Category Archives: voter id

“Nebraska GOP lawmakers renew voter ID bill effort”

January 14, 2020, 4:14 amvoter idDan Tokaji

CNN: ” The measure, introduced Friday by state Sen. Andrew La Grone, is a proposed state constitutional amendment that would require a poll worker to ‘review a photograph or digital image of each voter to verify the identity… Continue reading

“North Carolina Republicans make last-minute plea to keep voter ID photo requirement”

January 12, 2020, 7:10 amvoter idDan Tokaji

AP: North Carolina Republican lawmakers made a last-minute plea on Friday to a federal judge as they seek to save a photo identification requirement to vote that had been set to begin with the March primary.The GOP legislative leaders… Continue reading

Douglas Op-Ed on Kentucky ID Bill

January 9, 2020, 7:34 amvoter idDan Tokaji

Josh Douglas in the Courier-Journal: [T]he [proposed] law requires all voters to show a photo ID issued by the federal or state government that lists an expiration date. University-issued student IDs count. But IDs from the University of Kentucky… Continue reading

Federal court issues preliminary injunction against 2018 NC voter ID law

January 1, 2020, 3:21 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idJustin Levitt

The law, enacted over the Governor’s veto, usually requires a qualifying photo ID to vote. As compared to the previous ID law passed in the wake of Shelby County and invalidated in 2016, it expands the list of acceptable IDs… Continue reading

“Jim Crow As Kafka: Voter Suppression on the Ground”

December 16, 2019, 10:54 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Jonathan Zasloff has posted this paper on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Requiring photo identification before voting has generated fiercely contested litigation and scholarly literature. This Article attempts to move the debate forward by examining how precisely Voter ID works… Continue reading

“Voter Identification and Nonvoting in Wisconsin—Evidence from the 2016 Election”

December 5, 2019, 7:41 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Michael G. DeCrescenzo and Kenneth R. Mayer have written this article for ELJ. Here is the abstract: How much did Wisconsin’s voter identification requirement matter in 2016? We conducted a survey of registered nonvoters in the counties surrounding the cities… Continue reading

“Civil rights activists seek block on state’s voter ID law. Judge in Winston-Salem says she will decide quickly.”

December 4, 2019, 11:26 amvoter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Winston-Salem Journal: For the second time in four years, a version of North Carolina’s election law was in federal court, this time based on allegations that if enacted, black and Latino voters would be disenfranchised.Attorneys for the North Carolina NAACP… Continue reading

“Do I need a REAL ID to vote?”

September 17, 2019, 10:26 amelection administration, voter idRick Hasen

Helpful info from VoteRiders.

8th Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Holds District Court Erred in Granting Preliminary Injunction Barring Parts of North Dakota Voter ID Law That Affected Native American Voters; Leaves Open Room for As-Applied Challenge on Remand

July 31, 2019, 11:28 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Here is the appellate opinion in Brakebill v. Jaeger.

“Judges won’t block voter ID law for 2020, but lawsuit will continue”

July 20, 2019, 11:21 amvoter idJustin Levitt

The denial of a preliminary injunction in North Carolina. The opinion is here … with not much by way of explanation.

“Iowa’s voter ID law trial begins: Opposing lawyers emphasize unnecessary hurdles and election integrity”

June 24, 2019, 8:51 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

The Des Moines Register reports.

Does Voter Suppression Really Suppress Voting?

May 5, 2019, 4:51 amvoter idDan Tokaji

The WSJ Editorial Board thinks not: Democrats accuse Republicans of suppressing the minority vote with laws to ensure ballot integrity. But then how do they explain record minority turnout last November? If Republicans were trying to stop minorities from voting,… Continue reading

North Carolina: “Fix proposed so student IDs can be used for voting”

April 10, 2019, 5:56 amelection administration, voter idRick Hasen

WRAL: Legislation meant to work around a problem the state has had getting college IDs approved for voting identification was filed Tuesday.Lawmakers had been promising this fix. Most of the state’s universities failed to satisfy legal requirements set out… Continue reading

North Carolina: “No voter ID approval for 12 UNC campuses, including Chapel Hill”

March 16, 2019, 10:56 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

WRAL: Student IDs from a dozen University of North Carolina schools, including UNC-Chapel Hill, didn’t get the signoff they needed Friday for students to use them at the polls during the 2020 elections.With a deadline in state law passing,… Continue reading