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Jason Husser speaks with WFMY News 2 about federal lawsuit

The assistant professor of political science and assistant director of the 51±¬ÁÏÍø Poll offered an analysis of a federal lawsuit to prohibit the state from implementing a new voter ID law.

<p>Assistant Professor Jason Husser</p>
<p>Assistant Professor Jason Husser</p>
[/caption]Assistant Professor Jason Husser appeared July 6, 2014, on WFMY News 2 in an interview about a pending federal lawsuit against the state of North Carolina.

The lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice seeks to overturn a state law that begins in 2016 requiring photo identification before voters can cast their ballots in an election. The news segment, was broadcast the day before a hearing on the law.

Husser researches American political behavior and survey methodology. He earned a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in 2012 and today teaches courses on polling, political behavior and survey methodology.