Category Archives: voting

“Sunnyside election could come down to 1 vote”

August 14, 2013, 7:35 amelection administration, votingRick Hasen

KIMA: An election that’s been too close to call looks like it could come down to one vote. The race is for Sunnyside City Council. That power is in the hands of a man who turned in his ballot… Continue reading

Australia’s Compulsory Voting, Short Campaign Season Get the Daily Show Treatment

August 13, 2013, 9:09 amcampaigns, votingRick Hasen

Watch.

“Push for Satellite Voting Centers Intensifies”

August 7, 2013, 8:10 pmvotingRick Hasen

Rapid City Journal : Tribal-voting advocates are pressuring South Dakota Secretary of State Jason Gant to approve the release of federal funds for satellite voting centers to serve Native American voters in 2014. Four Directions Inc., a Native American voting… Continue reading

“North Carolina Voter ID Law Targets Student Voters, Too”

July 25, 2013, 9:53 pmThe Voting Wars, votingRick Hasen

HuffPo reports.

“College kid steals classmates’ login info, uses it to rig student body president election – gets year in jail time for his trouble”

July 16, 2013, 3:59 pmchicanery, voting, voting technologyRick Hasen

AP reports.

“The Maryland solution to D.C. voting; A neighboring state may hold the key to representation in Congress”

July 16, 2013, 10:07 amSupreme Court, votingRick Hasen

Michael Wein oped in the Baltimore Sun. Interested to know what others think of this analysis.

“Herdt: Nothing special about these elections”

July 10, 2013, 11:33 amvotingRick Hasen

VC Star: Combined, these 2013 special elections will come with a price tag of roughly $10.4 million. Among the six that have been conducted thus far, the average voter turnout has been 16.4 percent. The low was 9.1 percent. Looking… Continue reading

Ninth Circuit Dismisses Nevada “None of the Above” Lawsuit

July 10, 2013, 11:31 amvotingRick Hasen

You can find the opinion here. When this case earlier reached the Ninth Circuit, it featured a very interesting smackdown of the disctrict court judge, followed by an attack by the district court judge on the Ninth Circuit.

“Oregon Senate rejects universal voter registration proposal”

July 8, 2013, 8:32 amvotingRick Hasen

The Oregonian reports.

“Suspect voters sent to Colorado DAs mostly Democrats”

July 5, 2013, 1:30 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, votingRick Hasen

AP: “Democrats make up more than half of the 155 suspected noncitizen voters that Secretary of State Scott Gessler is referring to prosecutors, according to figures released by his office Friday….But Democrats and voting rights groups have questioned Gessler’s… Continue reading

“Is It Time for a Right to Vote in the Constitution?”

July 5, 2013, 11:31 amvotingRick Hasen

NYU Washington is hosting this event on July 9th. Here’s video of the first event in the series.

Shelby County and turnout stats

June 27, 2013, 4:55 pmvoting, Voting Rights ActJustin Levitt

Soon-to-be Indiana U. political scientist Bernard Fraga discusses comparative racial and ethnic turnout, finding that midterm elections and county-level data tell a different story than statewide numbers in presidential years. To give the overall conclusions context, it helps to… Continue reading

“Christie’s Special Election Plan Heads NJ Supreme Court”

June 14, 2013, 4:41 pmvotingRick Hasen

Bloomberg: New Jersey’s Supreme Court will weigh in on Governor Chris Christie’s decision to hold a special election Oct. 16 to replace deceased U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg. The justices put the case on a fast track today,… Continue reading