Category Archives: NVRA (motor voter)

Breaking: “Project Vote to Close Its Doors May 31”

May 25, 2017, 9:52 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Electionline with the bad news: Project Vote, a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit that has spent recent years focusing its attention on improving voter registration, especially the enforcement of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) will officially close its doors on… Continue reading

NVRA Lawsuit in GA Allows 5,500 Additional Voters to Register in #GA06 Race

May 23, 2017, 5:59 amcampaigns, election administration, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

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“Voting Rights Groups Sue California for Voter Suppression”

May 9, 2017, 11:23 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Press release: Voting rights groups filed a federal lawsuit today against California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for its failure to offer federally mandated voter registration opportunities to millions of Californians. The lawsuit—filed on behalf of the League of Women… Continue reading

“Karen Handel said it should ‘boil your blood’ that registration is temporarily reopened in Georgia’s sixth district.”

May 8, 2017, 11:14 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Oh my.

“Federal judge orders Georgia to re-open voter registration ahead of 6th District runoff”

May 4, 2017, 12:13 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A federal judge on Thursday ordered Georgia to temporarily reopen voter registration ahead of a hotly contested congressional runoff in the 6th District. U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten made the ruling as part of a broader lawsuit by… Continue reading

“Montgomery election board to review registration practices”

April 24, 2017, 7:52 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: Montgomery election officials said Monday they will review registration procedures in response to allegations from a conservative watchdog group that the county’s rolls are packed with ineligible voters. Judicial Watch said in a letter earlier this month there was… Continue reading

“Suit claims Georgia voter registration violates federal law”: No one can vote in Osoff-Handel Unless Registered in March

April 20, 2017, 3:25 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A Washington-based advocacy group has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Georgia of violating federal law by reducing the amount of time residents have to register to vote. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed the complaint… Continue reading

Court Orders Kobach to Produce Voting Document Shared with Trump, Suggests ACLU May Pursue Sanctions Against Kobach

April 17, 2017, 7:19 pmchicanery, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Bryan Lowry in the KC Star: A federal magistrate judge has ordered Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to disclose documents outlining a strategic plan he presented to President Donald Trump in November, a decision that could have ramifications from… Continue reading

“Federal judge denies state’s Motion to Dismiss in ‘motor voter’ case”

April 4, 2017, 7:21 amNVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Texas Civil Rights Project: Today, Chief Judge Orlando Garcia of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas denied the state’s motion to dismiss Stringer v. Pablos, TCRP’s “motor voter” case. This decision provides critical validation of the… Continue reading

“Common Cause and Georgia NAACP Appeal Lower Court Ruling Greenlighting Georgia Voter Roll Purge”

March 23, 2017, 10:56 amNVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Release: Common Cause and the Georgia NAACP filed notice of appeal today with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in response to a lower court dismissal of their complaint against Georgia Secretary of State Kemp for violating section 8 of… Continue reading

“Voting Rights Advocates Vow to Continue Fight Against Kemp Despite Dismissal”

March 22, 2017, 8:31 pmNVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Daily Report: Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp is cheering a federal judge’s dismissal of a voting rights lawsuit filed against him by the Georgia NAACP and Common Cause, but his opponents say he’s celebrating too soon. U.S. District Judge… Continue reading

“15 States File Amicus Brief Seeking Clarification On NVRA, Non-Voting And List Maintenance”

March 14, 2017, 7:31 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Doug Chapin: Fifteen states have filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to hear a case in order to clarify if and how states may use evidence of non-voting as a… Continue reading

“Voting Rights Advocates Announce Agreement with State of Nevada to Modernize Voter Registration Opportunities”

March 13, 2017, 1:51 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Release: Voting rights advocates and Nevada officials announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in order to streamline and modernize voter registration opportunities through the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Demos, Project Vote, the … Continue reading