2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "Democratic voter turnout was 285 percent worse in states with new voter ID laws." [View all]wildeyed
(11,243 posts)either by winning the statehouse and controlling the legislative process or by challenging the law through judicial channels. If you choose to challenge them in court, then you need to be able to say why the law is unconstitutional. There have been multiple cases brought by NAACP using the Voting Rights Act as a basis to challenge. A group of college students brought suit (and lost) in TN because they were prohibited from using their student IDs as photos ID. I did find one instance of a state Democratic Party bringing suit in VA.
I guess I don't understand why you think the DNC would be responsible for bringing suit for a constitutional challenge of these laws Their job is to organize the convention, raise money and coordinate national strategy. Pretty sure they discuss these laws at strategy meetings. They are a huge weapon against the Party. But no way they would spearhead the actual lawsuits.
Lawyer people, could they even bring suit, legally? Since they are a national group?