Category Archives: voter id
Texas Voter ID Appeal Reaches Supreme Court
“Photo ID voting mandate passes in Virginia, heads to governor”
AP reports. “General Assembly Republicans muscled the most far-reaching of their polling place identification and voter vetting bills to final passage Wednesday with almost party-line House votes on Wednesday over the outcries of Democrats who likened the measures to… Continue reading
“Voter ID law likely to be postponed until after May primary”
News from PA.
“A New Approach to Voter ID Challenges: Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act”
Kathleen Stoughton, instrumental in organizing the recent, excellent GW election law symposium, has written this student note for the GW Law Review. Here is the abstract:
In response to growing concerns about the integrity of the electoral process, state legislatures… Continue reading
A Quick Reminder on Voter Fraud
With news of possible fraud claims coming out of Hamilton County, Ohio, it is worth remembering that vast majority of the relatively small number of cases involve either election officials committing fraud, or voters, candidates, and others committing absentee ballot… Continue reading
“Supporters, opponents of voter ID repeal speak out at hearing”
News from NH.
“Spurned Bolling backs Democrats in tie voter ID vote”
AP reports from Virginia.
TAP on How Opponents Defeated Minnesota ID Ballot Measure
“The biometric solution(s); On voter fraud and illegal immigration, high-tech ID cards could help.”
Bob Pastor has written this LA Times oped.
“Appeals court rules on news media access to polling places”
Post-Gazette: “Media organizations in Pennsylvania don’t have the right to report from, or take photos and video within, polling places, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday. The 53-page opinion by three judges comes in response to… Continue reading
Voter ID and the Next Wisconsin Supreme Court Election
Two lower court judges, both Democrats, put Wisconsin’s voter id law on hold for the 2012 elections. The state supreme court, mired in other controversies, refused to get involved before the election.
But the case will eventually make it back… Continue reading
“Any voter ID law will face legal, GOP obstacles”
AP: “But getting a bill to [incoming North Carolina governor] McCrory won’t be simple, with some lawmakers insistent on a tough photo ID measure and others comfortable with some non-photo documents. And while 11 states required voters to show… Continue reading