voter ID laws

Politics & Government

Democrats Are Now Open To New Voter ID Rules. It Probably Won't Win Over The GOP

7:00am August 28, 2021

by Miles Parks

While Democrats have long opposed voter ID laws, their decade-long effort to convince voters hasn't budged public opinion. Large bipartisan majorities still favor showing an ID to vote.

Politics & Government

Federal Court In Wisconsin Upholds Voting Restrictions Favored By Republicans

11:25pm June 29, 2020

by Scott Neuman

An appeals court found in favor of limits on early voting and restored a requirement that residents must live in a district for 28 days, instead of 10 days, to be eligible to vote there.

Delaine Belgarde (right) shows the new Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa identification card, in Belcourt, N.D., in 2018.

Politics & Government

North Dakota And Native American Tribes Settle Voter ID Lawsuits

5:42pm February 14, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Tribes had sued because the law required voters to present identification with their home's street address — which often doesn't exist on reservations. Emergency rules will broaden the ID allowed.

Residential roads with no street name or number signs, such as this one in Belcourt, N.D., are common on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation. Under recently tightened state rules, voters in North Dakota are required to present identification with a str

Politics & Government

Judge Rules Native Americans in North Dakota Must Comply With Voter ID Law

2:49pm November 02, 2018

by Ruben Kimmelman

The judge said allegations made by Native Americans seeking a waiver from the law gave the court "great cause of concern." But he was not willing to change election laws at the 11th hour.

Voters cast ballots during early voting last week in Atlanta. Georgia has blocked approximately 53,000 voter registrations.

Republican Voter Suppression Efforts Are Targeting Minorities, Journalist Says

6:35pm October 23, 2018

by Terry Gross

Ari Berman of Mother Jones warns that a Republican strategy to tighten access to the ballot box could have a major impact on the 2018 elections. "It could be tainted by voter suppression," he says.

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Voters cast their ballots at a polling station at Hazelwood Central High School on November 8, 2016 in Florissant, Missouri. A state judge has ruled state election authorities can no longer tell voters they must show a photo ID to cast a ballot, blocking

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Missouri Judge Blocks Parts Of State Voter Photo ID Law

4:37am October 10, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

A Missouri judge ruled that election authorities must cease distributing materials that could "mislead" voters to believing photo identification is required to cast a ballot.

North Carolina State University students wait in line to vote in the primaries at Pullen Community Center in Raleigh, N.C., on March 15.

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U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina's Voter ID Law

2:56pm July 29, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the state's law requiring voters to show photo identification. The court found that the Legislature had "discriminatory intent."

Supreme Court Sets Deadline On Lower Court's Texas Voter ID Law Ruling

7:49pm April 29, 2016

by Bill Chappell

More than 18 months after it was kept alive by an appeals court's stay, Texas' controversial voter ID law remains in place.

Federal Judge Upholds North Carolina's Sweeping Voter ID Law

9:08pm April 25, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

Thomas D. Schroeder of the Federal District Court in Winston-Salem said North Carolina had "legitimate state interests" to implement the law.

Voters cast ballots in November 2014 at Lake Shawnee park in Topeka, Kan.

Change At Federal Election Agency Muddles Kansas Voter Registration Laws

9:57pm February 02, 2016

by Pam Fessler

The state requires its residents to prove their citizenship when registering to vote, but a federal agency fought the law in court. It now appears to have changed positions.