Category Archives: voting

“The Impact of Petition Signing on Voter Turnout”

March 31, 2012, 2:00 pmpetition signature gathering, votingRick Hasen

Janine A. Parry, Daniel A. Smith and Shayne Henry have written this article for Political Behavior. Here is the abstract: Generally speaking, campaign-related contact motivates voters. One form of such contact not much explored in the voter mobilization literature… Continue reading

“Senate passes voter ID requirement, critics vow litigation”

March 27, 2012, 6:44 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, votingRick Hasen

MPR reports.

A Federal Baseline for the Right to Vote

March 22, 2012, 9:11 amvotingRick Hasen

John Greabe has written an Essay (Part I and Part II) for the Columbia Law Review Sidebar. The paper argues that the federal constitutional definition of state citizenship (defined in the context of diversity litigation to be coextensive… Continue reading

“Two Wisconsin Voter ID Cases Demonstrate the Need for the Right to Vote in the U.S. Constitution”

March 19, 2012, 2:48 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, votingRick Hasen

Elise Helgesen blogs.

Voter Fraud Claims, Voter Suppression Claims and False Equivalence in the Voter ID Debate

March 16, 2012, 10:07 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars, voter id, votingRick Hasen

I have been getting a lot of pushback from Democrats and those on the left recently about some recent posts, my book chapter, and a recent oped of mine on the subject of voter identification laws. The essence… Continue reading

“Takoma Park stands by non-U.S. citizen voting law”

March 14, 2012, 9:45 pmvotingRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“Republican Turnout Lags Behind 2008 and 2000 White House Races”

March 9, 2012, 7:41 amvotingRick Hasen

Bloomberg reports.

“2012 GOP Primary Turnout Lower Than 2008, 2000; Higher in Some States with Open or Semi-Open Primaries”

March 8, 2012, 7:43 amcampaigns, voter registration, votingRick Hasen

Curtis Gans and the Bipartisan Policy Center have issued this report.

“Jewish Sabbath Concern Over Vote”

March 7, 2012, 7:20 amcampaigns, votingRick Hasen

News from Scotland.

“State pursues voter fraud charges against Woodlands residents who registered to motel”

March 6, 2012, 1:43 pmchicanery, residency, votingRick Hasen

Texas Watchdog: “The case of eight Woodlands residents who sought to use a residency loophole in the state’s election law to gain representation in a utility district election in 2010 will go before a grand jury on Thursday in… Continue reading

“Crazy Idea: Laws To Encourage Voting”

March 6, 2012, 10:04 amvotingRick Hasen

The American Prospect reports.

“Race and Partisanship in Criminal Disfranchisement Laws: Antecedents of the 2000 Election Controversy in Florida”

March 4, 2012, 8:11 pmfelon voting, votingRick Hasen

Pippa Holloway has posted this draft on SSRN (chapter in FREEDOM RIGHTS: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, p. 277, D. McGuire and J. Dittmer, eds., University Press of Kentucky, 2011). Here is the abstract: This essay considers court… Continue reading

“Richie and Gronke: Ranked-Choice Ballot Upholds Voter Rights”

March 1, 2012, 7:32 amcampaigns, election administration, votingRick Hasen

Rob Richie and Paul Gronke have written this Roll Call oped, which begins: “Once Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman dropped out of the Republican presidential nomination contest, their South Carolina and Florida backers… Continue reading

Santorum Democrats

February 29, 2012, 7:35 amchicanery, votingRick Hasen

AP: About 1 in 10 Michigan voters were Democrats and they backed Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, by about a 3-1 margin. During the Michigan campaign, Romney accused Santorum of using automated telephone calls to attract Democrats to his candidacy,… Continue reading