[EL] AR/TX voter id cases

[Rick Hasen]

    Breaking: Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes State Voter ID Law
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66951>

Posted onOctober 15, 2014 2:48 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66951>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The opinion is here 
<http://posting.arktimes.com/media/pdf/voter_id_opinion.pdf>. The 
rulings are only on state law grounds. The majority found that the ID 
requirement added a new voter "qualification" in violation of the state 
constitution. The concurrence found that the measure was not properly 
passed by the state legislature.

There are no obvious federal constitutional issues in this case, so the 
chances of U.S. Supreme Court review of this case are quite small.

Big win for opponents of voter id.

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    Justice Scalia Requests Texas Response in Voter ID Case to SCOTUS
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66949>

Posted onOctober 15, 2014 2:22 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66949>byRick Hasen 
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Due 5 pm Eastern Thursday, according toTim Eaton 
<https://twitter.com/TimEaton30/status/522495659438772224>.

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