Roundup of Stories on Husted Ohio Voter Purge Case via How Appealing
You can find it here.
And see my earlier Slate piece, “Sonia Sotomayor’s Dissent in the Big Voter Purge Case Points to How the Law Might Still Be Struck Down”
Category Archives: NVRA (motor voter)
“Ohio’s voter purges were upheld by the Supreme Court. That doesn’t make them defensible.”
Daniel Nichanian for NBC Think.
“Supreme Court Upholds Controversial Ohio Voter-Purge Law”
Nina Totenberg reports for NPR.
“Supreme Court takes a giant step backward on voter rights”
Josh Douglas for CNN Opinion.
“Sonia Sotomayor’s Dissent in the Big Voter Purge Case Points to How the Law Might Still Be Struck Down”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a controversial Ohio voter purge law which allows the state to begin the process of removing voters from the rolls based upon their failure to… Continue reading
Breaking: Supreme Court Upholds Ohio Voter Purge Law
Common Cause Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Indiana Voter Purge Program Based on Kobach-Led Cross-Check Program
From the court’s decision preliminarily enjoining Indiana’s purge system as violating the NVRA:
Regarding the likelihood of success on the merits, the Court determines that Common Cause has a high likelihood of success on the merits of its claim that… Continue reading
“Asked to propose a fix to voting rights violation, Texas offers few answers”
Texas Tribune:
Told it was breaking the law and asked to propose a fix, Texas seems to have mostly declined in a new filing the state’s legal adversaries have called “bad faith foot-dragging.”
Following a ruling last month that Texas… Continue reading
“Lawsuit Filed Against Missouri Over State Motor Vehicle Agency’s Failure to Provide Federally-Mandated Voter Registration Services”
“Federal judge: Texas is violating national voter registration law”
Texas Tribune:
Handing the state another voting rights loss, a federal judge has sided with a civil rights groups that claimed the state violated federal law by failing to register Texans to vote when they updated their drivers’ license information… Continue reading
In Strange, Unanimous Unpublished Opinion, 11th Circuit Revives Common Cause’s Voter Purge Case Against Georgia
The district court had dismissed Common Cause’s claim that Georgia’s voter purge law violated the NVRA and the First Amendment.
Today, the Eleventh Circuit, in a brief, unpublished opinion, sent the case back and told the trial court to… Continue reading
“Trump’s Voter Fraud Czar, And His Claims About Illegal Voting, Are About To Go On Trial”
Sam Levine for HuffPo.
“Texas Workforce Commission changes voter registration practices after pressure from civil rights groups”
Release:
In a change of course, effective February 21, 2018, the Texas Workforce Commission (“TWC”) will begin the process of implementing voter registration services to those served by its Vocational Rehabilitation program. The change comes after the agency received a … Continue reading
“Arguments in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute – What’s a state to do?”
David Becker:
So again, Justice Breyer’s question reflects what states have been going through with regard to list maintenance. Despite the false choice often presented by partisans, states don’t want a list maintenance procedure that’s overbroad, leading to false positives… Continue reading