Category Archives: voting

Get Your Election Results Poster Here

November 19, 2014, 8:20 amvotingRick Hasen

Watch tomorrow’s hard copy Washington Post or see this flyer from Election Data Services. According to Kim Brace of EDS, “We did several new things this year that should be of interest to Election Law readers: 1) county results from… Continue reading

“2014 Midterms Defined by Low Voter Turnout”

November 18, 2014, 7:30 amvotingRick Hasen

David Becker writes for Pew.

“For Democrats, Turnout Efforts Look Successful (Though Not Elections)”

November 15, 2014, 7:44 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT’s The UpShot looks at some turnout data, including data on North Carolina early voting. That’s particularly important because there is controversy over whether the early voting changes made in that state decreased turnout or not.

AZ Supreme Court Issues Opinion Explaining Exclusion of Local Candidate from Ballot

November 14, 2014, 11:55 amballot access, votingRick Hasen

See here.

“A ton of people didn’t vote because they couldn’t get time off from work”

November 12, 2014, 9:53 amelection administration, votingRick Hasen

WonkBlog.

“2014 midterm election turnout lowest in 70 years”

November 11, 2014, 8:19 amvotingRick Hasen

PBS News Hour: Final numbers are still being tallied, but at this point it looks pretty clear that turnout in these midterms was the lowest overall in 70 years. Turnout of the voting-eligible population was just 36.4 percent, according to… Continue reading

“Voter Viagra: How to Cure America’s Electoral Apathy?”

November 11, 2014, 5:35 amvoting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Bloomberg analysis.

“Report: Judge who was cited for voter fraud wants to keep casting ballots in Woodbridge”

November 9, 2014, 7:01 pmchicanery, residency, votingRick Hasen

NJ.com: “A former local judge who stepped down from the bench earlier this year after being charged with illegally voting in Woodbridge elections wants to have his law office declared as his legal residence so he can continue to… Continue reading

“Preliminary Turnout Numbers Are Way Down From 2010 And 2012”

November 6, 2014, 10:16 amvotingRick Hasen

538: We don’t know final turnout numbers for Tuesday’s elections for the same reason we don’t have official winners in the Senate races in Alaska and Virginia: Ballots remain uncounted. Nonetheless, enough data is in for Michael P. McDonald,… Continue reading

“A Case for Compulsory Voting”

November 4, 2014, 9:54 pmvotingRick Hasen

Ruth Marcus WaPo column.

“The big problem with a right-to-vote constitutional amendment”

November 4, 2014, 8:14 amSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, votingRick Hasen

Scott Lemieux writes. (The NYT Room for Debate covers this too—here’s my contribution.)

NYT Room for Debate: Should Voting in An Election Be A Constitutional Right?

November 3, 2014, 3:17 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can read the forum here. Guarantee Basic Principles KEITH ELLISON AND MARK POCAN, CONGRESSMEN Take politicians in the nearly 10,000 voting jurisdictions out of the business of deciding who can vote and which votes count. Enforce Existing Rights, … Continue reading