Challengers respond to North Carolina’s emergency voting rights request

[Draggingtree]

SCOTUS:

Amy Howe Reporter and Independent Contractor

Posted Fri, August 26th, 2016 10:57 am

Challengers respond to North Carolina’s emergency voting rights request

Earlier this month, North Carolina asked the Justices to halt a lower-court ruling that blocked the implementation of its controversial 2013 election law – including provisions requiring voters to present a government-issued photo ID, reducing the number of days when voters can go to the polls before Election Day, and eliminating preregistration for young voters. The state told the Court that, unless it is allowed to apply those three provisions to the November 2016 general elections, there would be “voter confusion” and “consequent incentive to remain away from the polls.”

 

Yesterday the Obama administration and civil rights groups fired back. They told the Justices that in fact the exact opposite is true: because North Carolina has already made preparations for the election to take place under the terms of the lower-court’s order, granting the state’s request would “dramatically increase, not reduce, the risks of mistakes and confusion.” By contrast, requiring the November election to go forward under the order’s terms – for example, without the photo-ID requirement and with the extra days for early voting – would simply maintain the status quo.

[clearvision]

Supreme court said no.....

 

No voter id for North Carolina.

 

@NCTexan @righteousmomma

[NCTexan]

Supreme court said no.....

 

No voter id for North Carolina.

 

@NCTexan @righteousmomma

Pretty well suck having a bunch of LIB judges.... The only hope to turn more of them coming is what we expect from Trump.

 

You know what we'll get with Hillary... and what's his name Libertarian is in effect paving the way for her.

 

If you can't win on voter ID... where the hell are we.

[Valin]

I Honestly Don't Get. Not The Democrat/Leftest Opposition, That's Just Simple Voter Fraud. No, What I Don't Understand (in 25 words or less, I'm not that bright) Is the Legal Reasoning, Why A Photo ID To Vote Is Unconstitutional, When You Need A Photo ID To do Anything Else In This Society.

[Draggingtree]

Amy Howe Reporter and Independent Contractor

Posted Wed, August 31st, 2016 4:44 pm

North Carolina comes up one vote short for stay in election law case

A closely divided Court today denied North Carolina’s request to allow the state to enforce three provisions of its controversial 2013 election law when voters go to the polls for this fall’s general elections. The state needed five of the eight Justices to agree to halt a lower court’s ruling that blocked the law, but it came up one short – illustrating the impact of the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, who likely would have joined the Court’s other conservative Justices in voting for the state.

 

The North Carolina legislature enacted the law in the wake of the Court’s 2013 ruling in Shelby County v. Holder, which struck down the federal formula used to determine which state and local governments must obtain advance approval for any changes to their voting rules. The law would require North Carolina voters to show a government-issued photo ID, reduce the number of days for early voting, and eliminate out-of-precinct voting, same-day voter registration, and preregistration for young voters. http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/08/north-carolina-comes-up-one-vote-short-for-stay-in-election-law-case/

[NCTexan]

I Honestly Don't Get. Not The Democrat/Leftest Opposition, That's Just Simple Voter Fraud. No, What I Don't Understand (in 25 words or less, I'm not that bright) Is the Legal Reasoning, Why A Photo ID To Vote Is Unconstitutional, When You Need A Photo ID To do Anything Else In This Society.

 

@Valin Since you obviously are not too bright... let me explain this to you;

 

Requiring a photo ID to vote is discriminatory against black citizens who obviously are not allowed off the psychological plantation to get a photo taken due to their "slave blood" status under the heavy hand of white privilege. (Sorry if this had too many big words for you.)

 

It is also discriminatory against undocumented workers who must live in the shadows due to the hurtful rhetoric of Donald J Trump. It is impossible to take a good picture in the shadows. Duh!

 

Finally it is discriminatory against hard working and peaceful Muslim Americans. This woman was kicked out of Olan Mills Studio after 3 hours of failing to get a flattering photo that she could use on an ID.

 

 

But most importantly... all of these oppressed people would be restricted to vote only one time which makes them only 3/5th of a normal voting Democrat.

 

Hopefully this helps.

[NCTexan]

 

WASHINGTON — Georgetown University will give preference in admissions to the descendants of slaves owned by the Maryland Jesuits as part of its effort to atone for profiting from the sale of enslaved people.

 

CBS

 

Wow... That's great... now those Chinese students that should have gotten in... but now won't... they must feel very atoned now.

 

The are paying the price for building that "Trump like" Great Wall all those years ago.

[Draggingtree]

Another day, another election law battle at the Court (UPDATED)

UPDATED: Today Justice Elena Kagan asked the state to file a response to the request by Ohio Democrats. The response is due on Thursday, September 8, by 3 p.m. Eastern.

 

One day after the Supreme Court rejected North Carolina’s request to allow the state to enforce parts of its controversial election law, including the requirement that all voters present a government-issued photo ID, in the November elections, the issue of voting rights once again returned to the Supreme Court in an emergency appeal. This time the request came from Democrats in Ohio, which is once again likely to be a battleground state in the upcoming elections. Yesterday they asked the Court to bring back the state’s “Golden Week” – a five-day early voting period during which voters can both register to vote and vote on the same day.

 

The state implemented Golden Week in the wake of the 2004 presidential elections, when many voters encountered long lines at the polls that resulted in waits of up to twelve hours to vote. Ohio Democrats say that Golden Week “made a major contribution in alleviating congested voting lines and encouraging turnout” – especially for African Americans, who may face more challenges, because of constraints on their time and resources, in voting on Election Day itself.

http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/09/another-day-another-election-law-battle-at-the-court/