“You have the right to vote. Use it or lose it, the Supreme Court says.”
Chiraag Bains oped for WaPo.
Category Archives: NVRA (motor voter)
“Sonia Sotomayor Is the Only Justice to Connect Voter Purge Laws With Their Real-Life Consequences”
Imani Gandy for Rewire.
“The Ohio Purge and the Future of Voting”
Dale Ho NYT oped:
States should also be encouraged to adopt Election Day registration programs allowing eligible voters — including those who have been knocked off the rolls — to register at the polls. Fifteen states and the District of… Continue reading
“Do we have a right not to vote? The Supreme Court suggests we don’t”
Dan Smith and Michael Herron NYDN oped:
More fundamentally, do we have a right not to vote?
Should infrequent voters be removed from the rolls merely for not exercising their franchise? Is the right to vote only protected when… Continue reading
“Voter Registration’s Disappointing Day at the Court”
Justin Levitt for ACS on the Husted decision.
“Fraud Fiction Becomes Purge Reality”
Dahlia Lithwick for Slate.
“The Supreme Court Blesses Voter Purges”
Smart Garrett Epps in the Atlantic.
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”
“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