Outside the Beltway

A Federal Appeals Court has dealt a setback to Texas in the battle over its Voter ID Law.

Another setback for those opposed to Voter ID laws.

Oregon has become the first state in the nation to adopt universal automatic voter registration.

Based on the available evidence, there’s very little evidence that Voter ID laws had a significant impact on the midterm elections.

Early voting is a still new idea in the United States, but one that has quickly spread to a majority of states. But, is it a good idea?

After a setback, Texas will be allowed to enforce its Voter ID law. At least for now.

A victory for opponents of Voter ID in Texas, but it’s not likely to stand up on appeal.

An unsurprising decision from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

A set back for opponents of Voter ID in Wisconsin.

A Federal Judge in Ohio has issued a very troubling ruling on that state’s early voting law.

The numbers are shocking!

A major voting rights ruling out of North Carolina.

There is simply no evidence of the kind of in-person voter impersonation that Voter ID Laws were designed to prevent.

Thad Cochran has been officially certified as the winner of the Mississippi GOP Primary Runoff Election, but it’s not over yet.

Well this is a unique defense.

Once again, Rand Paul is challenging conservative orthodoxy.

A legal setback for Voter ID laws in Wisconsin.

Voter ID supporters are pointing to a report from the North Carolina Board of Elections as proof of ongoing Voter Fraud. But, while long on facts, the report has yet to reach any such conclusions.

A pattern continues.

Some recent political science on the subject.

Felons! Foreigners! When will the madness end?

Do Voter ID laws really suppress voter turnout? The evidence from at least one state doesn’t prove it.

Women in Texas who changed their name when they got married may have trouble voting.

Today’s decision by the Supreme Court was, on the surface, a victory for Federal Supremacy, but the issue itself is far from resolved.

Dean “Unskewed Polls” Chambers is back, and he’s as deluded as ever.

Many conservatives are living inside of a media bubble and they’ll continue to have problems until the consciously decide to break out of it.

Demographics are not destiny; policy positions drive decision, ultimately.

Posting pictures of your ballot to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram is a crime in some parts of America.

It’s just a few days until the 2012 campaign ends, and the jostling for position for 2016 begins.

Will conservatives freak out if Romney loses? That’s pretty much guaranteed.

Should people be able to vote six weeks before Election Day?

A legal setback for the Texas Voter ID law, but not much of a political setback for Voter ID laws in general.

The weird tale of Thad McCotter’s nominating petitions just got a heck of a lot weirder.

A victory for the proponents of Voter ID Laws in Pennsylvania.

Another study shows that voter ID laws negatively affect a lot of Americans.

The number of Pennsylvania voters without required photo IDs exceeds Obama’s 2008 margin of victory.

A contentious political battle that has lasted a year has come to an end.

We should want more voters, not less, if we actually value representaitve democracy.

The voter ID issue goes on the road.

Voter ID laws are a good idea, but we have to be careful in how we implement them.

Dead people almost voted in New Hampshire. Zombie democracy is nigh!

A Wisconsin DOT official sent out a memo telling DMV staffers not to volunteer the availability of free voter identification cards.

States are racing to put obstacles in front of voters in the name of fraud prevention.

Presenting photo identification is not an onerous requirement for voting. But there’s next to zero evidence that fraud is a problem.