Category Archives: voter id
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
Here is the appellate opinion in Brakebill v. Jaeger.
“Judges won’t block voter ID law for 2020, but lawsuit will continue”
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”
Does Voter Suppression Really Suppress Voting?
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”
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”
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
Stay of NC State Ct Order Voiding Voter ID Amendment Because Enacted by Impermissibly Gerrymandered Legislature
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?
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
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
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
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”
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”
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