Topeka Capital-Journal: The state’s voter identification law and a poll worker who didn’t fully understand it prevented elderly residents of a Topeka care facility from voting in Tuesday’s primary election. Secretary of State Kris Kobach confirmed Thursday that some residents … Continue reading
Category Archives: voter id
Ari Berman writes for The Nation. … Continue reading
Reuters reports. … Continue reading
Richard Fausset reports for the NYT. My earlier analysis is here. … Continue reading
WaPo: Inflaming a contentious debate over voter identification laws, the Virginia State Board of Elections decided this week that, to cast a ballot, voters will have to present a current photo ID or one that expired within the past year.The … Continue reading
AP: “A federal appeals court has given opponents of Wisconsin’s photo identification law until after Tuesday’s primary to file their arguments as to whether it should be in effect.” You can find the scheduling order here. … Continue reading
Zachary Roth reports for MSNBC. … Continue reading
News from VA: “The State Board of Elections today backed a new policy that would not allow election officials at the polls to accept photo identification that has been expired for more than 12 months.” … Continue reading
July 11 AP story: “Schroeder, who was appointed to the federal bench by President George W. Bush, indicated Thursday that he will issue a written decision in the case within the next month.” This ruling will be significant, and along … Continue reading
Justin Levitt for WonkBlog: I’ve been tracking allegations of fraud for years now, including the fraud ID laws are designed to stop. In 2008, when the Supreme Court weighed in on voter ID, I looked at every single allegation put … Continue reading
Josh Gerstein: The State of Wisconsin is asking a federal appeals court to allow Wisconsin’s voter identification law to be enforced during this fall’s general election. In a filing Tuesday with the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, lawyers for … Continue reading
Times Dispatch reports. … Continue reading
Yesterday, in his discussion of the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s voter ID cases, Rick mentioned that the one example of voter fraud cited by the court was not only inapposite, but also not in evidence before the lower court. He then … Continue reading
AP: A court-ordered change to Wisconsin’s photo identification law that’s designed to cut down on voter fraud is creating confusion and may even open the door to the very type of behavior Republican lawmakers were trying to prevent. Policy makers, … Continue reading
AP: Priebus, in an interview with CNN’s Michaela Pereira and Fox News’ Kelly Wright following his prepared remarks, defended his party’s push for state laws requiring voters produce identification before casting a ballot. Opponents charge the laws, which have been … Continue reading
Josh Douglas oped in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. … Continue reading
In both of today’s Wisconsin Supreme Court voter id cases (the NAACP case and the LWV case), the court majority includes an identical footnote to rebut the argument that there’s no good evidence of in person, impersonation voter fraud to … Continue reading
In today’s 4-3 Wisconsin Supreme Court voter id case (the NAACP case, not the LWV case), the Wisconsin Supreme Court splits along party lines in upholding the voter id law against a challenge that it violates the state constitution. Nonetheless … Continue reading
Following up on this post, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, on a 4-3 vote (and 5-2 vote in the second case [corrected]), has rejected two challenges to the state’s voter id law. The federal ban on the law under the U.S. … Continue reading
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Three bolts of legal lightning — affecting union bargaining, election law and same-sex couples — will finally come down Thursday morning in what promises to be a historic day for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Set for release … Continue reading
CBS News reports. … Continue reading
PunditFact says “true:” Riley said “black voter turnout in 2012 exceeded the rate of white voter turnout, even in the states with the strictest voter ID laws,” despite the Democrats claiming the voter ID laws suppress the black vote. While … Continue reading
A ChapinBlog. … Continue reading
Ana Marie Cox Guardian column. … Continue reading
AP: “A Shawnee County judge cleared the way Friday for Kansas to use a dual voting system to help enforce its proof-of-citizenship rule for new voters, suggesting that doing otherwise could taint the state’s August primary election.” Via Richard Winger. … Continue reading
Barry Burden and Charles Stewart III on the stand. Some of the history Barry testified about I covered here. … Continue reading
Thanks to a reader for pointing out last week’s district court order in the Texas voter id case. The court mostly denied Texas’s motion to dismiss, even allowing claims to go forward at this point on voter id as a … Continue reading
The Winston-Salem Journal reports. … Continue reading
AP: “The loud cry for voter identification and voter fraud investigations is fading to a whimper as Iowa’s top election official prepares to leave and those running to replace him downplay the politically charged issues. Iowa Secretary of State Matt … Continue reading
CBS News reports. … Continue reading
Press release: New voting restrictions developed since 2010 are slated to be in place in 22 states this November. In 15 of these states, 2014 will be the first federal election with new restrictions in effect, according to a report released … Continue reading
Extensive NYT article begins: With the midterm elections only months away, efforts to carry out some of the country’s strictest photo ID requirements and shorten early voting in several politically pivotal states have been thrown into limbo by a series … Continue reading
Think Progress: “Last April, Arkansas’ Republican-controlled state legislature overrode Gov. Mike Beebe’s (D) veto to enact a strict photo ID law for all voters. But while Arkansas is now one of several states which suppress voting by requiring valid photo … Continue reading
Jerry Goldfeder and Myrna Perez have written this analysis for the NY Law Journal. … Continue reading
The Clarion Ledger reports. … Continue reading
MSNBC reports. … Continue reading
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Stephen Lurie writes for PostEverything. … Continue reading
See here. … Continue reading
Press release: In clear violation of the Voting Rights Act, the State of Alabama has proposed a set of rules that will require an otherwise eligible voter who lacks the required photo identification to prove his or her identity by … Continue reading
Interesting report from PRI’s “The World.” … Continue reading
Seattle Weekly profiles Matt Barreto. … Continue reading
AP reports (via BAN). It looks like at this point the issue will be procedurally ready to be decided by the state Supreme Court. … Continue reading
Zach Roth reports. … Continue reading
Unbelievable story. And without publicity like this, many people will simply fall through the cracks in Texas and get disenfranchised for no good reason. … Continue reading
TPM reports. … Continue reading
Arkansas Times: “Two readers of the Arkansas Blog have reported that, after presenting a valid voter ID at polls this week, an election clerk held the ID and then asked the voter to recite vital information, including address and birth … Continue reading
WaPo: Similarly, Holder said that voter identification laws that have been enacted in a number of states across the country threaten to make it harder for minorities to exercise their rights at the polls. Proponents of the measures say they … Continue reading
O. Ricardo Pimentel in San Antonio Express-News: There are an estimated 84,511 in Harris County without the IDs, home to Houston, the state’s most populous city. Statewide, the Justice Department in 2012 said some 1.4 million Texans, disproportionately minority, would … Continue reading
See here. … Continue reading