1/3: After years of litigation, Texas and its legal foes begin the year waiting on the courts to rule on the fate of the state’s embattled political maps and voter identification requirements.
12/29: Several members of an American Indian tribe in North Dakota have filed an amended lawsuit challenging the state's voter identification laws.
1/4: Wisconsin’s voter ID law requires voters to present a valid form of identification, such as a driver’s license or a free voter ID card, before casting a ballot.
1/3: Secretary of State Mac Warner announced the launch of a new program this month to educate the public on the state's new voter identification law, which goes into effect Jan. 1.
12/28: A federal judge has allowed several members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa to amend their complaint challenging North Dakota's newest voter identification law.
12/31: Voters in the Mountain State will have to present valid identification to poll workers or have another registered voter state under oath that the person is who he or she claims to be.
1/5: Maine’s Republican Gov. Paul LePage again urged the state’s Legislature to pass new voter identification laws.
1/3: A Cole County Judge granted a motion by Republican Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft to dismiss a lawsuit about requiring Missourians to show their ID to vote.
1/4: A federal judge tossed aside some testimony Kobach had hoped to present in his long-running contention that voter fraud is commonplace.
1/4: The case of Fish v. Kobach challenging Kansas law requiring proof of citizenship will go to trial in March.
