Category Archives: voter id
Politifact Rates as “Mostly False” ACLU Claim Calling Voter ID Essentially a “Modern-Day Poll Tax”
Read this and tell me what you think. You can leave your comments at The Voting Wars’ Reader’s Forum.
J. Christian Adams Alleges DOJ Career Attorneys Were Overruled in South Carolina Voter ID Case By Obama Political Appointees
The story is here. Although the article refers to “internal DOJ documents” I do not see any of them posted in the story, so at this point there will be a dispute over the veracity and/or accuracy of the… Continue reading
Levitt, Heidelbaugh Talk About the Latest Election Law Controversies on Airtalk
“Look at the history of voter ID: A case cited to support Pennsylvania’s new voter ID law instead calls it into question”
Jessie Allen has written this oped in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. A snippet:
But Patterson is relevant in another way. It shows that a majority of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was once led to rationalize burdensome election procedures based on generalized… Continue reading
“ID Laws Bring New Attention To Voting Rights Act”
Nate Persily talks to NPR about the VRA.
“Vote Changes Spark Duel; Campaigns Battle Over Extended Ballot Season, ID Laws”
“Voter ID law set for review by state Supreme Court”
The latest from Pennsylvania.
“Groups use Voter ID as a tool to raise money, awareness”
Tim Eaton reports for the Austin American-Statesman.
“Voter ID Wars”
Mo Rocca’s latest op-doc at NYT.
I haven’t had a chance to watch the whole thing, but it does start with the Indiana nuns’ incident in 2008, an incident which I think is misleading for reasons explained in Chapter 3… Continue reading
“Texas Republicans may inadvertently have saved Voting Rights Act”
This article (which I linked to a few days ago with a protected link) is now available for free from the Dallas Morning News.
“Constitution Check: Is the constitutionality of voter ID laws already settled?”
Lyle Denniston reports for the National Constitution Center.
“Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota outlines some costs of voter suppression amendment”
This post appears at Bluestem Prarie.
“Justice Department Clears New Hampshire Voter ID Law”
TPM links to the preclearance letter.