End It, Don’t Mend It Dept.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial: Don’t change voter ID law; get rid of it
Wisconsin Republican Legislators Michael Schraa and Mark Born: “Wait and see” is not an option for voter ID
Category Archives: voter id
“Rutgers voter fraud expert testifies at Wisconsin voter ID trial”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
A professor who studied voter fraud in Wisconsin and around the country testified Thursday that it is “exceedingly rare,” and that requiring voters to show a photo ID might have prevented just one of the few… Continue reading
“Voter ID Laws in Action: ‘Looks Like I Don’t Get to Vote Today'”
Voter tweets collected by Mother Jones.
“Voter Suppression Backfires in North Carolina, Spreads in Texas”
“Challenge to Kansas voter ID law likely headed to federal court”
“Bill to soften voter ID requirement for the poor gets mixed reviews in hearing”
The latest from Wisconsin.
“Texas’ Stringent Voter ID Law Makes a Dent at Polls”
NYT:
On Tuesday, Texas unveiled its tough new voter ID law, the only state to do so this year, and the rollout was sometimes rocky. But interviews with opponents and supporters of the new law, which required voters for… Continue reading
“Texas voting suggests trouble on the horizon”
Zack Roth:
Tuesday’s off-year election was a dry run for Texas’ controversial voter ID law. On the surface things went pretty smoothly, with few voters forced to cast provisional ballots. That was enough for the law’s Republican supporters to… Continue reading
“Texas holds ’em voteless with new ID law”
“Federal trial challenging Wisconsin’s voter ID law underway; String of people describes problems getting IDs”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
The trial began with a string of people describing the problems they had in trying to secure IDs for themselves or family members. Some of them have yet to be successful.
“I cannot express the amount of time,… Continue reading
“Disagreement on whether trial in Texas voter ID case should be before or after the November 2014 election”
“Humble blogger thwarted by Texas anti-voting dragnet”
Jonathan Bernstein (or is that Jonathan H. Bernstein?):
The real point, of course, is to make it harder for people to vote so that they won’t vote. Longer lines are a feature of voter ID measures and the exact-name-match requirement,… Continue reading
“Texas Voter ID Law Ensnares Former Speaker of the House, Candidates for Governor, State Judge”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
“Wisconsin Voter ID Trial Begins”
Politico:
Voter ID advocates and opponents alike will be watching Wisconsin on Monday as a new federal trial on the state’s photo ID law begins.
The case is the first federal trial under the Voting Rights Act since the… Continue reading