When someone registers to vote in Oklahoma, he or she is given a voter identification card, but it doesn’t have a photo on it, and the state also requires voters at the polls to show government photo-ID. Representative David Perryman … Continue reading
On January 16, the Sixth Circuit set a briefing schedule for Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted, 14-3030. The state’s brief is due February 28; the briefs for the minor parties are due April 2; the state’s reply is due … Continue reading
Arizona State Representative Eddie Farnsworth (R-Gilbert) has introduced HB 2196. It repeals the 2013 omnibus election law bill, which had been HB 2305. Among other provisions, the 2013 law makes it extremely difficult for members of small qualified parties to … Continue reading
The Columbus Dispatch has this story, mentioning that on January 15, the Sixth Circuit refused Ohio’s request to expedite the lawsuit over whether the minor parties should be on the 2014 ballot. As the newspaper story explains, this means the … Continue reading
On January 17, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard McGinley struck down that state’s photo voter-ID law. The case is Applewhite v Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 330 M.D. 2012. Here is the 50-page ruling (there are an Appendix attached at the end … Continue reading
