drawn into newest chapter of ‘voting wars’”
The Star-Tribune reports.
“Ballot language latest arena for state voter ID disputes”
That’s the lead story in this week’s ElectionLine Weekly.
“Restrictive voting laws tied up in court’
“Humphrey Student Report Analyzes Impact of Voter ID in Minnesota”
Doug Chapin discusses this new report.
“Coalition challenges voter ID amendment”
AP: “Four groups petitioned the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday to remove from the November ballot a proposed constitutional amendment requiring voters to present photo IDs at the polls, saying the language that voters will see doesn’t accurately describe… Continue reading
“Holder’s Chutzpah; Voter-ID laws are not about denying access to blacks.”
Thomas Sowell has written this article for National Review Online.