Virginia Gov. McAuliffe Talks Redistricting
In this clip. The legislature’s going to have to get his support for new districts next year, after the trial court struck down the congressional map (for 2016 elections).
Monthly Archives: October 2014
“The Voting Rights Act & Judicial Equity”
Ned Foley with characteristically smart thoughts about the equitable considerations in last-minute judicial orders before an election.
Toronto Reports Give Internet Voting a Thumbs-Down
Al Jazeera America ventures north of the border.
A Wild Week for Voting Rights
Liz Kennedy, at Demos, reviews what’s happened. Week’s not over yet.
“Elections Board Launches Voter ID Campaign”
In Wisconsin. Funny story…
[Update: This new report describes election clerks’ latest attempts to communicate to voters exactly what voters will need to show.
Of potential relevance to a coming Purcell decision in Texas, in line with my… Continue reading
BREAKING: 7th Circuit Again Splits 5-5 on ID
More breaking news: The 7th Circuit, sitting en banc, just split again 5-5 over whether to review the panel opinion’s decision on the merits. Judge Posner had apparently asked for the vote himself, and wrote 28 pages disagreeing with the… Continue reading
“How to Predict a Voting Rights Decision; The Supreme Court just made it harder to vote in some states and easier in others.”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
If you have been following developments at the Supreme Court in voting cases over the past few weeks, the results have been dizzying and apparently inconsistent. First the court blocked a… Continue reading
The Biggest Aspect of the Texas Case: Texas To Be Covered Again by Section 5 (If Case Stands)
Justin noted a key aspect of the Texas id decision which I want to highlight: “Also extremely important: the court expressly finds intentional discrimination relevant to bail-in under the Voting Rights Act, and says it will consider a bail-in order… Continue reading
Don’t Get Too Excited That #SCOTUS Blocked Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law This Election
I’ve explained why I think the Supreme Court was correct to block Wisconsin’s voter id law for use in this election. There was too much of a risk that the law could not be implemented fairly in time for this… Continue reading
Is Texas ID Law Blocked Now? Should It Be? Would It Stay Blocked?
In my last post, I wrote about the massive opinion in the Texas voter id case that “there is no discussion of whether the actual order will apply to this election and the injunction will stop its use in this… Continue reading
“Texas Will Immediately Appeal Voter ID Ruling”
Reactions to TX (and Sometimes WI) Decision
Reports from AP, HuffPo, LA Times, MSNBC, NPR, NY Times, Politico, Reuters, USA Today, Wall St. Journal.
And from the plaintiffs’ counsel — Brennan Center, CLC, and LDF… Continue reading
The Least-covered Impact of the Texas ID Decision
It creates some extra work for Google. More specifically, the programmers who have added state-based information on ID requirements in each state to searches about the voting process may have a fair amount of updating to do in these final… Continue reading
Canadian Voting Wars Arrive in Court
From the plaintiffs’ press release:
The Council of Canadians, the Canadian Federation of Students and three individual electors will file a Charter challenge to the Fair Elections Act (Bill C-23) in the Ontario Superior Court today.
Recent changes to… Continue reading