Ryan Reilly reports for HuffPo. … Continue reading
Category Archives: voter id
Interesting graphic. … Continue reading
USA Today oped by Rep. Sensenbrenner: “I bristle when people on the right or left suggest there is a conflict between my support for the Voting Rights Act and voter ID laws. The former is possibly the most important civil … Continue reading
NYT reports. … Continue reading
Texas Redistricting: “In a response filed today in the Texas voter ID case, the State of Texas told Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos that it was entitled to review Justice Department “files relating to voter fraud investigations” as well as documents … Continue reading
This item appears at Think Progress. … Continue reading
NAACP LDF: As part of our efforts to protect the right to vote across the country, LDF’s Political Participation Group wrote a letter to the Alabama Secretary of State, Jim Bennett, urging him to allow thousands of people to continue … Continue reading
Michael Li blogs. … Continue reading
Bloomberg reports. … Continue reading
Ana Marie Cox column with the subhead: “Don’t tell the conservative believers of the ‘voter fraud’ myth they’re racist or full of hate. Tell ’em they’re afraid – and wrong.” … Continue reading
You can read the opinion here (via RNLA). … Continue reading
The latest from Wisconsin. … Continue reading
MSNBC reports. … Continue reading
Houston Chronicle column. Very informative on the bureaucratic burdens of voter id. … Continue reading
NYT reports. … Continue reading
The Fort Worth Star Telegram reports. … Continue reading
WaPo reports. … Continue reading
Ralston reports. … Continue reading
The essential Jon Ralston has the details. … Continue reading
MSNBC reports. … Continue reading
But the state files motion for reconsideration in the trial court. … Continue reading
“People have to understand that we are not opposed to photo identification in a vacuum,” he said, but it must not be used “to disenfranchise” people for racial or “partisan reasons.” While some GOP lawmakers may have a “good faith” … Continue reading
BLT (or what used to be BLT) reports. … Continue reading
Wed. at 10:40 am eastern, talking PA voter id and Voting Rights Amendments Act. As always media appearances subject to last minute change. … Continue reading
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. … Continue reading
The Week reports. … Continue reading
Important Andrew Cohen column. … Continue reading
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In an ongoing dispute between the federal government and the states of Arizona and Kansas over voter registration (which already earlier made it to the Supreme Court), the U.S. Election Assistance Commission issued a decision only minutes before a court-imposed … Continue reading
Ari Berman AP HuffPo Weigel Pittsburgh Post Gazette Politico MSNBC More links to come Here is my initial analysis. … Continue reading
I have now had a chance to skim the 103-page Pa. trial court ruling striking down Pa’s voter id law—I will have to give a closer reading later in the day when I have the time. But here are a … Continue reading
MSNBC: “North Carolina is asking a federal judge to keep secret Republican state lawmakers’ communications as they pushed through the nation’s most restrictive voting law last summer.” As I’ve explained in this recent essay, the attempt to bail in North … Continue reading
Sen. John Cornyn (twitter): “Someone tell Holder voter fraud is real and Voter ID is needed to protect the integrity of the vote http://www.krgv.com/news/3-charged-in-federal-voter-fraud-case/ …” Michael Li (Texas Redistricting): “.@JohnCornyn @MattMackowiak – Umm, the Texas voter ID law wouldn’t have applied … Continue reading
Press release. … Continue reading
Steven Seidenberg has written this extensive article for the ABA Journal. … Continue reading
Important Andrew Cohen column. … Continue reading
The Advancement Project’s Penda Hair (who is representing the NC NAACP) and I were on Karen Finney’s most recent show to talk about NC’s new law (ID, cuts to early voting and same day registration, and more). Last week a federal … Continue reading
This item appears at State of Elections (h/t Doug Chapin). … Continue reading
The Times-Dispatch reports. … Continue reading
TX Redistricting: “The State of Texas filed a reply brief today defending Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s position that the voter ID suits filed by the Justice Department and by African-American and Hispanic voters should be dismissed without need for … Continue reading
See this Think Progress piece. … Continue reading
See this editorial. … Continue reading
Dallas News: Delays at the polls this month due to glitches with voters’ identifications could signal a bigger problem to come next year, when many more turn out for state and county elections. Thousands of voters had to sign affidavits … Continue reading
See here. … Continue reading
Michael Li has the details and the scheduling order. … Continue reading
See here. … Continue reading
Think Progress reports. Two points to note: (1) some of those people who were excluded for lacking id may have id but for one reason or another have not gone back to provide the information. (2) People who lack the … Continue reading
A ChapinBlog. … Continue reading
Woah: The Wisconsin Supreme Court took over one voter ID case Wednesday and said it would hear an appeal of another. The move by the high court cancels oral arguments that were to be held next month before the District … Continue reading
In my forthcoming essay (and related oped from this past weekend), I suggest a claim under the Equal Protection Clause against those states which have made voting harder for no good reason. It is not a racially based claim, nor … Continue reading