Category Archives: voter id

WI Voter ID Opponents File #SCOTUS Reply to Get Court to Take Case

February 24, 2015, 12:34 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can read the short reply here. The reply makes a good and important timing point: This case is the only vehicle that guarantees the Court an opportunity to address the constitutional and statutory questions surrounding restrictive voter ID … Continue reading

Is it Possible to Be In Favor of a Right-to-Vote Amendment but Against Amending the Constitution? Yes.

February 23, 2015, 8:38 amelection law and constitutional law, voter id, votingamendment, right to voteHeather Gerken

The DNC Executive Committee has just endorsed the idea that we should amend the Constitution to add a right to vote. I’m entirely in favor of a constitutional right to vote. But I’m against amending the Constitution to add it.… Continue reading

Live Tweet of Attempt to Get Voter ID in RI

February 20, 2015, 7:17 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Here.

“Nevada will be latest battleground in voter ID wars”

February 19, 2015, 10:05 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

WaPo reports. But it is “not a priority” for new Republican AG.

“Missouri: Another Try for a Voter ID Measure”

February 18, 2015, 8:25 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

AP reports.

“Voter ID legislation abruptly stops, likely dead in Nebraska”

February 18, 2015, 3:53 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

AP reports.

“Voter photo ID bill prompts filibuster”

February 17, 2015, 8:43 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

News from Nebraska.

“Will the U.S. Supreme Court Weigh in on Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law?”

February 17, 2015, 8:42 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Express Milwaukee reports.

“The Mystery of Lower Voter Registration Rates of Older Black Voters”

February 13, 2015, 8:20 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Nate Cohn for The UpShot.

“Kobach voter-fraud allegations exposed as fraudulent”

February 11, 2015, 6:55 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

We don’t call it the “Fraudulent Fraud Squad” for nothing.

“Diverse Coalition of Civil Rights and Legal Groups File Briefs Urging Supreme Court to Address Voter ID as Issue of National Importance”

February 10, 2015, 8:28 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

From the “be careful what you wish for” department: A broad alliance of civil rights and legal groups representing the communities most impacted by Wisconsin’s restrictive voter ID law, as well as all 46 members of the Congressional Black Caucus,… Continue reading

At #SCOTUS, Wisconsin Files Its Voter ID Opposition to Cert. Petition

February 9, 2015, 2:04 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Read it here.

“Voting Laws Roundup 2015”

February 6, 2015, 11:10 amelection administration, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Brennan Center: As the early stages of the 2016 presidential race begin, state legislatures are already considering hundreds of laws that could determine access to the ballot. Increased single-party control in state capitals has accompanied a renewed push for… Continue reading