“Will a Conservative Court Uphold Texas’ Discriminatory Voter ID Law?”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
Category Archives: voter id
More Coverage of the Texas Voter ID Decision to Go En Banc
Breaking: 5th Circuit to Hear Texas Voter ID Case En Banc, And This Could Be Final Court to Hear Case
It is not clear what internal deliberations were taking place at the 5th Circuit which took the Court more than 5 months to issue this order, but the full 5th Circuit will consider Veasey v. Abbott en banc by the … Continue reading
“Essay: Softening Voter Id Laws Through Litigation: Is it Enough?”
I have written this draft which I will be presenting at a conference, “Casting Votes, Counting Votes for Election 2016: Democracy and Law in Action,” April 1-2, 2016, sponsored by The Institute for Legal Studies at the University… Continue reading
“The History of Voter ID Laws and the Story of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board”
Josh Douglas has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Election Law Stories). Here is the abstract:
Voter ID has become one of the biggest hot-button issues in American politics. Everyone accepts that this issue is a major battleground. Yet where… Continue reading
“Election Officials Help North Carolina Voters Tackle Confusing Voter ID Laws”
“Voters Were Blocked From the Polls on Super Tuesday by New Restrictions”
Ari Berman:
The 2016 election is the first in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act. Texas is a perfect case study of what has happened since the Supreme Court gutted the VRA. Clark… Continue reading
“Voter ID laws again are gaining traction in the Missouri legislature”
“State official says he’s unaware of any voter impersonation in past 20 years”
The Richmond Times-Dispatch with a dog bites man story.
“63,756 Reasons Racism Is Still Alive in South Carolina”
Ari Berman:
Larrie Butler, a 90-year-old African-American man, was born in Calhoun County, South Carolina, at a time when the South was segregated during Jim Crow. He moved to Maryland after serving in the military and attending college, but… Continue reading
“Expert witness testifies that there is no justification for Va. photo ID law”
“Justice Ann Walsh Bradley: Uncle who served at Iwo Jima unable to vote”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
A state Supreme Court justice on Tuesday urged Gov. Scott Walker to allow people to use veterans ID cards to vote after her uncle who fought at Iwo Jima was unable to cast a ballot in last… Continue reading
“Trial begins on lawsuit challenging Virginia voter ID law”
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
A 69-year-old black woman who grew up in a small, segregated city wept on the witness stand Monday as she testified about the trouble she had voting in 2014 because she could not comply with Virginia’s voter… Continue reading
“Virginia’s voter ID law faces challenge in federal trial”
Reuters:
A Virginia law requiring voters to show photo identification goes on trial in federal court Monday, with Democratic officials claiming it is discriminatory and aimed at keeping party voters from casting ballots.
Defenders of the 2013 Virginia law… Continue reading