Category Archives: NVRA (motor voter)
The Big Election Law News Today Comes from Florida, NOT from John Edwards’ Trial
This is a very major development given how close the polling is in Florida and other battleground states for the presidency.
A federal district court has issued a preliminary injunction barring its enforcement of some of its new onerous restrictions… Continue reading
“Massachusetts Citizen and Community Groups Sue Commonwealth for Failing to Provide Voter Registration Opportunities”
See this press release.
“LDF and Project Vote Win Important Legal Victory for Public Assistance Recipients in Louisiana”
Press release: “Yesterday, voting rights advocates won an important legal victory that will ensure that Louisiana’s public assistance agency clients—the state’s poorest and most marginalized residents—will be offered an opportunity to register to vote. In a forceful decision, a … Continue reading
“NVRA (National Voter Registration Act) vs. Voter ID and Other Voter Access Challenges’
Janai Nelson blogs.
“Georgia Agrees to Comply with National Voter Registration Act, Settles Lawsuit Brought by Lawyers’ Committee and Partners”
This press release begins: “A coalition of national voting rights groups have secured a landmark settlement with the State of Georgia to ensure that voter registration is offered to all public assistance applicants. The state has settled a lawsuit, brought… Continue reading
“Arizona Case is a Vivid Reminder of Lasting Power of Motor Voter”
Arizona Will Seek SCOTUS Review of 9th Circuit Opinion on Federal Voter Registration Form
AZCentral.com: “‘We always expected the U.S. Supreme Court to have to decide this one,’ [AZ AG] Horne said, adding that he expects the high court to uphold the entire law.”
My earlier coverage is here and here.
One… Continue reading
“Federal Appeals Court Rules That N.M. Violated Federal Law, Failing to Provide Voter Registration Applications to Public Assistance Clients”
See this press release about this new opinion. From the release:, “The federal Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the State of New Mexico Human Services Department (HSD) violated Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act of… Continue reading
“Federal Court Delivers Important Ruling in National Voter Registration Act Lawsuit”
Press release: “In a strongly worded order handed down yesterday, U.S. District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a coalition of voting rights groups to remedy the State of Georgia’s failure… Continue reading
Gronke on EAC’s NVRA Data
“Lawyers’ Committee and Partners Settle Indiana Class Action Lawsuit Regarding Compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993”
See this press release.
“Michigan Failing to Offer Voter Registration to Public Assistance Clients”
Project Vote has issued this press release.
Louisiana NVRA suit goes forward — no, the other one
The Louisiana NAACP’s NVRA suit against Louisiana for its public assistance agencies’ alleged failure to comply with voter registration requirements survived a motion to dismiss today.
This suit is distinct from the NVRA public-assistance-agency enforcement lawsuit just filed by DOJ.