[EL] AR/TX voter id cases

[Easley, Billy (Paul)]

Big win for opponents of voter id.

Uh, is it though? As you noted – and the decision makes clear in it’s final paragraphs – this is just an issue of interpreting the state Constitution. If it doesn’t have any applicability elsewhere beyond Arkansas, I fail to see it as a big win against Voter ID as a concept on the national level or the rationale for voter ID as a policy whatever your opinion of it as a policy matter might be.

From: Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu<mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu>>
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 5:50 PM
To: "law-election at UCI.edu<mailto:law-election at UCI.edu>" <law-election at UCI.edu<mailto:law-election at UCI.edu>>
Subject: [EL] AR/TX voter id cases

Breaking: Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes State Voter ID Law<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66951>
Posted on October 15, 2014 2:48 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66951> by Rick 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 on October 15, 2014 2:22 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66949> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Due 5 pm Eastern Thursday, according to Tim Eaton<https://twitter.com/TimEaton30/status/522495659438772224>.

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