Monthly Archives: October 2014

Ah, Wisconsin Politics

October 7, 2014, 8:00 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

The following two items just arrived in my email inbox at the same time. Stuart Taylor, Whistleblower mulling libel suit against Milwaukee newspaper over ‘death threat’ claim (“The whistleblower who has accused Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisholm of privately expressing… Continue reading

Voting Cases on Today’s #SCOTUS Agenda

October 7, 2014, 7:33 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, voter registration, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I expect an order from the Chief Justice (or more likely, the entire Supreme Court) today in North Carolina’s attempt to reverse a 4th Circuit ruling restoring same day voter registration and out-of-state voting in the state for this… Continue reading

“Black Voters May Carry Kay Hagan To Victory In November”

October 7, 2014, 7:24 amcampaigns, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

HuffPo reports.

“Worlds Apart: New NCSL Canvass Looks at Urban/Rural Divide in Election Administration”

October 7, 2014, 7:18 amelection administrationRick Hasen

A ChapinBlog.

“Supreme Court Could Decide Voter-Restriction Battle in NC”

October 7, 2014, 7:17 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Root reports.

“Americans for Prosperity plows millions into building conservative ground force”

October 6, 2014, 9:11 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Matea Gold reports for WaPo.

Howard Rounds Up the WI Voter ID 7th Circuit Stories

October 6, 2014, 9:01 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Here.

Brad Blog Takes Apart, Bit by Bit, the Easterbrook “You Need an ID to Do X” Analogy

October 6, 2014, 8:54 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Here. What really gets me is how Judge Easterbrook takes a difficult and complex issue and gives it the back of its hand—whether it is his rejection of the district court’s finding that up to 9% of Wisconsin voters don’t… Continue reading

Another Error in Judge Easterbrook’s WI Voter ID Opinion

October 6, 2014, 6:48 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Following up on this post, a reader notes that Judge Easterbrook also writes in his opinion today: “The Justices observed that a commission chaired by former President Carter had recommended the use of photo ID to verify a person’s… Continue reading

A Quick Reaction to the 7th Circuit Wisconsin Voter ID Decision: Horrendous

October 6, 2014, 2:45 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I am crashing on a number of deadlines before travelling, so I have only time for a brief reaction to the 7th Circuit’s opinion today on the merits rejecting the constitutional and Voting Rights Act section 2 challenges to Wisconsin’s… Continue reading

Judge Easterbook Dings Persily and Ansolabehere’s Work on Voter ID Because it Appeared in Harvard Law Review

October 6, 2014, 1:55 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

and not a peer reviewed journal. Unreal.

Breaking: 7th Circuit Issues Opinion on the Merits in WI Voter ID Case

October 6, 2014, 1:42 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

You can read the 23-page opinion. Given that Wisconsin’s response at the Supreme Court on the motion for a stay is not due until tomorrow at 5, this is a nice assist from the 7th Circuit panel to the… Continue reading