Texas Still Contemplating Supreme Court Appeal in Voter ID Case
Tierney Sneed with the statement.
Monthly Archives: August 2016
“Schimel Files Stay Motion in Voter ID Decision in One Wisconsin v. Thomsen”
And now the second Wi voting case has been appealed by both sides to the 7th Circuit.
“Voter ID rulings could impact Alabama”
Mary Troyan for Gannett:
A lawsuit challenging Alabama’s voter ID law is set for trial next year, but a wave of court decisions is giving hope to voting rights activists who say the Alabama law should be tossed because it… Continue reading
“Analysis: Texas Voters Take Hit While Judges Ponder Election Laws”
Great Ross Ramsey Texas Tribune column which ends by suggesting it might be time to put Texas back under federal voting supervision.
What Donald Trump Has in Common with Charles Foster Kane
“Analysis: Trump Not the First to Claim Voter Fraud Will Rig Elections”
Zack Roth:
Here’s what Sen. John McCain said during a 2008 presidential debate — the highest-profile stage of the campaign. The voter registration group ACORN, McCain declared, “is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds… Continue reading
“Who Really Believes in Campaign Finance Disclosure?”
Steve Klein on the new DC circuit Super PAC name case.
Plaintiffs Challenging NC Redistricting Go to #SCOTUS Claiming Partisan Gerrymander
Here is the jurisdictional statement in Harris v. McCrory.
I believe this is the first case raising issues of partisan gerrymandering to make it to the Supreme Court since Justice Scalia’s passing. Will they touch it? I don’t know. One… Continue reading
“The Citizens United Playbook; How a Top GOP Lawyer Guided a Chinese-Owned Company Into U.S. Presidential Politics”
The Intercept:
The Intercept has determined that a corporation owned by a Chinese couple made a major donation to Jeb Bush’s Super PAC Right to Rise USA — and it did so after receiving detailed advice from Charlie Spies, arguably … Continue reading
“Is Trump setting the stage to challenge November’s election result?”
McClatchy:
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump seems to be preparing to be a sore loser, unsettling the prospects for any post-election peace.
Three months before Election Day, the 70-year-old New York businessman is reciting electoral grievances that range from… Continue reading
Breaking: TX Plaintiffs, State Agree on How to Soften Voter ID for Upcoming Elections
This looks like a darn good deal for plaintiffs (and it means no further appeals on scope of interim remedy by the state):
1. Voters who appear on the official list of registered voters and present documentation that is acceptable… Continue reading
NC Wants 4th Circuit Stay in Voting Case, Pending #SCOTUS Decision to Hear Case
See this motion filed by the state of North Carolina in the voting case.
As ELB readers will recall, the 4th Circuit blocked aspects of North Carolina’s voting law, including its strict voter id law, on grounds the law… Continue reading
“Georgia Republican says he might withhold electoral college vote from Donald Trump”
“Tighter Restrictions Are Losing In The Battle Over Voter ID Laws”
Really good Oliver Roeder look over at 538 on whether strict election laws affect and skew turnout.