Category Archives: voter id

Stay of NC State Ct Order Voiding Voter ID Amendment Because Enacted by Impermissibly Gerrymandered Legislature

March 6, 2019, 3:03 pmredistricting, voter idJustin Levitt

On February 22, Rick noted that a North Carolina state trial court had voided a constitutional amendment pertaining to voter ID, because the amendment had been put on the ballot by a legislature elected pursuant to an unconstitutional gerrymander. … Continue reading

Changes Coming to Wisconsin Voter ID Process?

March 6, 2019, 3:02 pmvoter idJustin Levitt

There’s been ongoing litigation over the legality of Wisconsin’s voter ID rule (and other changes to Wisconsin election law). And by “ongoing,” I mean largely “in stasis”: opinions from the trial court were issued in July 2016 (and partially stayed… Continue reading

Breaking: North Carolina State Court Rules State Voter ID Constitutional Amendment is Void Because Enacted by a Racially Gerrymandered Legislature; Not Clear if Ruling Will Stand

February 22, 2019, 2:22 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Release: The Wake County Superior Court today ruled that the illegally gerrymandered North Carolina General Assembly did not have legal authority to place constitutional amendments on the ballot because it did not act with the full will of the… Continue reading

New NBER Study Finds Voter ID Laws Have Little to No Effect on Voter Turnout or Fraud Prevention

February 11, 2019, 4:35 pmvoter idRick Hasen

New paper: Strict ID Laws Don’t Stop Voters: Evidence from a U.S. Nationwide Panel, 2008-2016 Enrico Cantoni, Vincent Pons NBER Working Paper No. 25522Issued in February 2019NBER Program(s):Political Economy U.S. states increasingly require identification to vote – an… Continue reading

NBER Study Finds Rhode Island Voter ID Law Depressed Turnout, Especially Among Young, Minority, Poor Voters

February 4, 2019, 7:53 amelection administration, voter idRick Hasen

NBER: Effects of Photo ID Laws on Registration and Turnout: Evidence from Rhode IslandFrancesco Maria Esposito, Diego Focanti, Justine S. HastingsNBER Working Paper No. 25503Issued in January 2019NBER Program(s):Law and Economics, Public Economics… Continue reading

“New NC voter ID law levies restrictions on private colleges’ ID cards”

December 26, 2018, 8:26 amvoter idRick Hasen

The Chronicle: A new voter ID law will require photo identification to cast a ballot in North Carolina. Earlier drafts of the bill disallowed students at private colleges in the state—such as Duke—from using their college ID card to… Continue reading

“Multiple Indiana voting laws on trial in federal court”

December 12, 2018, 8:21 pmThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Indiana Lawyer: Indianapolis attorney Robbin Stewart was raised to value the right to vote. In his home state of Delaware, Stewart watched his mother work as a citizen lobbyist to protect the environment, and he got his first taste… Continue reading

Three on NC Voter ID from WRAL

November 27, 2018, 7:10 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Editorial: Open access to N.C. polls needs to be part of voter ID script (Capitol Broadcasting) — If there’s one thing state legislative leaders should realize from Monday’s legislative committee meeting, it is that it will take more… Continue reading

“4 ways NC lawmakers can make a voter ID bill less than awful”

November 26, 2018, 7:36 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

News & Observer editorial.

“NC Republicans reveal their voter ID proposal”

November 20, 2018, 7:40 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

News & Observer: Boards of elections would provide registration cards with photos, and students at North Carolina’s public universities would be able to use their school IDs to vote under a draft voter ID bill that Republican legislators released Tuesday.… Continue reading

Tokaji: A Grand Election Bargain That Everyone Should Support

November 20, 2018, 12:21 pmlegislation and legislatures, voter id, voter registrationDan Tokaji

In collaboration with Take Care, Election Law Blog is pleased to present a series of posts offering thoughts on legislation to reform the U.S. electoral process. Election reform is back on Congress’s agenda. Having won control of the U.S.… Continue reading

“North Dakota Voter ID Law Stands After Last-Ditch Lawsuit”

November 2, 2018, 8:21 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

NYT: The judge, Daniel L. Hovland of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, wrote in a brief, two-page order that it was simply too close to Election Day to do so. He noted that “federal… Continue reading

Is Texas Doing Enough to Promote Voter ID As It Promised to Do?

October 22, 2018, 10:53 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

This looks like something good for a journalist to follow up on. A reader writes: “Texas apparently no longer interested in making voter ID available.I’ve been looking at Texas’s voter ID page (http://www.votetexas.gov/mobile/eic/index.htm) and noticed that, as of… Continue reading

Missouri: “Voter ID ruling has election authorities worried about confusion at polls”

October 14, 2018, 9:31 amelection administration, voter idRick Hasen

Missourian: As the Nov. 6 general election approaches, a new shake-up regarding voter identification laws has election authorities across Missouri — including in Boone County — on their toes. Cole County Judge Richard Callahan on Tuesday blocked provisions of the… Continue reading