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The latest from Wisconsin. … Continue reading
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Via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel comes this ruling of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. This is far from the end of the line. This case can be appealed to the state Supreme Court; there is also a separate case (as … Continue reading
Gannett: “One of the chief authors of Wisconsin’s voter photo identification plan is shopping around a new bill designed to allay legal concerns that the requirements are too burdensome by letting poor people opt out.” … Continue reading
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The Lawyers’ Committee has posted the Supreme Court documents: Supreme Court Documents: Click here for Texas’ Jurisdictional Statement. Click here for the Lawyers’ Committee’s Motion to Affirm. Click here for the Justice Department’s Motion to Affirm. Click here for another … Continue reading
News from Wisconsin: Three times over the past two years, signature portions of Republican-passed legislation have been blocked from immediately taking effect because a Dane County Circuit Court judge found the statutes to be unconstitutional. The rulings against statutes that … Continue reading
Doug Chapin: I’ll admit to being somewhat surprised that the evidence the judge has requested hasn’t already been presented, given the importance of the underlying question. Hopefully, the data will shed at least a little light on the impact of … Continue reading
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Facing South blogs. … Continue reading
Think Progress blogs. … Continue reading
AP from North Carolina: “New data from the State Board of Elections show far fewer voters lack photo identification than critics of a voter ID bill suggest. The new information roughly halves the potential number of registered voters without photo … Continue reading
AP: “Arkansas legislators passed a law Monday requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, overriding Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of the bill, which he called an expensive solution to a non-existent problem.” … Continue reading
Richmond Times Dispatch: “Gov. Bob McDonnell has signed legislation requiring voters to present photo ID at the polls.” The law now requires approval from DOJ or a court under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. … Continue reading
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Politico: “As a handful of state legislatures around the country consider enacting stricter voter ID laws, a new study finds that young people – and especially young minorities – are disproportionately affected by those laws when they go into effect. … Continue reading
FairVote: True the Vote, an organization dedicated to eradicating voter fraud through controversial methods, issued a report on February 27 concluding that voter ID laws and other election changes allegedly meant to reduce voter fraud not only did not have an adverse … Continue reading
Anthony Johnstone has posted recent Senate testimony on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This testimony concerns the role of the Supreme Court in reviewing the constitutionality of “laws of democracy,” including campaign finance regulation, election administration, and voting rights enforcement. … Continue reading
Yahoo News reports. … Continue reading
Here’s the docket. … Continue reading
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 Jim … Continue reading
News from PA. … Continue reading
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
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
News from NH. … Continue reading
AP reports from Virginia. … Continue reading
Important TAP piece. … Continue reading
Bob Pastor has written this LA Times oped. … Continue reading
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 a … Continue reading
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
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 some … Continue reading
Politico reports. … Continue reading
I’ve written this Jurisprudence essay for Slate. It begins: Odds are, the Supreme Court will strike down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act after hearing a case from Alabama that will be argued next month. If the part … Continue reading
Ryan Reilly for HuffPo: “As Republicans in North Carolina make a renewed push to pass a voter ID law, a new report from the State Board of Elections suggests that nearly one in ten voters lack state-issued photo identification. The … Continue reading
News from Virginia: “A year after controversial voter identification legislation passed the Virginia General Assembly, several Republican lawmakers are proposing even greater restrictions on the identification required to cast a ballot, including the requirement of photo identification. Del. Robert … Continue reading
The State: “It cost South Carolina $3.5 million to sue the federal government over the state’s voter ID law – but the federal government will have to pay some of that bill. Late Friday, a court ruled that because South … Continue reading
NCSL’s “The Thicket:” Post #1 Post #2 … Continue reading
Politico: “Testifying with Crist will be Nina Perales of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund as well as Gilda Cobb Hunter, a Democratic member of the South Carolina legislature who has opposed voter ID laws.” … Continue reading
Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSBlog: “The time may be short for the Supreme Court to act on the state of Texas’s power to impose a new voter photo ID law, but the state nevertheless plans to pursue a prompt appeal in … Continue reading
Texas Redistricting has analysis and the order. … Continue reading
Must see (HuffPo) TV. … Continue reading
The Brad Blog delves into TTV’s claims of voter fraud. … Continue reading
Read Ralston Reports. … Continue reading
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That’s the lead story in the latest issue of NSCL’s “The Canvass.” … Continue reading
Doug Chapin: “I’m not sure that the issues of cost and lack of fraud are enough to kill the proposal, however. Indeed, it looks to me like Miller’s goal in making this proposal (and spending the money) is not to … Continue reading
The National Law Journal reports. … Continue reading
LVRJ: ‘The head of the Clark County Election Department on Monday supported Secretary of State Ross Miller’s proposal to use photos to verify voters’ identities at the polls, arguing a new system could make it easier for election workers and … Continue reading
AP: “A proposal by Democratic Secretary of State Ross Miller to seek a voter photo requirement in the upcoming Legislature appears dead before arrival, with legislative leaders of his own party expressing opposition.” … Continue reading