[EL] AR/TX voter id cases

[Rick Hasen]

I see it as a win because it is on state law grounds and is unlikely to 
be reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

On 10/15/14, 11:01 PM, Easley, Billy (Paul) wrote:
> 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 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 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Due 5 pm Eastern Thursday, according toTim Eaton 
> <https://twitter.com/TimEaton30/status/522495659438772224>.
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> Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id 
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UC Irvine School of Law
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