Category Archives: voting
“Alabama Ruling Hobbles Ban on Guns in the Open at Polls”
“What’s the Matter with California Turnout?”
Duncan Hosie and Rob Richie write for FairVote.
“Book review: ‘On Democracy’s Doorstop,’ by J. Douglas Smith”
David Garrow:
The civil rights revolution of the 1960s is much remembered, especially in this 50th-anniversary year of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. But the other transformational political revolution of the 1960s is almost entirely forgotten. Between 1962 and… Continue reading
ACLU Seeks Preliminary Injunction to Stop Ohio Early Voting Cutbacks
Read it here.
See page 7 to see how this request goes beyond the relief recently granted by the district court in the OFA v. Husted case.
“In Ohio, a ‘people’s movement’ for voting rights”
“Early voting hasn’t boosted Ohio turnout”
Columbus Dispatch:
Early voting has not led to more voting in Ohio, at least not in terms of total votes cast.
A Dispatch analysis of the vote totals from the past three presidential elections in the state shows that… Continue reading
Hoyer: Glacial Pace of Progress on Voting Rights Amendments Act Unlikely to Change with Cantor Loss
So reports Buzzfeed.
See also my pre-Cantor loss post, VRAA DOA?
Breaking: Federal Court Orders Ohio to Restore Weekend of Early Voting
Federal district court judge Peter Economus just issued this order in Obama for America v. Husted. (I covered the earlier machinations in this case before the 2012 elections, and wrote about the case extensively in The 2012 Voting Wars, … Continue reading
“Not So Super Tuesday”
That’s the lead story in this week’s ElectionLine Weekly.
“Voting in America” Event at Library of Congress June 11
“Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signs early voting into law”
Read.
“Tea Party congressman suggests only property owners should vote”
“Turnout for Voters with Disabilities Suffers”
That’s the lead story in this month’s issue of NCSL’s The Canvass.