Category Archives: voting

“Is It O.K. if Your Vote Is a Lie? Ask a Canadian”

March 31, 2016, 7:22 amvotingRick Hasen

NYT’s The UpShot: After an Upshot article about strategic voting — “You Say You Loathe Ted Cruz? You Still Might Want to Vote for Him”— one reader had a question: “How about the idea of being honest with… Continue reading

“People of American Samoa Aren’t Fully American”

March 14, 2016, 9:22 amvotingRick Hasen

Noah Feldman: The circumstances of the birth of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz put constitutional citizenship into the headlines. Also in the news: A federal judge in Puerto Rico ruled last week that the U.S. Supreme Court’s gay-marriage decision… Continue reading

OH SOS Husted Gives Up Trying to Block 17-Year-Olds from Voting

March 11, 2016, 4:21 pmvotingRick Hasen

Via Chris Geidner, comes this statement. Given the timing of an appeal, Husted says it would be irresponsible to try to make the changes right before the election.

“Judge rules against Husted in teen voting case”

March 11, 2016, 1:32 pmvotingRick Hasen

NBC4: FRANKLIN CO., Ohio (WCMH)–Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Richard Frye ruled against the Secretary of State in the case of a lawsuit filed by a national voting rights organization on behalf of nine 17-year-old plaintiffs. This is… Continue reading

Sanders Campaign Files TRO in Ohio 17-Year-Old Voters Case

March 10, 2016, 8:45 amvotingRick Hasen

Read it here.

“Sanders lawsuit: Ohio official changed law to block 17-year-olds from voting”

March 9, 2016, 7:35 amcampaigns, votingRick Hasen

CNN: Bernie Sanders’ campaign on Tuesday sued Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, accusing the Republican of quietly changing a law in an effort to block 17-year-olds from voting in the state’s presidential primary next week. Husted, however, insisted… Continue reading

“Democrats Fret Over Low Voter Turnout In Early Primaries”

March 4, 2016, 4:07 pmvotingRick Hasen

NPR talks with Michael McDonald.

“Secretary Pate Applauds Iowa Senate on Passage of Voting Age Bill, Encourages House Members to Support”

March 4, 2016, 7:07 amvotingRick Hasen

News from Iowa: “Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate supports the Iowa Senate bill that would allow 17-year-olds to participate in primary elections, if they will be 18 by the date of that year’s general election. Pate, Iowa’s Commissioner of… Continue reading

“Supreme Court Petition Receives Boost From Seven Amicus Briefs”

March 3, 2016, 7:23 amvotingRick Hasen

Press release: An impressive and diverse array of academics, current and former territorial officials, and civil rights groups represented by top national law firms have filed a total of seven “friend of the court” briefs asking the Supreme Court… Continue reading

“Federalism and State Democracy”

March 2, 2016, 5:15 pmtheory, votingRick Hasen

David Schleicher has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Texas Law Review). Here is the abstract: When scholars, judges and politicians talk about federalism, they frequently praise the qualities of state and local democracy. State and local governments, it is… Continue reading

“Every Vote Matters: The Power of Your Voice, from Student Elections to the Supreme Court”

February 21, 2016, 10:40 amvotingRick Hasen

New book for teens from Judge Tom Jacobs and Natalie Jacobs.

“Putting California’s Voter Turnout in Conxtext”

February 18, 2016, 12:15 pmvotingRick Hasen

New report from PPIC.

“Can Edward Snowden Vote in the 2016 Elections?”

February 10, 2016, 9:09 amvotingRick Hasen

Daily Dot.

Consent Decree in Bloomingburg Voting Rights Dispute

February 1, 2016, 3:02 pmvotingRick Hasen

The Sullivan County election board has entered into this consent decree (including payment of significant attorney’s fees) in a class action arising out of voting disputes involving new Hasidic [corrected] voters in Bloomingburg NY. It is a fascinating dispute I’ve… Continue reading