Category Archives: NVRA (motor voter)

Kobach Defends EAC Director Decision on Citizenship

February 12, 2016, 2:26 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, fraudulent fraud squad, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

TPM: In an interview with TPM earlier this week, Kobach defended the move and Newby’s authority to issue it. He denied that it was any special favor from a former colleague, and said the state would have requested the proof-of-citizenship… Continue reading

“Common Cause, Georgia NAACP File Suit Challenging Voter Purges”

February 11, 2016, 2:09 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

See this press release.

OH: “Civic Organizations Urge State to Stop Illegal Removal of Voters from the Rolls”

December 17, 2015, 11:05 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: Today, Demos and the ACLU of Ohio, on behalf of the civil rights-labor organization the Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI), sent a pre-litigation notice letter to Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted demanding that the State stop… Continue reading

“Coalition of Civic Organizations Sue North Carolina for Failing to Comply with Federal Voting Rights Obligations”

December 15, 2015, 1:28 pmNVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Project Vote release.

“Op-Ed: States Are Falling Short In Providing Voter Access”

November 30, 2015, 6:53 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Brenda Wright and Adam Ambrogi write for the National Law Journal.

“Alabama’s Motor Voter Program Gets a Tune-Up”

November 17, 2015, 4:32 pmNVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Demos blogs.

“State of Alabama Signs MOU with DOJ on Motor Voter Compliance”

November 13, 2015, 8:25 amNVRA (motor voter), votingRick Hasen

Release: Governor Robert Bentley on Friday announced that the state of Alabama has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) concerning compliance with the Motor Voter provision of the National Voter Registration Act… Continue reading

“Encouraging Local Compliance with Federal Civil Rights Laws: Field Experiments with the National Voter Registration Act”

October 29, 2015, 7:51 pmNVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Doug Hess, Michael Hanmer, and David Nickerson have written this article for Public Administration Review. Here is the abstract: Can state officials increase local officials’ compliance with an important federal civil rights law with subtle interventions? The National Voter Registration… Continue reading

“Groups Want Federal Health Exchange to Register Voters, Too”

October 29, 2015, 6:10 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Abby Goodnough for the NYT: When the Affordable Care Act’s new enrollment season begins next month, people seeking health insurance through the online federal exchange will also be offered something they may not expect: a chance to register… Continue reading

“Settlement in Oklahoma Sparks Huge Increase in Voter Registration”

October 9, 2015, 2:28 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), voter registrationRick Hasen

Demos blogs.

“Does America Really Have a Problem with Ghost Voters?”

September 24, 2015, 7:42 amNVRA (motor voter), voter registrationRick Hasen

VICE: Earlier this year, the Public Interest Legal Foundation, a nonprofit law firm founded to “fight lawlessness in American elections,” issued a report with what, on the surface, looked like alarming statistics: according to US census data, in… Continue reading

“Voter registration at the center of partisan voting war”

September 23, 2015, 10:06 pmNVRA (motor voter), The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Zach Roth reports for MSNBC.

“Too Many People? Counties Respond To Letters Saying Voting Rolls Are Bloated”

September 21, 2015, 7:27 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Doug Chapin: These letters and county official replies are just the opening shots in what is likely to be an ongoing fight about voter rolls in advance of the 2016 election. As civic groups and election officials alike prepare … Continue reading