“Fightback on Voting Rights”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
Category Archives: voting
In the Ohio Early Voting Case, Is it Better for SCOTUS to Be Unanimous Than Right?
Ned Foley makes the case.
“Tribal members sue for voting access”
News from Montana: “A group of American Indians from the Crow, Northern Cheyenne and Fort Belknap reservations sued state and county election officials in federal court on Wednesday, seeking equal access to voting through satellite offices.”
“Ohio Fights on Early Voting, Provisional Ballots”
Roll Call reports. “One of two legal challenges to Ohio’s voting procedures could end up before the Supreme Court in the next few weeks, creating the possibility of an eleventh-hour decision affecting the nearly 8 million voters in the crucial… Continue reading
“N.M. Attorney General Investigating GOP ‘Voter Suppression’”
TPM: “New Mexico Attorney General Gary King has launched an investigation into a video that allegedly shows Republican officials giving volunteer poll watchers false information about state election law, his office announced Tuesday.”
My earlier coverage of this controversy… Continue reading
Some Thoughts on the Ohio Early Voting Decision and SCOTUS
Today Ohio filed this petition with Justice Kagan, Circuit Justice for the Sixth Circuit, asking for the Court to grant emergency relief to negate an order from a federal district court, recently affirmed by the 6th Circuit, requiring Ohio to… Continue reading
“Ohio asks Supreme Court to overturn early-voting ruling”
“Ohio Secretary of State Subverts Voting Rights”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
“The Soundness of the Equal Protection Holding in the Ohio Early Voting Decision”
Josh Douglas blogs.
I’m much more skeptical. Josh says that the ruling maintains the status quo. But the status quo, before the initial p.i., was no early voting these last three days. If Josh means that it maintains the… Continue reading
“As Nov. 6 nears, Ohio rules still not set”
The latest from Ohio.
“Introducing The Voter Inclusion Principle: Expanding The Right To Vote”
Ned Foley Says Ohio Should Let Early Voting Ruling Stand
Despite Ned Foley’s earlier skepticism of the district court judge’s early voting ruling, he now thinks Ohio should drop further appeals to the 6th Circuit (an appeal which I think has a pretty good chance of success). Ned’s reasoning:
Although… Continue reading
“Easier Access to Ballot Is Pushed by Democrats”
NY Times: “LOS ANGELES — At a time when Republicans have moved to enact tougher qualifications for voting in states around the country, Democrats have begun to push voter registration laws in the opposite direction in states they control,… Continue reading
“Early Voting Reinstated in Ohio”
WaPo reports.