“Judge upholds PA voter-ID law Democrats say will disenfranchise poor urban voters”
Here’s a link to an interview I did today with KPCC’s Patt Morrison.
Monthly Archives: August 2012
“FEC Approves Text Message Political Contributions … Again”
This item appears at Inside Political Law.
“Judge rejects bid to block Pa. voter ID law”
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
“Can voter ID laws affect the outcome of an election?”
This article in the Philadelphia Inquirer asks: “Could tough new voter-identification laws such as Pennsylvania’s affect the outcome of the presidential race? The question took on new urgency after Wednesday’s ruling upholding that law – especially because of a widely… Continue reading
“Pennsylvania voter ID law gets approval from state judge”
Bob Barnes reports for the Washington Post.
Historical Note About Pa Voter ID Decision Origins
A reader who has looked a Pennsylvania’s law on voter id passes along the following comments about one of the Pa. authorities relied upon by the trial court in today’s voter id decision:
In the course of my research, I… Continue reading
“Further Thoughts on Voter ID in Light of the Pennsylvania Decision”
Reihan Salam blogs at National Review Online.
“Pa Judge Rejects Challenge to Voter ID Law”
Pete Williams reports for NBC News.
“A Missed Chance to Reject Voting Barriers”
NYT editorializes on today’s Pa. voter id decision.
“Maher on voter ID: Black people don’t have picture ID since they ‘take the bus because they’re poor’ [VIDEO]”
The Daily Caller reports.
Interesting: Ohio Hires Wiley Rein to Defend in Military Voting Case
Columbus Dispatch: “William Consovoy, an attorney representing Secretary of State Jon Husted, noted, for example, that military members get their absentee ballots earlier than the rest of Ohioans.”
Consovoy is an accomplished appellate practitioner at Wiley, Rein. I have… Continue reading
“Election boards must standardize early voting hours”
The latest from Ohio: “Secretary of State Jon Husted announced today that county election boards across the state must standardize their early voting hours. Husted, a Republican, is trying to deal with a controversy that was sparked after differences in… Continue reading
“This Congress could be least productive since 1947”
USA Today: “Just 61 bills have become law to date in 2012 out of 3,914 bills that have been introduced by lawmakers, or less than 2% of all proposed laws, according to a USA TODAY analysis of records since… Continue reading
“Judge Won’t Block Pa. Voter ID Law”
Pam Fessler reports for NPR.