“PA Official Blocks DoJ Request for Vote Info Citing Political Motivations”
Politics365 reports.
Category Archives: voter id
“Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen: State’s voter ID law must be reinstated”
The Wisconsin attorney general has written this oped.
Is Election Day Voter Registration Coming to California? Is It the Dems’ “Voter ID” Equivalent?
It looks like it.
There’s a parallelism to EDR legislaton and voter id legislation. EDR legislation is favored mostly by Democratic legislators as a way to expand the electorate and especially casual voters who are more likely to vote… Continue reading
Pa Voter ID Appeal Will Be Heard Sept. 13 in PA Supreme Court
Retired Military ID OK in PA
In this earlier post, a reader suggested that a military ID for a retiree which says “indefinite” would not be usable to vote under PA’s voter id law. I asked whether this was correct.
Thanks to a reader who points… Continue reading
Interesting Press Release from NAACP on DOJ Preclearance of Virginia Voter ID Law
Via email:
NAACP Reaction to US Department of Justice Voter Identification Pre-Clearance in VA
In light of the DOJ’s ruling, the NAACP urges Virginia voters to use voter registration cards and other valid identification at the polls.
(Richmond, Va.)- The… Continue reading
“Justice Department Approves Va. Voter ID Law”
TPM: “The Justice Department approved changes to Virginia’s voter ID law Monday, suggesting there is a way forward for such laws — even in states that must have election laws pre-cleared under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act… Continue reading
“Fate of Pennsylvania’s voter ID law rests in the hands of 6 state Supreme Court justices”
The latest from Pa.
“As always, Florida in the middle of the voting wars”
Must-read Bob Barnes front-page piece in Monday’sWashington Post.
“Texas A.G. is positioned to become point man on historic challenge to voting law”
Austin American-Statesman:
With his signature on the Voting Rights Act of 1965, President Lyndon Johnson, a Democrat from Texas, outlawed discriminatory election practices that had been adopted in many southern states including Texas. Now, almost half a century later,… Continue reading
“Voting Rights Battles Re-emerge in the South”
News21 reports.
More Troubles with How the Pa. Voter ID Law Will Be Enforced
Check out this amicus brief filed in the Pa. voter i.d. case by an election judge. Poll workers risk criminal liability when they decide whether a name on an i.d. is in “substantial conformity” with the name on the voter… Continue reading
Jon Stewart Takes on Partisan Voting Issues and Calls for Nonpartisan Voter Administration
See here. I wonder if he’s read The Voting Wars. Here’s the segment:
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“Challengers of Pa. voter photo ID law file appeal”
AP reports.