Category Archives: voting
“Americans in territories have earned the right to pick president”
Neil Weare has written this oped for the Orlando Sentinel.
“Put the Right to Vote in the Constitution”
“A million of us have no vote in Albany”
Jerry Goldfeder: “Because of 11 legislative vacancies, approximately 1.1 million New Yorkers are not represented in the New York State Assembly, and another 630,000 residents have no state senator. Although voters usually go to their local elected officials to… Continue reading
The Uniformity Question and Early Voting: Ohio and North Carolina
Via Doug Chapin comes news today from WFAE that some North Carolina want to cut back further on early voting. This comes after Ohio SOS Husted announced uniform rules for hours for early voting throughout Ohio. Husted’s announcement was… Continue reading
“Tom Perkins Is Winning: The Rich Already Vote More”
Franko, Kelly, and Witko oped at TPM.
“Texas man turned away from voting booth over pro-gun Second Amendment T-shirt”
“Reconsidering the Insular Cases”
“Rethinking DC Representation in Congress”
Great event and lineup for Feb. 21 program of the William & Mary election law program.
“EXCLUSIVE: Latest Herron & Smith: ‘Race, Shelby County, and the Voter Information Verification Act in North Carolina'”
New research from Michael Herron and Dan Smith:
Abstract
Shortly after the Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the state of North Carolina enacted an omnibus piece of election-reform… Continue reading
“Political Ignorance and Early Voting”
Ilya Somin:
Some conservative commentators – including co-blogger Eugene Kontorovich and John McGinnis, and former Justice Department voting rights specialist J. Christian Adams, have recently criticized early voting, on the grounds that it exacerbates the problem of… Continue reading
“The New Conservative Assault on Early Voting”
I have written this new Slate piece, which begins: “It is easy to dismiss the latest conservative rants against early voting as just one more way for Republicans to try to gain advantage over Democrats at the polls. But… Continue reading
“Rethinking The 17th Amendment: An Old Idea Gets Fresh Opposition”
“Landmark Citizenship Case to Have Full Hearing Before D.C. Circuit”
Press release: “Leneuoti Tuaua and five other plaintiffs who are challenging federal laws that deny U.S. citizenship to people born in American Samoa will have their day in court, now that the D.C. Circuit has denied the Government’s request to… Continue reading