Category Archives: provisional ballots

9th Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Rejects Argument AZ Must Count Ballots Cast in the Wrong Precinct

November 3, 2016, 7:14 amelection administration, provisional ballots, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Same panel as in the other aspect of the Feldman case, same 2-1 split: this time, whether Arizona’s rule that ballots cast by a voter in the wrong precinct should not count (for those races that the voter was… Continue reading

“Some say it’s time California had statewide rules for provisional ballots”

July 24, 2016, 11:22 amelection administration, provisional ballotsRick Hasen

John Myers reports for LAT.

Bernie Sanders Could Try to Flip SuperDelegates Even if He’s Behind in Elected Delegate Count

March 31, 2016, 7:15 amprimaries, provisional ballotsRick Hasen

Maddow.

“Explaining the Blue Shift in Election Canvassing”

September 2, 2015, 2:06 pmabsentee ballots, election administration, provisional ballotsRick Hasen

Ned Foley and Charles Stewart APSA paper: We conduct statistical analysis of a phenomenon recently identified by Foley (2013), the rise in the number of votes counted after Election Day (“overtime votes”) and the growing tendency of these votes… Continue reading

“Thousands of Voters Are Disenfranchised by North Carolina’s Voting Restrictions”

June 16, 2015, 12:04 pmelection administration, provisional ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ari Berman: A month after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, North Carolina passed the country’s most sweeping voting restrictions. The Supreme Court refused to block key parts of the law—cuts to early voting, the elimination… Continue reading

“Election dispute highlights broader issue; Chula Vista’s case showed differences in counting of provisional ballots”

April 18, 2015, 2:57 pmelection administration, provisional ballotsRick Hasen

Greg Moran writes for UT San Diego.

“Attorney On Uncounted Provisional Ballots In Arizona Elections”

December 4, 2014, 9:06 amelection administration, provisional ballots, recountsRick Hasen

KJZZ on Barber-McSally recount.

“Ron Barber’s request to count 133 votes denied’

November 28, 2014, 3:57 pmelection administration, provisional ballots, recountsRick Hasen

AP: The 133 ballots at the heart of a federal lawsuit in southern Arizona over election results in the hotly contested 2nd Congressional District will not be counted after all. U.S. District Judge Cindy Jorgenson denied a request Thursday… Continue reading

“Barber-McSally vote total likely to trigger recount”

November 11, 2014, 5:20 pmelection administration, provisional ballots, recountsRick Hasen

The Arizona Republic reports.

Provisional Ballot Dispute in AZ Congressional Race

November 10, 2014, 6:11 pmelection administration, provisional ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Tuscon Weekly: A Pima County Superior Court judge has denied an effort by Republican Martha McSally’s congressional campaign to stop counting a group of ballots in Democratic precincts in her hotly contested race against Democratic incumbent Ron Barber. Superior… Continue reading

“The Vote You Save May Be Your Own”

November 4, 2014, 9:50 amelection administration, provisional ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ned Foley and Josh Douglas for NYT Opinion: Millions of Americans will head to the polls today, and many of them will confront some of the most serious obstacles to voting in decades, including strict new photo ID requirements in… Continue reading

“Uncounted Votes The Racially Discriminatory Effects of Provisional Ballots”

October 29, 2014, 1:05 pmelection administration, provisional ballots, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

New report from the Center for American Progress. From the emailed press release: RELEASE: The Racially Discriminatory Effects of Provisional Ballots Washington, D.C. — One week ahead of the 2014 midterm elections, much has been made of the new, more… Continue reading

“Rules for Provisional Ballots All Over the Map”

October 9, 2014, 2:46 amprovisional ballotsJustin Levitt

Pam Fessler tries to make sense of the provisional ballot landscape for NPR.

Breaking News: SCOTUS issues NC order, restrictions back in effect

October 8, 2014, 4:19 pmelection law and constitutional law, provisional ballots, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter registrationJustin Levitt

Sure, just after Rick leaves. Late Wednesday, the Supreme Court stayed the 4th Circuit’s earlier opinion blocking North Carolina’s rollback of same-day registration and its decision to no longer count ballots cast out-of-precinct. Free of the double negatives: the full… Continue reading