Category Archives: voter id

A Blessing in Disguise? The Supreme Court’s Refusal to Hear Wisconsin Voter ID Case

March 23, 2015, 7:32 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

This morning the Supreme Court without comment refused to take up Frank v. Walker, the Wisconsin voter id case. Taking the case to the Supreme Court divided the civil rights community. As I noted last week, those who hoped… Continue reading

DOJ’s Silence on the Wisconsin Voter ID Case Before SCOTUS

March 19, 2015, 8:09 amDepartment of Justice, election administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Linda Greenhouse joins the chorus of people calling for the Supreme Court to agree to hear Frank v. Walker, the Wisconsin voter id case, up for a Supreme Court conference vote on Friday. (I think it is very unlikely… Continue reading

“Identity Crisis: The Supreme Court’s Identity Crisis on Voting Rights”

March 19, 2015, 7:26 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Linda Greenhouse in the NYT: But I have a sense now that those dots are getting connected. Not only was Selma’s 50th anniversary — the real one, not my imaginary one of two years ago — a stirring national event,… Continue reading

“The Debate Over Voter ID Continues”

March 18, 2015, 7:42 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

News from Nevada.

Three Amicus Briefs Filed in 5th Circuit in Texas Voter ID Case

March 18, 2015, 7:20 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Via Moritz: AARP’s Amicus Curiae Brief (filed 3/10/15) ACLU’s Amicus Curiae Brief (filed 3/10/15) Texas Election Administrator’s Amicus Curiae Brief (filed 3/10/15)

Sen. Cornyn on the VRA and Voter ID

March 11, 2015, 12:10 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Meredith Shiner interview: Did you consider going to Selma this past weekend for the ceremonies honoring the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, and are you concerned that issues of voting rights and enfranchisement seem to be becoming more… Continue reading

“Wisconsin’s Battle Over Voter Photo ID Law Could Soon Reach an End”

March 11, 2015, 9:27 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Wisconsin Public Radio reports.

Supreme Court to Consider WI Voter ID Cert Petition at March 20 Conference

March 6, 2015, 2:59 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Docket. The North Carolina case is a bit further behind, with the opposition brief from the League of Women Voters due today.

Read the DOJ’s 5th Circuit Brief in the Texas Voter ID Case

March 4, 2015, 12:45 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here.

“Student Voting Rights Case Filed in TN”

March 4, 2015, 12:40 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Release: A federal lawsuit was filed today in the U.S. District Court in Nashville challenging Tennessee’s voter ID law as violating the voting rights of Tennessee college and university students. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a student… Continue reading

“Fifth Circuit Should Uphold Ruling Striking Down Texas’s Discriminatory Photo ID Law”

March 3, 2015, 4:01 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Brennan Center press release: Texas’s strict photo ID law violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and was passed by the Texas Legislature with intent to discriminate, argues a brief filed todayin the Fifth Circuit Court of… Continue reading

“Texas Voters Urge Fifth Circuit to Uphold Ruling Striking Down Texas Voter Photo ID Law”

March 3, 2015, 11:54 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Release: Today in Veasey v. Abbott, attorneys at the Campaign Legal Center, who serve as co-counsel for plaintiffs Congressman Marc Veasey, LULAC, and a group of Texas voters, filed a brief urging the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to… Continue reading

Read the State Court Order Requiring NC Voter ID Case to Go to Trial

March 2, 2015, 7:12 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Here. Commentary from Robbin Stewart.

“Wake judge allows case on voter ID law to proceed to trial”

February 28, 2015, 8:50 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

News and Observer: A Wake County judge has refused to dismiss a challenge to North Carolina’s voter ID law, saying in a ruling issued Friday that most of the claims in the lawsuit are strong enough to take to… Continue reading