Category Archives: voter id
DOJ, Others Urges Affirmance in Texas Voter ID Case Before Supreme Court
The Lawyers’ Committee has posted the Supreme Court documents:
Supreme Court Documents:
Click here for Texas’ Jurisdictional Statement.
Click here for the Lawyers’ Committee’s Motion to Affirm.
Click here for the Justice Department’s Motion to Affirm.
Click here for another… Continue reading
“Bill would curb the power of lower court judges to block potentially unconstitutional legislation”
News from Wisconsin:
Three times over the past two years, signature portions of Republican-passed legislation have been blocked from immediately taking effect because a Dane County Circuit Court judge found the statutes to be unconstitutional.
The rulings against statutes that… Continue reading
“Pennsylvania Judge in ID Case Says ‘Show Me the Data'”
Doug Chapin:
I’ll admit to being somewhat surprised that the evidence the judge has requested hasn’t already been presented, given the importance of the underlying question. Hopefully, the data will shed at least a little light on the impact… Continue reading
“Voter ID Bill Passes NC House on Party Lines”
AP reports. [corrected link]
“NC poll finds support for voter ID drops with more information about alternatives, impact of laws”
“Top Iowa Elections Official: Pass Voter ID So The GOP Can Kill Abortion Rights And Marriage Equality”
“Data shows fewer lack photo IDs”
AP from North Carolina: “New data from the State Board of Elections show far fewer voters lack photo identification than critics of a voter ID bill suggest. The new information roughly halves the potential number of registered voters without photo… Continue reading
“Arkansas’ GOP-led Legislature passes voter ID law”
AP: “Arkansas legislators passed a law Monday requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, overriding Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of the bill, which he called an expensive solution to a non-existent problem.”
“McDonnell signs bill requiring photo ID for voting”
Richmond Times Dispatch: “Gov. Bob McDonnell has signed legislation requiring voters to present photo ID at the polls.”
The law now requires approval from DOJ or a court under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
“Arkansas governor vetoes bill requiring voters to show photo identification at polls”
“Study finds voter ID laws hurt young minorities”
Politico: “As a handful of state legislatures around the country consider enacting stricter voter ID laws, a new study finds that young people – and especially young minorities – are disproportionately affected by those laws when they go into… Continue reading
“True The Vote Fudges the Numbers in New Turnout Study”
FairVote:
True the Vote, an organization dedicated to eradicating voter fraud through controversial methods, issued a report on February 27 concluding that voter ID laws and other election changes allegedly meant to reduce voter fraud not only did… Continue reading
“Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee: ‘The Citizens United Court and the Continuing Importance of the Voting Rights Act'”
Anthony Johnstone has posted recent Senate testimony on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This testimony concerns the role of the Supreme Court in reviewing the constitutionality of “laws of democracy,” including campaign finance regulation, election administration, and voting rights enforcement.… Continue reading