Category Archives: voting

“Landmark Citizenship Case to Have Full Hearing Before D.C. Circuit”

February 5, 2014, 11:09 amvotingRick Hasen

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

“U.S. Vote Foundation Gains Major New Services ; Website is First to Offer All Services to All Voters:   U.S. Domestic, Overseas Citizens and Military Voters”

February 4, 2014, 9:24 amvotingRick Hasen

See this press release.

“Colorado: Supreme Court reverses Center recall ruling; reinstates recall decision “

January 31, 2014, 3:10 pmvotingRick Hasen

Recall Elections Blog: “Seems to be a significant ruling on secret ballots in Colorado. Colorado’s Supreme Court unanimously overturned a lower court ruling that tossed out a recall result in Center that resulted in the ouster of the … Continue reading

Presidential Commission on Election Administration (Bauer-Ginsberg) Releases Its Report: Some Initial Thoughts

January 22, 2014, 7:45 amelection administration, PCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission), The Voting Wars, votingRick Hasen

The Presidential Commission on Election Administration, headed by Democratic lawyer Bob Bauer and Republican lawyer Ben Ginsberg, and staffed by senior research director Stanford’s Nate Persily, is meeting with President Obama today and releasing its report to… Continue reading

“The Right to Vote: A State Right”

January 21, 2014, 1:23 pmThe Voting Wars, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Josh Douglas writes for Slate.

“New law gives vote to some 17 year olds”

January 14, 2014, 7:34 amvotingRick Hasen

News from Edwardsville, IL.

“What voter turnout means for efforts to remedy income inequality”

January 5, 2014, 8:04 pmvotingRick Hasen

Dan Balz: The gap between rhetoric about income inequality and action to deal with it is sizable. There are many reasons for that, but one possible explanation, according to a provocative new book, is the contrasting views of Americans who… Continue reading

In Fascinating Case, Judge Orders New Elections in Palmdale under CA Voting Rights Act

December 3, 2013, 10:11 amvoting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

A Los Angeles County superior court judge has issued this tentative remedial order (following this ruling on the merits) that the City of Palmdale’s at large elections violate the California Voting Rights Act. I am about to talk… Continue reading

“Colorado turnout numbers way up under new mail-ballot election law and passion-driving local issues”

December 2, 2013, 7:15 amabsentee ballots, election administration, votingRick Hasen

The Denver Post reports.

What Would A Complaint Look Like If We Moved Voting Rights Beyond Race or Party?

November 18, 2013, 7:48 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, votingRick Hasen

In my forthcoming essay (and related oped from this past weekend), I suggest a claim under the Equal Protection Clause against those states which have made voting harder for no good reason. It is not a racially based claim, nor… Continue reading

How Much Non-Citizen Voting in Arizona? Not Much

November 18, 2013, 9:05 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, votingRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: Arizona has spent enormous amounts of time and money waging war against voter fraud, citing the specter of illegal immigrants’ casting ballots. State officials from Gov. Jan Brewer to Attorney General Tom Horne to Secretary of State Ken… Continue reading

“Exact name match NOT required for voting with photo ID”

October 24, 2013, 3:07 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Texas SOS press release. I would be watching to see if the “substantially similar” name test which the SOS states will be fairly and uniformly applied throughout the state.

“The Fox and the Hedgehog: How Do We Achieve Political Accountability Given What Voters (Don’t) Know?”

October 16, 2013, 8:44 pmvotingRick Hasen

Heather Gerken blogs.

“2 States Plan 2-Tier System for Balloting”

October 12, 2013, 11:15 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registration, votingRick Hasen

NYT: Barred by the Supreme Court from requiring proof of citizenship for federal elections, Arizona is complying — but setting up a separate registration system for local and state elections that will demand such proof. The state this week… Continue reading