Category Archives: NVRA (motor voter)
“Power play: Federal ruling forbids states from checking voters’ citizenship”
Washington Times: “A federal commission rejected three states’ requests to ask voters for proof of citizenship, issuing a complex decision Friday that said it’s up to the national government, not the states, to decide what to include on… Continue reading
Election Assistance Commission Issues Controversial Decision Without Commissioners and Approaching Midnight Deadline
In an ongoing dispute between the federal government and the states of Arizona and Kansas over voter registration (which already earlier made it to the Supreme Court), the U.S. Election Assistance Commission issued a decision only minutes before a court-imposed… Continue reading
“Ohio to Improve Voter Rolls, Expand Outreach – Guess the Plaintiff!”
A ChapinBlog.
Spoiler alert: It’s True the Vote.
“True the Vote Strikes Favorable Settlement with Ohio Secretary of State to Purge Voter Rolls”
“Alabama Agrees to Procedures to Ensure Voter Registration Opportunities at Public Assistance Agencies”
Project Vote press release.
True the Vote Calls Those Supporting Expansion of Voter Registration Opportunities Through NVRA “Super Bullies”
See third item here:
Bullies in the Courthouse
By Anita MonCrief
Anyone who ever spent time in a children’s schoolyard can spot a bully a mile away; their aggressive swagger, their entourage of enablers, and of course, their brutish… Continue reading
“Guest Blog: The perils of two-tiered voter registration systems”
“Florida Voter Purge Suit Heads Back to Court”
5th Circuit, Over Dissent, Rejects Challenge to Texas Voter Registration Rules
You can find the opinion reversing the granting of a preliminary injunction in Voting for America v. Steen at this link.
Judge Edith Jones wrote the majority opinion. Judge Jones has been involved in controversy over alleged racist remarks… Continue reading
“Obamacare and Voting Rights Clash Over Health Exchanges”
Very important Stateline report:
Two of the fiercest political disputes between Washington and the states could soon come together in legal fights that involve tying the new federal health care overhaul to voter registration.
Every state is preparing to… Continue reading
“Kansas voters’ limbo shows hitch in citizenship law”
AP:
A few weeks after moving to suburban Kansas City from the Seattle area, Aaron Belenky went online to register to vote. But he ended up joining thousands of other Kansas residents whose voting rights are in legal limbo… Continue reading
“ACLU Threatens Legal Action if Kansas Fails to Comply With Federal Voting Law”
“Release – Culberson-Rokita Bill Empowers States to Fight Voter Fraud”
Press release: “Reps. John Culberson (TX-07) and Todd Rokita (IN-04) recently introduced H.R. 2829, the Restoring Important Voting Eligibility Requirements to the States Act of 2013, or the RIVERS Act. The RIVERS Act restores the states’ Constitutional power to… Continue reading