Supreme Court takes Voting Rights Act case.

WaPo reports: The justices three years ago expressed skepticism about the continued need for Section 5 of the historic act, which requires s...

"New Orleans fans boo Madonna after she demands they vote for Obama."

Always one to pick up and run with a trend, she changed to : "Seriously, I don't care who you vote for.... Do not take this privile...

"A federal court on Thursday rejected a Texas law that would require voters to present photo IDs to election officials before being allowed to vote..."

"... in November's election, unanimously ruling that it imposes 'strict, unforgiving burdens on the poor,' who are often ra...

"Voter ID laws could swing states."

An article at Politico: "Swing states are always much more likely to have these kinds of laws restricting voting,” said Wendy Weiser, d...

Dane County judge finds Wisconsin's voter ID law violates the state constitution.

This is the second case finding the law violates the state constitution. Dane County is the location of Madison, and the case will almost c...

Liberals worry that Chief Justice John Roberts has built up political capital...

... which he will spend next term in what will be conservative decisions on things like affirmative action, voting rights, and same-sex marr...

Eric Holder "implies that Jim Crow is on the cusp of a comeback" — why?

The Wall Street Journal says it's a cynical election move. Mr. Holder's Council of Black Churches address is merely the latest of hi...

2 teachers and a busload of high school students vote — using early in-person absentee balloting — in the Walker recall election.

"A witness at the Milwaukee Municipal Building on Friday reported seeing about 30 students from Pulaski High School arrived at the poll...

"Divided D.C. Circuit Panel Upholds Constitutionality of Voting Rights Act, Teeing Up Issue for Supreme Court."

The Shelby County case is explained by Rick Hasen over at the Election Law Blog. From the dissenting opinion by Judge Williams: Why should ...

64% of likely voters think voter fraud is a problem and 74% think voter ID laws don't discriminate.

According to a new Rasmussen poll. This includes 35% who consider it a Very Serious problem and seven percent (7%) who view it as Not At All...

Wisconsin Voter ID case goes straight to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

The Wisconsin State Journal reports: Appeals courts sent two lawsuits challenging Wisconsin's blocked new voter ID law directly to the s...

"A panel of federal judges in Milwaukee has barred Wisconsin elections officials from using new Republican drawn redistricting maps..."

"... and ordered that two districts be redrawn because they unfairly weakened the voting power of Latinos." The judges ruled that ...

"The 2012 congressional redistricting cycle following the 2010 Census... seems likely to make much less difference than many of us expected."

Writes Michael Barone: I predicted that this cycle, like the 2002 cycle, would produce significant gains for Republicans. Their success in e...

Bush v. Gore is "the case of the century" because it "truly altered history," even though it "didn’t change constitutional doctrine."

Writes TNR's Jonathan Cohn setting up a discussion of whether this year's big Obamacare decision will be the new case of the centur...

"The Obama administration has blocked Texas’ new law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls..."

"... saying it would suppress Hispanic voter turnout, and the United Nations is now investigating the fairness of such laws in Texas an...

"It's a shame activist Dane County judges continue to stand in the way of common sense."

Said a spokesman for Gov. Scott Walker, after Circuit Judge Richard Niess found that Wisconsin's voter ID law violates the state constit...

The Supreme Court will hear the Texas redistricting case — quickly, in time for the 2012 primary.

Adam Liptak reports: The court stayed orders from a special three-judge court in San Antonio, which issued electoral maps late last month th...

Russ Feingold: "The big lie is beginning. The big lie is that this is an out-of-state movement...."

He was speaking about the movement to recall Scott Walker at a rally in Madison, Wisconsin yesterday. "The big lie"? The "big...

"Are we now going to witness a subtle return of Jim Crow voting laws?"

WaPo's E.J. Dionne Jr. is getting histrionic about voter ID laws in his piece called "How States Are Rigging the 2012 Election....

Voter ID passes in the Wisconsin Senate and protesters chant "Shame!"

"Those in the Senate gallery sang 'We Shall Overcome' after a speech about voting rights." State Sen. Spencer Coggs, D-Mil...