Court Activity
Judge Blocks Pennsylvania Voter ID Law for 2012 Election
A judge ruled Tuesday that a Pennsylvania law requiring voters in the swing state to produce photo identification at the polls cannot take effect for the November election.
10 North Dakota State Football Players Plead Guilty to Election Fraud
FARGO, N.D. - Ten football players at North Dakota State pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor election fraud and were sentenced to community service for faking signatures on ballot measure petitions they were hired to collect.
ACLU Sues to Stop Citizenship Check Box on Michigan Ballots
LANSING - The ACLU has filed a federal lawsuit Monday to stop Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson from asking voters if they are U.S. citizens when they fill out ballot applications in the November election.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Sends Voter ID Case Back to Lower Court
In a 4-2 ruling issued Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered Commonwealth Court Judge Robert E. Simpson Jr., who upheld the new voter ID law in August, to file a supplemental opinion proving that the new law won't disenfranchise some voters.
Federal Court Strikes Down Texas Photo ID Law
WASHINGTON -- A three-judge federal panel on Thursday knocked down the Lone Star State's new photo voter ID law, which the court said illegally suppresses minority voters.
Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Obama on Early Voting in Ohio
COLUMBUS - A federal judge in Ohio granted a request from the Obama campaign to give all voters in the swing state the option of casting their ballot in person during the three days before Election Day. Read more: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/31/federal-judge-restores-3-early-voting-days-in-ohio/#ixzz25bNtu7Zx
Minnesotans Will Decide Voter ID in November
The Minnesota Supreme Court decided Monday that a referendum approved by the state legislature to amend the state constitution to require voter ID will also be on the ballot in November. The League of Women Voters had tried to convince the court that the people of Minnesota should not be allowed to decide this issue.
Court Hears Defense of South Carolina’s Photo ID Law
Washington (CNN) -- South Carolina officials headed to federal court on Monday to defend a controversial new voter identification law, dismissing suggestions the requirement would deny tens of thousands of people, many of them minorities, access to the ballot.
Judge Upholds Pennsylvania Voter ID Law
HARRISBURG - A Commonwealth Court judge denied a bid by civil rights groups to block the new voter identification law from taking effect, delivering a first-round victory to Gov. Corbett and legislative Republicans who pushed the measure through this spring saying it was needed to prevent voter fraud.
U.S. Court to Hear South Carolina’s Appeal of Justice Department Shutdown of Photo ID Law
South Carolina's voter ID law will go on trial before a panel of judges in a federal court in D.C. from Aug. 27 until Aug. 31, according to court documents filed on Aug. 7.