And the wait is over, for now. The 5th Circuit just stayed the district court’s order blocking ID — which means at the moment, the ID law is back in place in Texas. Stay tuned for an application to SCOTUS. … Continue reading
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Last week the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to stop a horrendous 7th Circuit court order allowing Wisconsin to immediately put its voter id law into effect. Regardless of where you stand on… Continue reading
I’m not sure how widespread this is, but the Texas Secretary of State’s office has apparently now canceled some local appearances of mobile stations designed to provide photo ID certificates to those who can muster the appropriate documents. I wonder… Continue reading
Oof.
A new study from the University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication found that white Americans responded differently in a survey asking about their opinion of voter ID laws depending on the race of the person shown in… Continue reading
And for a different take, Kristin Tate at Breitbart charges racism by those who assume that minorities are less able to get ID. For what it’s worth, this echoes Judge Easterbrook’s approach to the applicable standard under the Voting Rights… Continue reading
NPR reports on a fascinating (and alarming) study — I’d seen an earlier draft. Researchers emailed state legislators, asking what kind of documentation they needed; the only difference in the emails was the name of the sender (Jacob Smith… Continue reading